All of that together meant Automatic Duck should build a bridge from Final Cut Pro X to After Effects.īefore your plug-in, how were people getting from FCP X to After Effects? Harry and I were looking for a project, Final Cut Pro X is growing in the marketplace, and I need to get from Final Cut Pro X to After Effects if I am going to use it as an NLE. I really enjoy using FCP X as an editing tool, but while I am editing I want to take clips or a section of timeline and bring it in to After Effects… it’s how I work. At that same time, I had been hearing a lot of people on social media talking about how Final Cut Pro X had improved and become a great NLE, so I gave it a try. We are still really good working partners with Adobe and we could not have made this product without rewriting everything from scratch without their help or without their permission.Īfter leaving Adobe at the start of 2014, I was trying to figure what was going to be next. We told them we had an idea for a product - translating Final Cut Pro X into After Effects, and they said, “Okay.” We used some of the After Effects code from the past, but we also had to add a whole bunch of new code for Final Cut Pro X. We do have the ability to use some of what Adobe acquired from us, but we are also limited in some ways. When you joined Adobe, they bought your technology. On the heels of this news, we reached out to Wes Plate, who, after working for Adobe for two years, is back at the family business. Both products are being sold via Red Giant. Media Copy 4.0 uses AAF and XML to simplify copying and moving media files from any Final Cut Pro 7, Final Cut Pro X or Avid Media Composer/Symphony project. Ximport AE transfers entire timelines, including cuts, third-party effects and transitions from Final Cut Pro X to Adobe After Effects. As you might expect, Automatic Duck Ximport AE and Automatic Duck Media Copy 4.0 are designed to make post pros’ lives easier.
While Adobe had acquired the technological assets of Automatic Duck, it did not acquire Automatic Duck, the company.įast forward a few years and the Plates and Automatic Duck are back with new products. In 2011, Automatic Duck licensed its technology to Adobe, and Wes joined them as head of its Prelude team.
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Over their time in business, Wes and his father, Harry, have created a number of software tools designed to make different programs and formats work together… the ultimate facilitators. If you’ve worked in post production during the past 14 years, there is a very good chance you know Automatic Duck and its president, Wes Plate.
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