FxPlug

FxPlug is a plug-in architecture designed by Apple Inc. that allows the writing of image processing effects.

Hosts

Current hosts that can utilise FxPlug plug-ins are

Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Express
Apple Motion
Final Cut Pro X

Technology

The advantages of using FxPlug over the previous FxScript and After Effects APIs are

Faster rendering as FxPlug can utilise the power of the GPU for rendering
Integration of other technologies such as OpenGL
Integration of other Apple technologies such as Core Image and Quartz Composer
32-bit float processing

References

External links

FxPlug SDK Overview

OS X Developer Tools

Interface Builder Xcode Quartz Composer Dashcode Instruments

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