An explanation of plug-in terminology
Throughout the time you have been using Final Cut Pro, it’s likely you will have heard of a number of different terms such as third-party plug-ins, default plug-ins, built-in plug-ins, plug-in developers, and effects. Now is a good point to explain what all of these terms mean.
Final Cut Pro ships with a number of what it generally refers to as effects. Effects can be categorized as Titles, Generators, Effects, and Transitions. Now, you can already see the problem with the term effects. First, the main category is known as Effects, but it also has a section inside called Effects, which is most confusing. To avoid replication in the terminology, Final Cut Pro sometimes uses the alternative term Plug-ins for the main Effects category.
This would be much more logical, except that the term plug-in tends to indicate something that is added. However, as Final Cut Pro has titles, generators, transitions, and effects that are built-in, how...
