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The plug-ins are available for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Apple Motion and Final Cut Pro. They were developed by 13-year-old Alex and his eleven-year-old brother Ben with support from their dad, Tim Dashwood of Dashwood Cinema Solutions. All plug-ins cost 7 US dollars individually, but a free version of each is also available.
The plug-ins are available in the FXFactory app, which must first be downloaded. A Mac running OS X 10.10 or newer with an AMD, Nvidia or Intel HD graphics card and at least 512MB VRAM is also required.
The FanFilmFX VFX plug-ins include “Saber Blade” for the lightsaber effect—Alex Dashwood explains how it works here:
Here is the free version of the 2-Point Lightsaber Creator; anyone who would like to top up the two boys’ pocket money can get the 7-US-dollar full versions here, which lets you adjust the glow value.
Ben explains the lightning effect in this video:
The free version is available here and the full version with more customization options here.
All further information at: www.fanfilmfx.com
