ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at and work with Final Cut’s filters to create some special effects. Final Cut Express (FCE) offers a great variety of excellent effects, including many new ones using Apple’s FxPlug architecture. People should be aware that these new filters rely on the graphics card for processing. What this means is that on slower computers, people won’t get very good performance with them and that on some marginal computers, they won’t work at all. As before, begin by loading the material people need onto their media drive and reconnect the media if necessary. The Video Filters bin contains 16 sequences, one for each category of filter in FCE. In each sequence is a two-second portion of Dancel, with each of its filters applied with its default settings. Prism provides an interesting effect with color edges to the content of clip. It’s more a special effect than a practical filter.
