The Top 5 Must Have Final Cut Pro Plugins

as filmmakers who have to wear many hats we have many responsibilities there's editing sound design vfx color grading the list goes on so the question is what is missing inside a final cut that could perhaps fill in some of those gaps and help us to become better filmmakers in this video you're going to get the top five must have final cut pro 10 plugins to make an impact in 2021 [Music] now there are some nice things built into final cut and some useful effects don't get me wrong but many of them kind of look like they came from imovie and you don't want to look like everyone else right so we'll be looking at plugins that either add functionality or will give an unfair advantage over others who are just relying on the built-in tools and not realizing what they're missing starting with number five frame io if you know what frame io is it's a video sharing platform that lets you share your projects with collaborators and get instant feedback so if you're working with a team or with a client that needs to see proofs of your work this changes everything and with their plugin it gives collaboration an entirely new meaning you can actually upload your projects and individual clips to frame io without having to leave final cut frame io's viewer can be synced to your timeline and just as soon as a client leaves a comment you can actually see a pop-up and jump to that section of your edit you can even drag and drop the comments into final cut as a compound clip additionally you can use the plugin to share assets and proxies with other editors working on the same project for example if you're working on say episode one of a web series and another editor is working on episode two you can share the same title sequence or credits pretty sweet right number four grids from leno fx from animate to superhero movies to freaking quentin tarantino split screens are great for showing two or more scenes happening at the same time different camera angles or points of view the same action to add tension or just to make the scene more engaging and with the pandemic think of your typical zoom call but setting them up manually takes time and it can be boring not with grids however just apply the plug-in choose a preset assign a clip to each section and then customize the position size grid and shapes to your liking you can even set in and out animations number three era 5 bundle from accusonus we all need to deal with audio from fixing noise issues to leveling voice levels having bad audio is actually the fastest way to scuttle the production value of a project i don't know about you but dealing with equalizers and compressors is just not my jam so wouldn't it be cool if there was a final cut pro plugin where you could just hit a button or turn a knob and erase the background noise magically or make your voice sound smoother with velvety tones well apparently the team at accusonus were spying on us and they came up with some dark magic sound fixing spell or something because it is simply amazing it's called era 5 and it's a bundle made of eight plugins one for each sound issue that you've ever encountered there's one for noise removing voice deepening voice auto eq my personal favorite the voice leveler reverb remover de-esser d-clipper and plosive remover just turn the knob to make the effect stronger and that's it number two m-tracker 3d from motion vfx if there's something hugely missing from final cut that's found in premiere and davinci that would be having a tracker now there are a few other tracking plugins on the market but nobody does it quite the same way and with the same stunning results as motion v effects i mean come on why settle on two-dimensional tracking when you can add an extra d and get 3d tracking in a three-dimensional space this means you can recreate the same 3d movements of the camera to track any object or text in a three-dimensional space like we're talking doing avengers kind of stuff in your own backyard i'm sure that you're just salivating while watching this demo from adding motion graphics to cgi compositing this plugin turns final cut into a vfx workhorse and the best part is it can be as easy as one click just hit the track button wait for the analysis to complete and that's it now you can spend more time coming up with ideas and creating elements and less time setting manual keyframes by hand if you want to do 3d motion tracking inside of final cut this is the plugin to do that with and finally at number one is cinemagrade people who approach color getting for the first time feel like it's open-heart surgery they don't know where to begin they're just too many tools and too many things that can go wrong lutz can offer a shortcut but they don't actually fix or resolve the correction issues with cinemagrade confusing color controls are bypassed allowing for color grading directly on the image in the viewer like we're talking point and click color grading say you don't like the color of the sky just click and drag say an actor's face is too dark just click and drag up and say the trees could use a boost in color again just click and drag if you're coming from a photography background you'll feel at home with a lightroom-like inspector with cinemagrade there's even a guided workflow that walks users through the entire grading process from fixing shots matching them together and applying a final look grade with real-time previews of luts and even a look transfer tool other neat things is a false color feature for getting the right exposure and auto match support with x-ray color checker charts all of this to make color grading super fast and intuitive if you want to elevate the look of your films you can do that with cinemagrade so these are the top must have final cut pro 10 plugins for 2021 each of these adds a specific functionality and capability to final cut and helps with elevating the production value of your films if you like these top fives or if you have a better top five share with me your list in the comments and i'll be sure to reply we can debate our lists and have a fight to the death no i'm just kidding but let me know if i missed one be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell for more reviews like this and other grading videos until next time enjoy your day now i'd be being disingenuous if i didn't offer a full disclosure we are the creators of cinemagrade and it's what makes this video possible as a professional colorist and one who struggled early in my career with color grading this is a game changer for those who need to get professional looking results but don't necessarily have the time to specialize as a colorist we created cinemagrade to make getting a high-end looking brand easier and faster and you don't have to take my word for it you can get a free seven-day trial of cinemagrade and on top of that for a limited time only you can get 20 off of cinemagrade with coupon code youtube20 at checkout there's a link for cinemagrade in the description below so you can try it out risk free and get a special discount all right over and out enjoy these final cut pro x plugins you

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Length: 8min 35sec (515 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 22 2021