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Browsing the OpenFX Library
All of these built-in plug-ins appear within categories at the top of the OpenFX Library.
Click the FX button to open the OpenFX Library
When you click the FX button, the Open FX panel opens out of the right side of the Node Editor
to show the Library, resizing the Viewer, Gallery, and Node Editor to make room. The OpenFX
Library is organized hierarchically. Each vendor’s plug-ins appear under a header with the name
of that plug-in collection, and possibly organized into categories, separated by headers with
Open or Close buttons that appear when you hover the pointer over them, which let you show
or hide the contents so that you can make the hierarchy as compact or spread out as you like.
To open and close OpenFX categories, do one of the following:
 Move the pointer over the header you want to open or close, and click the
Close or Open button that appears.
 To open or close all headers at once, Option-click the Open or Close button
that appears.
The Library in the Open FX panel showing
third-party plug-ins from Red Giant
Since many OpenFX plug-in collections are quite large, an optional Search field can be opened
at the top of the Library that lets you quickly find plug-ins by name or partial name.
To search for an OpenFX filter by name:
1 Click the magnifying glass button at the upper right-hand corner of the OpenFX panel.
2 Type your search string into the Search field that appears. A few letters should be
enough to isolate only those plug-ins that have that character string within their name.
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