Hello, I'm currently upgrading to Catalina, FCPX 10.3.4 (from 10.1.4), adding 2 super graphic cards & also adding RAM from 24 GB on my 5.1 Mac Pro. What is the best plug-in OR software for a beginner to delve into video effects? I also would like to know if anyone could tell me the way to achieve the effects in the video excerpt I linked from my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12vhSMNNIRjwYhas4mgNumF988JcxFy-h/view?usp=sharing Thank you~!

Hi Maurice - I've linked this thread to one of our FCPX courses on Visual FX, and here are a couple of additional links to courses on video effects: https://www.macprovideo.com/library/application/aftereffects?afid=E470KLQ7r9 https://www.macprovideo.com/library/application/motion?afid=E470KLQ7r9 I'm an audio guy so I can't advise, but maybe one of our FCPX users or experts will have some thoughts..

Much appreciated Joe~!

I'm afraid that the Google Drive link is locked so I can't check out the kind of visual effects you want to make. Motion will enable all kinds of motion graphics animation and FCP X effects building, so that's a great place to start, but I'm not sure how far you want to go.