Final Cut Pro/Express plugin compatibility...

I understand there are differences in how FCE and FCP handle plugins and as I don't have access to FCE, I wondered if anyone here might be able to test the demos here:
http://straylight.tv/pluginz/
and let me know if they work. Thanks so much - I want to do what I can to ensure compatibility.
Patrick

Hi Patrick,
I loaded all 3 demos both in FCP 5.1 (using the installer) and FCE 3.5 (just dragging them to its Plugins folder). They load and they seem to work. I say "seem" just because I haven't yet tried to go through all the instructions and to apply different values to the controls: I just tried a few to see some effect of the filter, and they behave the same on FCP and FCE.
In any case at this point I would be confident there is no problem.
Are they coded in fxscript or fxplug ? I wrote some myself for FCE using fxscript and they work fine in FCP as well.
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