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Published inMar 2024
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781804614921
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Bruce G. Macbryde
Bruce G. Macbryde
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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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Free plug-ins

The main reason that developers provide free plug-ins is to promote their paid versions. However, some developers only offer free plug-ins. I have found that some of the free plug-ins are surprisingly good.

In this section, I will show you packages from two developers, one who only supplies free versions and another who is promoting his paid versions with an excellent package of simple power tools. The next section covers what I refer to as one of the gem categories of the Final Cut Pro plug-ins, and it’s free.

Andy’s plug-ins

Andy Mees offers all of his plug-ins for free; they are simple, single-focus effects. I’m going to show you one of them: Andy’s Elastic Aspect.

Andy’s Elastic Aspect

You will be aware of the different size ratios of older standard definition videos, which have a ratio of 5 x 4 compared to today’s 16 x 9 video formats. It is a bit like trying to put a circle in a square hole. Either black bars...

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Edit without Tears with Final Cut Pro
Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614921

Author (1)

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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
Read more about Bruce G. Macbryde