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Working with video effects plug-in chains
You can apply plug-ins in chains of two or more for even greater flexibility. A plug-in chain is a sequence of all of the plug-ins to be applied to a media file, event, track, or project. The same plug-in can be added to a chain more than once. Use the same steps to add additional plug-ins to a chain as you use to add a single plug-in. For more information, see Adding a video effects plug-inon page 242.
After you apply a plug-in chain, the video is processed by each plug-in in order. The plug-ins are cumulative so, in some cases, you may want to rearrange their order to achieve the desired effect.
To view and work with a plug-in chain, click the Video FX button (
) for the event, track, Project Media window file, or Video Preview window to open the Video FX window.
Plug-in chain 
Click a plug-in to modify its settings in the lower part of the window.
Clear the check box on a plug-in to bypass the plug-in.
Drag a plug-in to move it within the chain.
Bypassing plug-ins
Video effects plug-ins can also be temporarily bypassed (turned off) by deselecting them (clearing the check box on the plug-in). Since the effects are rendered very quickly in the Video Preview window, turning a plug-in on and off allows you to see the results of the plug-in on your project.
Changing the plug-in order | | Plug-in chain | Shift Plug- | | In Left/Right |
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Video effects plug-ins are applied in the order that they appear in the chain. You can change this order by dragging a plug-in to a new location in the chain. Alternately, you can click the Plug-In Chain button (
) in the Video FX window and reorder the plug- ins in the Plug-In Chooser dialog.
In the following illustration, you can see how the order of plug-ins is important.
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