SmartTools

SmartTools

Modern toolkit for everyday editors
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Visual effects and audio plugins available in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro
 

Smart Tools is a great, all encompassing, modern toolkit for the every-day editor. It comes with common need tools like Adjustment Layers, Titles, and YouTube tools as well as some really great creative tools like the Center Lock and Flare Generator tool.

Adjustment Layers

The adjustment layer section come with common tools like color grading wheels, sharpen, and tint that allows you to place a title adjustment layer over several clips all at once and have the effect cover all those clips at the same time so that you can make adjustments to one layer rather than have to go through each clip individually. This section have some very useful tools that an editor will most likely use over and over again.

Creative

In the creative section, there are some great stabilizing tools as well as a flare generator and an effect that will make any graphic look like a Heads Up Display. The Center Lock tool allows you to choose a point in your clip to track, then it will automatically center that point to give you a really cool feel of the camera always being locked onto that portion of your clip.

Cursors

This section comes with four different juror tools. One is a basic stationary cursor that can be key-framed by the user. The clicking cursor moves to a user specified point, clicks, then moves to another user-specified point. The moving cursor simply moves from one location to the next while the tracking cursor will track and follow an object in your clip.

Guides

These commonly used guides are made so that they will auto-adjust to any project's ratio size. They include safe zone guides, a grid guide, a custom guide and a thirds guide. The multiscreen guide is useful for when you are creating a video for a multiscreen display so that you can know where the screen breaks are.

Masking

The masking tool has a customized user interface so that you can place and 8-point mask for a more customized masking area. You can then track an object on screen so that the mask will follow a specific are in your clip.

Mouse Clicks

Mouse click effects are great to bring attention to a spot that a mouse cursor has just clicked.

Pointers

This section comes with useful pointers to track and follow an object you'd like to bring attention to or point out.

Titles

The lower third title puts texts into your lower third area and keeps it in the title safe zone, no matter what aspect ratio size your project is. The title animator allows you to create endless title animations. The title box has a colored box around the title which auto-resizes to the text.

Tracking Labels

These tracking labels are a fun way to call out and track specific things in your clip.

Tube Tools

In this section, there are several animated graphics to help you tell your sutlers to like your video, show them where your channel is, and let them know where you are on social media sites. In the effects browser, there is a customizable face cam tool that allows you to create an instant face cam frame around any image or footage.

Tutorial Aids

These tutorial aides are designed to help you call things out in a tutorial, or even any kind of footage, in a creative and interesting way. They range form set graphics to highlighting areas and there's even a cool pop out tool that opus out a pre selected area of your clip. In the effects browser, we included a drag and drop tool. This mimics a cursor traveling to an object and then dragging it to another part of your screen.

Composition

In the effects browser, there are several composition and repositioning tools. You can drag and drop a composition template over a graphic or and footage. Then you can choose to reposition that graphic automatically to any of the frames third areas. You can also define a part of your footage that you'd like to recompose to a third area. There is also a tool that you can place over a graphic that allows you to easily resize and move any graphic on your screen.

Keying Tools

The keying tools are an effect that casts a natural shadow on either a graphic or a pre keyed green screen. You can control the wall and floor of the shadow, and the position and distance of the shadow as well.

How do I install
SmartTools
SmartTools?

SmartTools for Apple and Intel processors is available via FxFactory, our app store for visual effects, audio plugins and apps:

If FxFactory is already on your system, or once you have completed the installation, click the button below to download and install SmartTools:

More visual effect plugins by CineFlare

Living Titles
Match words in your titles that describe an action with corresponding animations
Fluid Split Screens
Continuously flowing split screens
Keyboard
A creative way to show keyboard strokes
Easy Titles
Animated titles with simple controls and configuration
Lens Filters
Digital lenses and prisms
Double Exposure Collage
Double exposure layouts for videos and images
DoubleVision
Double exposure tools for social media ads, music videos, etc
Spotlight
Highlight content with simple, elegant designs
Jump Cuts
Quick-moving title layer transitions
ShapeShifter
Shape-shifting dynamic transitions
ImpactText
Pre-animated titles with a quick, hard-hitting feel
Modern Split Screens
Ready-to-go and composable splitscreen templates
Vlogger
Backgrounds, openers and more for YouTube Creators
RetroType
100 retro titles and 100 backgrounds
AutoTextBox
Automatically resizing titles
CineText
Stackable, animated titles inspired by feature films and TV shows
CineTransitions
100+ creative transitions
Detailer
Restoration and color retouching
Elastic
Ease in/out layer transitions
Fader
Fading layer transitions
FilmStrip
Film strip effects, transitions and titles
HandHeld
Lens movements, whip pans and bumps
HighlightText
Highlight text by word or by line
Horizon Fixer
Fix horizon lines that change with your camera
KineticText
Kinetic typography
LensWhack
Lens distortions and light leaks
ObjectAnimator
Animate any object on your timeline
PopOut
3D animations with camera-like perspective and motion
Screens
Show content through realistic tablet and computer screens
ShoutOut
Modular callout elements
Smooth
Stack and combine layer transitions
Tunnels
Static and depth tunnel transitions
Vestige
Particle emitters with automatic tracking
Viewfinder
Authentic camera viewfinders and more
White Balancer
Use the Apple Color Picker to set the white balance temperature

Version History

The latest version of SmartTools for Apple and Intel processors can only be installed via FxFactory. Should you need to install any prior version of SmartTools, please contact tech support.
SmartTools
Version 1.0.1

Requires FxFactory 7.2.4 or later, macOS 10.14.6 or later

SmartTools
Version 1.0

Please note that this product will not work unless FxFactory is installed on the system.