Vegas Pro has supported GL Transitions for a few versions now, and people do script for them.

@idd-2016

Hi,

If you're looking for more transitions, I recommend Pixelan SpiceMaster 3 for Magix. I can probably do most of the 121 GL transitions with it, with intricate modifications of each, quite simply and without any programming. There are thousands of premade effects, hundreds of masks, that can all be easily manipulated and modified in the Pixelan interface. The possibilities are almost infinite. Add in the other Pixelan effects, and you won't want or need to look elsewhere.

John CB

I am sure that the GL transitions can be replicated, but they are free, and the ones listed require no additional programming. And if you ran them in Vegas, you would know that some do have slider options for various adjustments. Not as numerous adjustments as when you buy Spicemaster, Vitascene or any paid software, but still effective for a lot of work. And again, free. Sort of like cut, fade and cross dissolve transitions.

But I have to agree with you, Spicemaster 3 has a lot to offer someone at a really great price. I have it for Vegas (OFX), and it also works in Resolve Studio, but sadly, not in VPX16 or MMS2024.

@idd-2016 you really can't go wrong with Spicemaster 3. Download the Demo version and play around. You can spend a very long time trying it out, which is a good thing.

@Reyfox

Hi,

Is the Pixelan plugin for Vegas really OFX? Or does applying the transition just apply the default transition and to change it, you have to open the Pixelan interface as in the Magix nle's? I never tried them in Vegas.

Pixelan made plugins for each of the various nle's listed on their site, which is why the plugin for Vegas won't work in the Magix programs and vice versa.

@idd-2016

Further to what @Reyfox mentioned, the Pixelan demo plugins show a big X on the window. There is no time limit. However, you can spend a long time playing around with the tools...a very long time.

John CB

@Reyfox

Hi Tony

. . . . Vegas Pro has supported GL Transitions for a few versions now . . . .

Thanks for the heads up on this.

A lot can be done in MMS/VDL/VPX with the available effects, this is one I was playing with in MMS/VDL back in 2021, no 3rd party effects.

John EB

@browj2 well, it is working in the two programs that support OFX, Davinci Resolve Studio 21 and Vegas Pro 2026. You can do whatever you want with it. This is Resolve Studio 21 Edit page. The Effects Browser is the same as in Vegas.

This is how it looks in Vegas Pro with the Effects Browser open in addition to the Video Event FX open. Lots and lots of adjustments.

@johnebaker nice! There is a lot that can be done with the "stock" transitions and effects for sure! In spite of me having "zillions" of transitions to choose from (Spicemaster 3, Boris FX, NBFX, built in), what I use most is cross dissolve, fades and cuts. There were times when I would toss in just about every transition depending on the video.

@Reyfox

Thank you.

. . . . I use most is cross dissolve, fades and cuts . . . .

Me too, I believe less is more.

John EB

Well, I asked about the GL's because I saw few new ones that came on the VP forum and wondered about VDLX/VPX.

and Pixelan.... I know them since XP's movie maker 2.1, I might have their free files for it.📼

@Reyfox

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the images of SpiceMaster in Vegas and Resolve; definitely OFX. The Magix plugins are not OFX, unfortunately.

I, too, use mostly cross-fades, cuts, and J/L-cuts, but sometimes they just don't work with the material I have. Then, I go hunting for something that works. Another way to waste time.

@idd-2016

Hi,

The newest SpiceMaster 3 is quite different, even from version 2.

Which new GL transitions on the VP forum are you referring to?

I took a look at the GL website. Since the transitions are numbered, I presume that the latest ones are on the highest numbered pages, correct?

John CB

@idd-2016 I've had Spicemaster since old Adobe 6 days.

@browj2 Vegas has slightly over 61 built in GL Transitions. There are more than 120 on the site. Some of the transitions on the website are basic and can be done with built in transitions in most editing software. I've added some to Vegas such as Stripe Wipe and Tangent Motion Blur, although I can replicate it with BCC+ Spin Blur Dissolve. And while I can replicate just about any transition, but why reinvent the wheel. The GL Transition posts. Slowly bringing in new ones.

If Hollywood doesn't do it, I don't.

@AAProds

How many Hollywood films do you have to watch before you know what Hollywood hasn't done? 😉😂.

@CubeAce

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Hollywood hasn't done it on any of the movies I've watched so I'm not gunna do it! 😁👍