how to install missing kaleidoscope effect

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how to install missing kaleidoscope effect

I'm trying to edit a Final Cut project created by a friend who has the same version of FCStudio that I do: 5.1.4

I copied the project and media files onto my computer, but when I try to render it I get the message:

"The following effects could not be loaded:
Kaleidoscope
Membrane
These effects will not be applied. Please install the appropriate effects and re-open the project."

I took a look at the FCP install instructions on the install disk, and there was a custom install, but it didn't appear to offer selections of effect groups, just the whole FCP or not.

The only difference between my install and that of my friend that jumps out at me is that she installed Motion and I didn't. Would FCP effects be installed with Motion?

Otherwise, how do I "install the appropriate effects?"

G4 dual 1GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 22, 2007 6:21 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 22, 2007 6:38 PM in response to John F. Williams

Perhaps your friend has a few thrid party plugins (fliters) that you don't ... that would seem to be the most plausible explaination. Give your friend a call to find out.

-DH

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Answer 2

Apr 9, 2007 12:26 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

No, I can find no evidence of my friend loading in 3rd party plug-ins. I've done a bunch of google searching for these filters, and the only references I can find to Apple-compatible software are related to Motion. So I'm still wondering if they are somehow made available via installing Motion (which I can't do on my computer because of the video card).

I'll try to replicate the situation using a new FCP project and pay attention to where the filters come from.

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Answer 3

Links

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Apr 9, 2007 1:06 PM in response to John F. Williams

"Would FCP effects be installed with Motion?"

Kaleidoscope and Membrane are FXPlug Plugins installed with Motion.

FCP 5.1.2-5.1.4 has access to Motion's FXPlug Plugins.

If you didn't install Motion, you will be missing the Kaleidoscope FX plugin (which is found in the FCP Effects "Tiling" folder) and Membrane FX plugin (which is found in the FCP Effects "Render" folder) as well as the following FXPlug Plugins:

Directional Blur
Prism
Soft Focus
Channel Swap
Insect Eye
Refraction
Stripes
Target
Twirl
Light Rays
Overdrive
Color Reduce
Gradient Colorize
HSV Adjust
Threshold
Matte Magic
Color Emboss
Extrude
Indent
Lens Flare
Line Art
Noise Dissolve
Slit Scan
Slit Tunnel
Vectorize Color
Vignette
Kaleidoscope
Random Tile
Time Scrub
Time Strobe
Time Trails
Color Solid
Cellular
Clouds
Membrane
Noise
Swirly

But you say you can't install motion:
"which I can't do on my computer because of the video card"

Then you are out of luck, sorry.

But if you did have an approved card and you wish to install Motion now to get these effects, you need to follow these instructions from Apple.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304456

"If you install Motion 2.1 after installing the Final Cut Pro 5.1.2 update, Final Cut Pro may subsequently fail to open."

G5 1.8 DP (PCI-X) Mac OS X (10.4.9) ATI X800 XT, 4GB RAM, 20" & 23" ACDs, M-Audio Revolution 5.1, Fostex D15 DAT

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Answer 4

Apr 9, 2007 1:06 PM in response to Links

Thanks! that's just what I needed to know.

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Answer 5

Links

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Apr 9, 2007 1:28 PM in response to John F. Williams

I just edited my reply to include the following which I missed:

but you say you can't install motion:
"which I can't do on my computer because of the video card"
Then you are out of luck, sorry.
But if you did have an approved card and you wish to install Motion now to get these effects, you need to follow these instructions from Apple.

A suggested Graphics Card for your G4 :

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition 128MB (unfortunately, currently not available through normal retail outlets)

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9800/radeon9800prome/specs.html

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