Final Cut Pro X Beyond the Basics, 2nd Edition

Chapter 8 Adding Effects

In this chapter we look at and work with some effects of FCP. FCP offers a great variety of excellent effects, including great color correction tools, which we’ll look at in the next chapter. These effects rely heavily on the graphics card for processing. What this means is that on slower computers, you won’t get very good performance with them, and on some marginal computers, they’ll be practically impossible to work with.

In addition to the effects included with the application, other programmers are creating effects to add to FCP. Be sure to check out companies such as FxFactory and its range of tools and CoreMelt who make Lock and Load X for stabilization and TrackX and SliceX for tracking and masking. There are also ...