Video Transitions & Plug-ins:  Recommendations

I'm new to Final Cut Pro, having used a hardware-driven dpsVelocity system for about six years. Overall, i'm enjoying using FCP.
However, one thing that surprises me about FCP is having a list of transitions, instead of seeing a graphic representation of the tranistion effect. I know it may seem like a less pro approach, but the graphic view of the tranistion did help me quickly pick out the one I needed. Is there a view setting I'm not using?
Also, I've been reading about plug-ins and thinking I need some. Again, with the depVelocity sytem, it came with lots of pre-configured transitions--for example, four page turn (one from each side), at least six page slides, etc. It looks like with FCP, I need to create each one of these options...so maybe that's where the plug-ins come in.
I would greatly appreciate some user recommendations for plug-in packages, both 2-D and 3-D transitons.
Thanks!

If you double-click a transition, it will pop up in your window and you can see a little more detail about it.
As far as plugins... i'm a big fan of the Nattress ones. Great pay bundle.
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