Re: applied effects can make layer vanish - with no parameters altered...

Hi Mark,

I am not sure if I fully understand what you are expecting, allow me to rephrase it to see if we are both on the same page:

You are:
1. Taking an existing FxPack from the Pro Pack
2. Saving the quartz composition inside it to a separate file
3. Creating a new FxPack based on that composition
4. Expect your new FxPack to be the same as the original?

If this is what you expect, you are misunderstanding the concept of what FxFactory does. The composition contains a lot of information about the image processing, but the FxPack contains all the settings that link the host application to the quartz composition, including what parameters work in which way etc. If you simply save the composition and create a new FxPack, all the settings from the original FxPack will be lost. Yes FxFactory will attempt to create "default" parameters and settings when you supply it with a composition, but as mentioned previously, because there are so many potential things a plug-in should do, these "default settings" may not always result in exactly what you want.

If you desire to base your new FxPack on one from the Pro Pack, I suggest you don't duplicate just the quartz composition, but the entire FxPack, thereby preserving all the settings in FxFactory, as the composition only contains part of the picture.

If you are intending to create a plug-in that works with stills, I recommend you have a look at the slideshow generator plug-in in the pro pack.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Niclas





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