The products window lets you browse all visual effects currently available on your system via FxFactory. Each product is summarized by its title and current status:
The product status summarizes the most useful information: whether the product is free or commercial, licensed or awaiting registration, etc.
The small icon below the product’s status represents the main video applications it was designed for. Some products are designed only for Final Cut Pro X, while others support a large number of video applications.
Move your mouse cursor above any given product to show buttons that allow quick access to more functionality:
The Info button brings you to a separate page which displays the product in more details.
The Register button lets you quickly access the product’s registration form. The “Register” button is only available if the product has not been licensed.
The checkbox to the left of the product’s icon lets you disable the product. When a product has been disabled, it will not be loaded by any video applications on your system. Disabling a product is the easiest method to hide products you may not be interested in, so that they do not appear inside any video applications.
When you disable a product, the icon becomes grayed out. There are more reasons a product’s icon becomes grayed out: the product may be incompatible with your system configuration, or it may be corrupt and in need of a new installation.
Product Info
Details on any given product can be accessed by clicking the “Info” button, or by clicking a product’s icon. Below are the product details for FxFactory Pro in relation to the system where the screenshot was taken:
Depending on the product’s status, there may be buttons in the user interface that allow you to register the product or purchase a registration code from our online store.
For instance, when your request more information on the “Photo Montage” generators on a system where the product is running in trial mode, you will notice “Register” and “Buy Now” buttons:
Each thumbnail represents a plug-in or Final Cut Effect included in the product. When moving your mouse over an effect thumbnail, additional buttons are displayed to allow access to the documentation and video tutorials available for the effect:
The Information column displays the product’s contents, minimum requirements and precise information on the video applications supported by the product. The following example shows the product Information for FxFactory Pro plug-ins, on a system with multiple video applications installed:
All video applications on the system that are supported by the product are displayed under the section titled “Available in”.
The section titled “Bundled with” is displayed only if the product is part of a bundle. Some products, like FxFactory Pro, bundle together different types of effects into a single product: traditional plug-ins and a new type of visual effect compatible only with Final Cut Pro X (known as “Motion Templates” or “Final Cut Effects”).
Only a single registration code is required to activate all products within a bundle.
When activating free products, no registration codes are required at all.