Final Cup Pro X Plug-in Review: Rolling Credits

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Rolling Credits by SUGARfx is a Final Cut Pro X plug-in that generates some really nice credits to add at the end of your film projects. In full disclosure, I recently tried out this plug-in for a new project I’m working on thanks to a free license from SUGARfx. In this Final Cut Pro X plug-in review, I’ll be telling you a few of the quick pros and cons about the plug-in so that you can decide whether or not you’d like to drop the $49 on a new FCPX plug-in, or just continue to create credits with the built-in generators that come with FCPX. (Read more Final Cut Pro X reviews here).

First off, I like Rolling Credits because the credits look sharp. Aside from price, user interface, etc., the credits simply look good. See below for more detailed pros and cons:

Pros:

  • 12 layouts offer a diversity of visual options.
  • Each layout is highly customizable, allowing for changes to motion, color, gradient, motion blur, etc.
  • As I mentioned, these Final Cut Pro X credits just look good.

Cons:

  • The interface is a little bit more complicated than it needs to be.
  • Importing your credits text also seems more complicated than it needs to be, although this may be the fault of Final Cut Pro X and its limitations. I have to type [TTL] before the title, for instance, which isn’t a huge pain, but seems a little bit old school for a 2012 version of a Final Cut Pro X plug-in.
  • For what you get as a user, I think a $29 price point would be a little better than the $49 sticker price.

 

 

 

Below is the video tutorial for the plug-in, produced by SUGARfx themselves:

2 thoughts on “Final Cup Pro X Plug-in Review: Rolling Credits

  1. hi, I’m a student in South Korea.
    And While I’m editing,I can’t find a rolling credit section. so do I have to get plug-in? or just upgrade the version? (my FCPX is 10.0 ver.)If I should get plug-in, where can I get that? please let me know,:( Email me.

  2. Hi – You can find free basic rolling credits that come included with FCPX. If you can’t find them, make sure you have updated to the most current version of the software. Here is a tutorial video on making titles and credits: http://youtu.be/eMsSah2xCgg

    For more interesting rolling credits, you can purchase the “Rolling Credits” plug-in.

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