Most cost effective yet creative plug ins available?

Question

Hello,
What are the most cost effective, creative/innovative and practical set of Final Cut and Motion plugin on the market? Core melt V2? Boris Continuum Complete? Genarts Sapphire? Other? Right now on Digital Juice, they are offering 50% off of Core Melt V2 at $199, but some say the video output quality with the plugins does not match up to some of the other plugins companies. What sort of advice could you offer about this topic?
Thank you,
Jordan

Answer 1

Buy all the most expensive plugins and software that you can get your hands on and your videos will be the best ever seen on YouTube. Invest as much time as you can in every application you purchase because you know what you want to produce and you know that the application that you've purchased can produce your desire and that is why you purchased it. Get the Apple Pro Training curriculum available at PeachPit Press.
Here's an example of using limited resources to produce desired results:
I worked in an office that only had an iMac and Final Cut Express where I edited stock videos using stock images. We're talking limited resources to the max. You would be surprised of the outstanding outcome of production using these limited resources. I needed an image editing app so I downloaded GIMP - saved the production department thousands of dollars in investing in similar applications. I so very much wish that I could of brought my nice, new, shiny MBP into the office to work on simply because I know what I want to produce and I know that I have the tools to accomplish those visions on my system. Unfortunately I am limited to the resources that were available at the office. Sometimes you just have to make the best with what you have. If you know what you want to create then it's easier to accomplish and selecting the right tool for the job is easier in this regard as well. How can you know what you want if you don't really know what you want? If all you know is that you want something less-amateur then all you will receive is a less-amateur response...