NewBlueFx VideoEssentials not keyframeable only in PRE!?

[hasso]

hi there,

I bought myself NewblueFX Videoessential http://www.newbluefx.com/video-essentials-ii.html
Now with premiere there are issues concerning third party plugins.
http://www.newbluefx.com/blog/qa-can-i- ... ffects.htm l

obviously third party plugin development for PRemiere is limited to Presets or keyframing.
Now with Premiere elements keyframing for external plugins is not possible at all.
I filed in a ticket asking, asking if there is a workaround.
Quote from the newBlue Support:
"Rack Focus is keyframable on Premiere Pro. If it's not on Premiere Elements, that's because of limitations found in Elements."

So now I have some fancy Chroma key and some Rackfocus effect which I cannot keyframe with Premiere Elements. I cannot shift to Premiere Pro.
But without keyframing the effects are not really powerful...

Are there not any other third party Premiere elements plugins available which are keyframeable?
Is this really a limitation of PRemiere Elements?
Should I file in a feature request at adobe's?

Thanks for any hint

hasso

[RJ Johnston]

I'm keyframming the Rack Focus in Premiere Elements 9 as we speak.


There's a trick. If it doesn't seem that you can keyframe a particular option in the keyframe panel on the Properties tab, go to the clip on the timeline and right-click to bring up the pop-up menu. At the bottom of the menu is "Show Clip Keyframes > Rack Focus > (several options). After selecting one of those options, the yellow line through the video is your keyframming envelope for whatever option you just selected. CTRL-Click on the yellow line to place a keyframe point. You should be able to open up the properties panel and check that keyframming has magically been enabled for that option.

You would have to go through that process for each option.

[hasso]

Great, That works....
Thank you very much...

All though...
is that a bug in PRE or in NEWBLUEFX?

[Bob]

That's most likely a bug in PRE 9. Keyframing is a function of the editor. The properties panel is not enabling the keyframe switch properly.

[VernonRobinson]

I don't have the product, but RJ, how do you come up with this stuff? Great work.

Regards,
Vernon

[hasso]

hi,

I contacted NewblueFx. They did not know about it. Just claimed its not working.I told them there is a trick. They were surprised. Maybe they can use that information for some update of their effects.

Cheers