on this channel i talk a lot about fixing it in camera but there are times when you
need to take your work up a few notches all the way up to 11. put it towards 11 exactly
why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little louder
these guys are 11. these are my top five plugins for final cut pro
hey guys i'm rafael and welcome to the channel where our goal is to always fix it in camera
and then finesse it in post and i always appreciate the early thumbs up because today
is all about finessing it in post there is no shortage of plugins that promise magical results
some do but the vast majority don't help with most day-to-day tasks that really make
a difference in your workflow these are my top five plugins that i use almost daily because
they actually deliver on their results we'll start with the least expensive and work our
way up because they actually do get pricey but i promise you they are worth the money
the first one is add motion by osmf cpx you can't really work with final cut without
add motion that's how good it is it fixes one of the biggest drawbacks to final cut
animations and keyframes i won't get too much into it but it is such a time saver especially when you
need to do specific movements that the simple transform control wouldn't be able to handle
it's a great utility for creating animated stills graphics and text all without keyframes
this plugin works simply by adding it to a still or graphic and then changing
the parameters it's available from fx factory for about 49
it does go on sale from time to time and there's also a trial version available if you just want
to test it there are some presets move pop swing along with the three basic motion it also allows
you to give objects either a motion blur or a color trail there's also an adjustment layer that
allows you to apply a single effect to multiple objects making the task of animating even faster
i've spoken about color finale in a video before but before i use this plugin i used to round trip
to da vinci to do all the color work and when da vinci started adding all the editing features
i really thought i was going to move away from final cut but now that i use color finale i find
myself staying in final cut more often and just finishing more of my projects within it
i definitely use this plugin on all my youtube videos and on client projects that don't have a
preference for which nle they want to use make sure you check out this full in-depth review i
did on color finale some of the things that i really like about color finale over the other
color grading plugins in final cut is that many of the tools are normally only found in higher
end standalone color grading systems the tool set found in color finale has been designed
specifically to simplify the workflow between editing and color grading one of my favorite
features that i use on every project that is shot on log is the assume log function if i have
to run dailies or select i drop this plugin on all the footage and set it to assume log
and it does a simple base color correction so the client or director see the footage the way the dp
intended and doesn't get used to or fall in love with the washed out gray look which happens all
too often some of the key features include color management masking area tracker shot matching tool
set lut manager a modern sharpening algorithm and my favorite the video analysis tools it has two
versions 100 for the standard and 150 for the pro version with all the tools that i just mentioned
and there is a demo version for you to test so i suggest you give it at least a test drive
motion vfx okay what can i say about this company it's one of the reasons that makes final cut
so great in my view there isn't really one plug-in from motion vfx it's a slew of many of them the
care that they put into the suite of projects is amazing they build them the way people would use
them and so many features are editable which makes this a breeze to use there's the m title
series the m flare plug-in the m transition series m tracker 3d m callouts actually all
the m packages that they have surely there is something that you can use i love how they made
it so you have to leave final cut less and less to do complex animations and many have the built-in
industry standard mocha tracker so you can do things like this simply with a few clicks and
if you have even a little bit of knowledge how to use motion you can tweak and customize them
even further each one of these modules runs anywhere from 50 to three hundred dollars but
they are so well thought out and implemented that it is definitely worth the checkout
noisy video neat video clean video there isn't a better denoiser that i have found and i have tried
all of them i've gotten to the point where if need video can't fix it then it's going to be
hard to find something that actually will anyone who works with video will eventually need to deal
with flicker or noise neat video has been the best and most powerful noise reduction
plug-in that i've used for years and it works well even in automatic there are two flavors
one for hd for about 75 bucks or 430 you get the full pro version but it only works with one nle
and it works with a host of other apps including premiere resolve after effects and many others
this is a plug-in that i avoided getting for such a long time and i regret not getting it sooner a
because i spent money on other plugins that didn't work as well and b actually delivering on all the
things that i need these plugins to do i've used other audio plugins but none of them produced the
clean results that izotope does and it was really mainly because i didn't want to spend the money it
is an expensive plug-in compared to the other cheaper options but it is so worth the money
and i'm not an audio first creator but i know the importance of great audio good audio can
be the difference between someone watching your video and skipping neck i have used isotope rx
on every single project that i've had ever since i bought it and if there is audio it passes through
at least the d noise and nectar but the rx suite also has the plosive the reverb the clip breath
control which is great for removing distracting breaths which otherwise you'd have to manually go
and reduce those noises rx is deceptively simple packing a host of editing and visualization tools
which makes rx essentially photoshop for audio you can use it as a plugin or a standalone app which
allows for more flexibility there are three versions rx elements for about 129 but it's
actually currently on sale as of this recording the standard version for 3.99 but it's also on
sale and there's also rx advanced but there's a steep price jump to over a thousand bucks
but at that point you better be serious about your audio production but just to be clear
there are professional results in all of the version it really depends on how knowledgeable
you are in audio engineering and if you want to take more precise control in the audio processing
and i noticed that from time to time they have random sales or holiday sales throughout the year
and i've taken the upgrade pass from version to version and this isn't even considering
that rx 8 is newly updated and features all new machine learning tech that i'm looking forward to
but before you make your decision there are free trials for all their plugins so make sure you
check them out and since we're speaking of izotope there's also nectar 3 which is one of my favorite
mixing tools in final cut i love how you can stack all the filters in one interface and jump back and
forth between them and just keep finessing it also has a built-in vocal assistant that i use as a
starting point for many of my mixes there are two versions of nectar elements which does most of the
work for you but with little ability to tweak and nectar three plus which gives you all the controls
for you to finesse as you want these are just a few of my favorite plugins for final cut pro
what plugins do you guys use or recommend to make your workflow even easier as always thanks
for watching give me a big thumbs up subscribe i'm rafael i'll talk to you soon bye for now
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