System information
The Compositors Window
From the View menu, choose Compositors to toggle the display of the Compositors window. You can use
this window to add compositing effects.
The left pane lists each of the available compositors organized in folders. Click the Expand and Collapse
buttons to open and close the folders, and select a plug-in name. The thumbnail images in the right pane
represent each of the existing presets for the selected compositor. Hover your cursor over a preset to see an
animated example.
You can type in the Search plug-ins box to find plug-ins. For example, if you wanted to find a specific
color-correction plug-in, you could type "color" in the box to display only plug-ins that include the term
"color" in the plug-in name, description, or group name.
You can drag a preset thumbnail to a track to add media.
For more information, see "Compositing and Masks" on page 385.
The Plug-In Manager Window
From the View menu, choose Plug-In Manager to toggle the display of the Plug-In Manager window.
You can use this window to access effects and effects packages that can be applied to events, tracks, and
busses. This window also allows you to rename and reorganize plug-ins. For more information, see
"Applying Effects" on page 301.
To add effects quickly, you can drag plug-ins and plug-in packages from the Plug-In Manager
window to events, tracks, busses, and the Audio Plug-In, Video FX, or Video Preview windows.
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