IMovie 09 Effects and Transitions

I have version 9 (or so it says, but when I look at the actual version number, it says 8 - SO confusing!) and I am wondering if there are any more transitions and effects that can be downloaded. Does anyone know?
I am also wondering if there is a good web site where I can go to learn how to use the transitions and effects that already exist?
I have experimented with what they can in their "canned" state but I am sure there are other things. Just a few days ago I learned about green screen and I am presently reading about cutaway.
It seems iMovie doesn't allow you to do too much until you learn to use these features - but I can't find anywhere for learning Of course, there are many videos on YouTube but filtering out the good ones takes an eternity!
Any advice much appreciated

Keep iMovie HD if you get iMovie 09.
They are very different, some good features with both.
iMovie 09 has no 3rd party plugins only what it comes with.
Z.

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Thanks!

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i had the same same problem and used the dev tools to help myself. im not a native c++ programmer, but after three weeks i managed to build 2 effect plugins. you are invited to try them out, they are both freeware.
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Hello, i'm trying to do add some transitions to my video. I want to do a intro like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBPV0f6c56s
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I have Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
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1. Dont know excactly what you want.
2. Filmflash transition is not default in Premiere. BCC has it for AE.
If you do not have bcc then look here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIOAqO6Trvw
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Good Morning
does anyone know if there are any software companies out there that make plug-ins for FCE HD like there are for iMovie?
Thanks for your help
PG
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

There are a number of companies out there that make plugins - just do a Google search for them.
In the meantime how does a hundred FREE effects, transitions and generators sound?
If you are prepared to spend a couple of hours (Broadband speed) exploring these sites you will find them:-
http://fxscript.org/plugins.html
http://www.chv-plugins.com/
http://www.cgm-online.com/eiperle/cgm_e.html
http://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/
http://www.nattress.com/free.htm
http://proapptips.com/tips/links.php?category=Plugins
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/review_sapphire_fcpdouglas.html
http://www.mattias.nu/plugins/
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Excellent. The generator suggestions worked like a charm. Just curious. What did you mean by adjustment layer. Surely it's something simple, but forgive me for not knowing.
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There could be a missing component in Snow Leopard. I would try backing up your system to an external disk using a tool like Super Duper. Then reinstall Snow Leopard. Then use the Migration Utility to reinstall everything,
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I have been using Premier Pro CS3 for a couple of years with an XP operating system. Most of the time I haven't had to many unusual things happening. But recently I have done some major projects and after I rendered them and then closed Premiere Pro and opened it the next day, nothing is rendered and the tranistions and any effects I may have added are no longer there and in some cases I see the "media offline" screen. I did find a work around thru the internet and some forums and that was to select all the files and move them a few frames then move them back. Everything works fine then except now I have to render everything again. My question is I recently started capturing using the detect scenes and I end up with quite a few clips whereas before I would just make one clip and cut out the sections I need. All the files are on my harddrive on the computer nothing external. Is it because I'm using detect scenes and I have so many short clips and that's the reason I have to move all the files and re-render. I called Adobe and they wouldn't give me any answers as I'm using CS3 they kept telling me to upgrade to CS5. Anyone have this type of problem and if so is there something I can do other than move all the clips and re-render? It makes me very nervous to be moving all the clips and put them back even if it's only a couple of frames. Any help would be appreciated. I do plan to upgrade to CS4 but want to know if I should quit using the detect scenes option when capturing. The only thing I do, do is to put all the clips into seperate bins in the project window. Thank you in advance for any help

something in the original project you created and the media you imported is saying, " The stuff is located HERE...and it's not finding the stuff THERE...." or you actually chose to use the media offline ( unlikely ).
You did SOMETHING somewhere along the way to confuse the program about where the stuff is located....
I don't use CS3 to capture stuff but use ScLive ( for sd work , not hd ) , and it is set up to make a clip for every time it sees the timecode indicate the camera was shut off and turned on ( scene detect on )....
That gives me a lot of clips in the folder I selected to capture to.
When I import those clips to a project ( usually in the same folder structure so I dont get confused where things are )..I then LEAVE the assets there and dont move them ....or the program won't be able to find them properly ( the link is lost if you move the stuff )...and it then is either prompting me where it is or it is seen as offline ( If I choose to ignore prompt to find it )...
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Almost all of my effects and transitions are not working on my fcpx trial

i don't know what happened or how to fix it, its getting extremely annoying now. it has happened before then i fixed it and i down really know how i just turned off my computer and it worked then a few days later i turned it off and turned it on it wasn't working and i tried that a few times to see if i could get it working its not doing the trick! it would be GREATLY appreciated if someone would help me!

