Plugins for OS X

[nigel_t]

I think OS X is great and I i'm glad everyone is moving to it and sftwre is being developed for it and all that. But i'm a pro video editor/visual effects artist and I have not heard anybody mention plugins for AE,FCP,PS and so on for OS X, has anybody heard anything yet. I've got a fairly large investment in plugins for AE & PS ,they better upgrade them.

Nigel.

 

[ronnyb7]

plug-ins for osx

Hey Nigel,
I'm in the same field as you, editing and visual fx, and I can totally understand your concern; however, the plug-in architecture is independent from os x (as far as I know), because you can run Photoshop in os x's emulation mode, and all the plugins should work...

 

[mymemory]

What about audio plugins?

 

[ronnyb7]

audio plug-ins

Epa chamo,
I think the audio plug-ins should work as well, so long as the main app runs under emulation... I haven't switched to os x yet (I'm waiting for Final Cut Pro for OS X to be released) so I haven't tried After Effects under os x, but I remember reading that it was close to completion.
Peace.

 

[nigel_t]

plugins must be native OS X

hey ronny:
I saw AE for OS X on https://www.macrumors.com some time last week. I'm also waiting for FCP for OS X to be released. but th e thing is I want the plugins to be running native, not in classic. So when I fully go to OS X, because i have not gone yet, I'll have my gammot of plugs to work with.

 

[ronnyb7]

AE plug-ins for os x

Nigel,
If I understand the way these things work properly, the plug-ins don't make any calls to os x directly, but to AE. I don't think Adobe would make the mistake of changing their plug-in architecture and leave a very large number of users and developers in the dark. I don't know this first hand, but I'm sure an email to Adobe tech support would clarify the issue.
Peace.

 

[iH8Quark]

Any more info...

on whether or not third party after effects plugins will work under AE 5.5 on OSX (native, not classic)?

I have so much money in plugins, but the "no dual processor" thing in OS 9 in killing me.

If anybody knows for sure, I'd love to know.