3rd Party Plug-Ins??

Disappointed in the lack of plug-ins? Did you see the list that come pre-installed with 844x? There are over 120 plug-ins! They took all of the plug-ins from the "ICE" product line. There are some great plug-ins!! I do understand your disappointment about Trapcode, BUT I'm pretty sure that Shine works with 844x. I don't think Digieffects work through, those plug-ins are so old!! Most plug-ins that have their own interface ex: Invigorator or Digieffect CineLook do not work. But in Media 100 defense, thoose plug-ins DON'T work with ANY other application i.e. Combustion, Red, etc. There is actually a movement called Open FX, the Foundry (Tinderbox plug-ins, Keylight, etc) supports it. They are trying to create one standard for writing plug-in codes, this way it wouldn't matter if your using AE, Combustion, or 844x, if it accepts Open FX, it works. So...to make a long story short, the problem lies in plug-in code uniformity, rather than 844 compatibility.
Not to defend Media 100, because there are a lot of plug-ins that I use that will never be brought over to 844 (DigitalAnarchy for starters), but the computer that comes with 844 is a screaming machine, so I don't mind having to work in AE when it's going so fast. But, I think you'd be surprise how many plug-ins do work with 844.

Good luck,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

We're using Digieffects Package; Cinelook, Film motion, Filmdamage, grain reducer etc. and works fine
also the Digital Film Tools the whole CS -range works fine, very useful for drama and commercials.

John Twigt
Workstation BV, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
http://www.workstation.nl

In the Program folder (c:Program FilesMedia100844X) there is a folder called Plug-ins. There you install your plug-ins.

Best,

Jöran

Senior Editor at John Bake Postproductions
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