You can deliver broadcast quality footage for a TV show or a feature film right from the confines of your apartment, cave, home, hotel or other dwelling. Plugins allow us to create stunning visuals right inside our NLE or one of the numerous VFX programs available. It is our job to deliver as much of the final image (within reason) so that the director/client/agency has an accurate assessment of what it will look like. The task of VFX has steadily fallen more and more onto the lap of editors. Plugins help us accomplish effects that are often too time consuming or expensive to create from scratch.įree plugins make it possible for everyone to harness their power and apply them creatively. Ideally, you are not adding visual effects to hide mistakes or to cover up deficiencies in the story…but this has been know to happen. Sometimes these effects are added only as eye candy to add production value to a project. These effects can emphasize something to make it more evident, subtly isolate a certain element or blend several assets into one shot. When editing any project, there are moments when a visual effect can be applied to help the story be told.

Below you will find some of my favorite free plugins and effects that I use when editing feature films. My Favorite Free Premiere Pro Plugins & Presets – Version 2.0Īfter working on VFX intensive feature films like: Deadpool, Gone Girl and Sharknado 2, I’ve learned the power of both subtle and overt visual effects.

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