• Versions of the FxPlug SDK

• Backward Compatability

• Plug-in Concepts

• SDK Headers

• Types of Plug-ins

• Bundling and Installing a Plug-in

• Packaging

• Registration

• API Overview

• Protocols

• Properties

• Parameters

• Rendering

• Images

• Parameter Interaction

• Custom Parameter UI

• On-Screen Controls

• Host Capabilities

• Features of FxPlug SDK 1.2

• The FxPlug 1.2 Framework

• Timing information

• Field and Field Order Information

• Progress and Cancellation

• Image Retiming in Transitions

• Absolute versus Relative Times

• Getting Angle Values

• Plug-in Manager 1.7

• Free Access to Host APIs

• Final Cut Pro 6

• Support for Hidden and Disabled Parameters

• Support for Non-Animatable Parameters

• Support for Parameter Groups

• Support for FxParameterSettingAPI

• Parameters Sampled at Arbitrary Times 

• Plug-ins Only Instantiated Once at Startup 

• Plug-ins No Longer Instantiated Multiple Times 

• Initial Value of Point Controls Respected

• Software Rendering Preferred in More Cases

• Consistent Parameter Change Notification

• Requesting a Nonexistent Parameter

• Output Pixel Aspect Ratio Reported Correctly

• Remaining Issues in Final Cut Pro 6

• No Support for Onscreen Controls

• No Support for Resizing Output Images

• Some APIs Available Only During Render 

• Motion 3

• Now Notifying Parameter Changes

• Fixed Pixel Aspect of Textures from Image Wells

• Float Images pixelFormat Correction

• Temporal Image Retrieval for Image Wells

• Support for Non-Animated Parameters

• Scale Factor and Resizing Reconciled

• Features of FxPlug SDK 1.2.1

• The FxPlug 1.2.1 Framework

• 3D Support

• Versioning Support

• Angle Units

• New Examples

• Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 Changes

• Correct Duration for Transition Effects

• Correct Start Time and Duration for Untrimmed Media

• Group Parameters Can Be Hidden

• Parameter List No Longer Scrolls Inappropriately

• No Artifacts in Parameter List

• Correct Channel Order

• Motion 3.0.1 Changes

• No Gamma Shift

• Correct Rendering

• Correct Memory Management

• Proper Bit Setting

• Avoid Unnecessary Rendering

• Fix Crash Bug

• Parameters Updated Correctly

• Features of FxPlug SDK 1.2.2

• The FxPlug 1.2.2 Framework

• FxImageColorInfo Enumeration

• Xcode Template Location

• Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 Changes

• Parameter Value Retrieval

• Collapsible Groups

• Start Point, End Point and Reverse Transitions

• Undo and Copy/Paste Crashes

• Nested Groups

• YUV Images

• FxTemporalTransitionImage

• Multiple Monitors

• Legacy Non-Real-Time Display Path

• Transition Input images now have the correct field order

• Hidden Groups

• Motion 3.0.2 Changes

• Custom Control Saving

• Image Well Gamma Shift

• API Object Refactoring

• Interpolation for Upsampling

• FAQs

• How can I debug my plug-in?

• How can I retrieve resource files from my plug-in bundle?

• Copying and pasting UUIDs from Terminal is tedious. How can I simplify this step?

• How can I determine if an input frame is interlaced?

• How can I access a single field from an interlaced frame?

• How can I determine what application my plug-in is running in?

• How can I specify another clip as input?

• How can I get the current time?

• Can I define multiple plug-in bundles that populate the same group?