PD11 rookie here.....question about the effects option

Leadhitter

Newbie Joined: Jan 31, 2013 13:39 Messages: 5 Offline

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Jan 31, 2013 13:49

I'm coming over from Pinnacle. PD is exponentially better but one thing that's seemingly missing is a film effects option. Pinnacle had a magic bullet section where you could add film effects. They were in categories like music videos, TV, film...etc. It was great. I could have sworn I saw a tutorial that featured similar items in PD11 besides the obvious 'effects wheel' section, but can't find it anywhere.

Gotta have them. Thoughts?

Thanks for the help.....Parker

MULLY5150

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Jan 31, 2013 18:32

What kind of effects are you looking for? Like bombs exploding etc...?
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 31, 2013 18:39

Quote: in PD11 besides the obvious 'effects wheel' section, but can't find it anywhere. .....Parker

I'm not sure what you mean by the 'effects wheel'.
Also, are you running a full paid-for version? The trials are somewhat limited/stripped.

Leadhitter

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Jan 31, 2013 19:00

Sorry for the confusion. I'm talking about film effects like Red Giant and the like. I was trying to describe the effect tab on PD (yes I have the full version). The one where the wheel spins to show the different effects available. After reading more, it seems purchasing Color Director will give me what Im looking for.

Also, it looks like I can download New Blue effects but when I try, I get an error code saying I must open a browser to connect to the internet....despite the fact that it's already open and I'm on-line. Thanks.....Parker

ynotfish

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Jan 31, 2013 21:01

Hi Parker -

Here's a little sampler of some of the NewBlue Effects for PD http://youtu.be/TakEt4gW6VY

Not sure what the issue might be with the downloads.

The Red Giant Effects Suite is for CS5... http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/effects-suite/ (plug-ins like the NewBlue Effects)

From what you've said, I don't think ColorDirector is what you're after. It's dedicated Colour Correction software, rather than "effects" as such.

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PlaySound

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Jan 31, 2013 21:08

Quote: Sorry for the confusion. I'm talking about film effects like Red Giant and the like. I was trying to describe the effect tab

I understand that you want the effects of transitions as Pinacle, forget PD does not accept third-party transitional package, there is a promise for the future, on the other hand PD and quite easy to use and very fast, currently only for use Pinacle slide photos with transitions. AMD-FX 8350 / 8GB DDR3
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Jan 31, 2013 21:11

Actually PD does use plug-ins, New Blue and Smartsound, I hope for Prodad Mercalli, but it's a start. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Leadhitter

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Jan 31, 2013 22:27

Thanks for the replies everyone. Thanks to the tutorials I at least know New Blue isn't what I need. I'm looking for film effects like Red Giant offers. PD is way better than the pinnacle software I had but I sorely miss these effects.

Any source I can buy thes that one might know of? Red Giant only supports Final Cut and Adobe.

Thanks ....Parker Thanks.....Parker