How do you gray out a clip and highlight a specific point or object

Quit FCPX.

Move the sc_magnifier (and all its contents) to the desktop (temporarily).

Open sc_magnifer folder and Move the Magnifier folder into the Instructional Aids folder.

You can delete the sc_magnifier folder if you like (other than the installer information in the Magnifier.png image, there's no further use for it.)

Restart FCPX.

Find the effect in FCPX in the Effects browser:

Drag the effect from the browser onto a clip into the storyline. Change parameters in the Video Inspector on the right side of the canvas. The Magnifier effect should be at the top of the list.

Still nothing.

the whole path needs to be:

your root (internal) drive (usually Macintosh HD)

Users

your home folder (has your username with a house icon)

Movies

Motion Templates

Effects

Instruction Aids

Magnifier

I've never heard that this needs to be done, but you might need to restart the computer.

Don't know what is wrong. The path is exactly as you show. I even tried several downloads of Magnifier.

I will try to contact the creater of the program.

Thank you for bearing with me.

David

fox_m is the creator of the effect.

Check that you have not accidentally added a space to the start or end of the names of the Motion Templates or Effects folders.

Note that you must close and reopen FCP X before the new effect becomes visible in the browser.

You are putting the Motion Templates folder in the Movies folder?

Ian,

There are no spaces and the Motion Templates folder is in the Movies folder.

Ian,

I think I am making some headway, but still not working. The correct Movies file was on my Desktop, named Movies alias. I haven't the slightest idea how it got there. I moved it into my Home Directory file. I repaired the Permissions and trashed FCPX Preferences. Here is the screen shot. I notice that; Compositions, Generators, Titles and Transitions folders are empty.

Off the top of my head I think those folders are for third party filters or your own custom made ones, which presumably you don't have.

Could it be FCPX 10.0.5 version is keeping me from using fox_m's Magnifier?

no...

I don't know what's going on. (Did you start with a trial version of FCPX by any chance?? just curious... It's odd that you had an alias to Movies on the desktop.)

Keep trying to straighten this out.

In the meantime: an alternative location to install the Magnifier effect template and others is:

mainHardDrive/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro/Templates/Effects/<create category>/Magnifier folder here.

This is not Apple's recommended user install location... but it should absolutely work.

I started out with demo version.

There is no Final Cut Pro in the Application Support folder. Only Final Cut Express.

Are you looking in the system library or the home library?

Ok. That folder should have been created when you installed FCPX, or at least when you downloaded and installed "Additional Content" for FCPX. I would consider that you have a faulty installation of FCPX.

So, I'm out of my depth on this one. I would recommend trashing FCPX and re-download it from the App Store. Maybe you'll get a complete installation the next time. But I also recommend you get an answer from somebody who knows better than I do.

I laid out the entire path -- he should have found it in the system library... this is just weird to me.