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The help file says:
"Exponential Fade transition
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1) The description is nearly identical to the Constant Power transition description.
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Video FX: video effects and editing drive (incl. RAID disk arrays)

Having had an issue with rendering iMovie effects and read through a few posted thread, I ran an experiment that pinpoints an incompatibility between iMovie and large size (800GB) RAID array volumes. Hence the following questions:
Is iMovie designed to support large sire RAID disk arrays ?
Could anybody test a non-RAID array large size (say 500GB or better 1000GB) volume to check if it is size or RAID dependent ?
When can we expect a fix ?
For more details, please read on.
Reading through the other threads talking about the Quartz composer effects, it sounds like the Apple programmers have a lot of work ahead to deliver a more robust 6.0.2 version.
I wanted to record the noticed incompatibility of working with a project outside the System & Application drive and applying Quartz composer effects.
Most keen videographers are using either a good large size external drive, a RAID array or a separate partition to store their video footage and editing work. So the noticed incompatibility needs to be looked into.
Interestingly, I read of other users having the same problem but Karl Petersen also mentionned that he didn't have the problem ...
So, what's wrong ? If the problem would be consistent, it would be easy to have Apple on their toes to fix it, but if not ...
So I ran a small experiment. I took the same iMovie project and copied it to my different disks and volumes (at least the ones where I had enough space) and tested 3 types of effects:
-1- the non-Quartz Composer 'fast/slow/reverse' effect, which caused me trouble already in iMovie '05;
-2- the Quartz Composer 'sepia tone' effect, which I was using without problem in the previous version;
-3- the non-Quartz Composer 'aged film' effect, which I was using without problem in the previous version;
My disk and volume configuration is the following:
-> First internal 500GB Serial ATA Disk split into 3 partitions:
a) 30GB System & Applications Drive (Start-up Disk);
b) 20GB Pictures Drive;
c) 415.6GB Partition as Slice 1 of my Apple RAID array;
-> Second internal 500GB Serial ATA Disk split into 4 partitions:
d) 15GB Virtual PC System & Applications Drive;
e) 15GB MAC & PC Documents Drive;
f) 20GB Musics Drive;
g) 415.6GB Partition as Slice 2 of my Apple RAID array;
-> Internal 831.3GB Apple RAID Array - striped RAID set made of 2 slices (volumes c and g above);
-> External 120GB FireWire Disk in one volume.
All volumes are formated using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.
The result is consistent and points towards an incompatibility of iMovie with either very large size volume or RAID array. Indeed, all tested effects preview fine on all tested volumes, however, they can be applied seemlessly on all tested volumes apart for my large size RAID array.
When the project is on the RAID array, hitting the apply button results in the following:
For the non-Quartz Composer 'fast/slow/reverse' effect and the Quartz Composer 'sepia tone' effect, rendering starts but then stops a fraction of a second later (as if it was unable to write the rendered file to disk). Resulting image in the video viewer is shifted diagonally to leave a black corner on the bottom-left.
For the non-Quartz Composer 'aged film' effect, rendering starts and proceeds but the resulting image in the video viewer is again shifted diagonally to leave a black corner on the bottom-left. Note that resizing the iMovie window corrects this viewer issue.
Conclusion:
Is iMovie designed to support large sire RAID disk arrays ?
Could anybody test a non-RAID array large size (say 500GB or better 1000GB) volume to check if it is size or RAID dependent ?
When can we expect a fix ?
Regards,
Alex

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