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Tip-7 Installing Hollywood FX Pro V5.1 into Adobe Premiere Pro

By Le Papy - Published on Monday, September 01, 2008
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Category: Tips & Tricks Special effects HFX [EN]
Last updated on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Created on Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:54 PM
 

Disclaimer: Warning, these modifications are done under your own responsibility. HollywoodFX 5.1 is not supported by Pinnacle for Adobe Premiere Pro. This tip and trick should work for all versions of Adobe Premiere Pro. It has been extensively tested with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.

OVERVIEW:

IMPORTANT: When Windows XP is installed, the default Folder Options setting is to HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES. File extensions are usually three or four letter codes at the end of computer file names that tell the operating system what kind of file they are dealing with. Examples of common file extensions are .EXE,  .JPG,  .BMP,  .AVI, etc

In this tutorial we will be copying some .VFX files from the C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins folder to the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins\en_US folder and renaming them from the .VFX extension to the .PRM extension that Premiere Pro is looking for.

The following step MUST be followed before the file extension can be changed.

 

From Windows Explorer, select TOOLS/ FOLDER OPTIONS. Select TOOLS/ FOLDER OPTIONS in Windows Explorer
From the VIEW tab, UNCHECK "Hide extensions for known file types".  Press OK. UNCHECK "Hide extensions for known file types"
Additionally, it helps to set your display to DETAILS view... Display to DETAILS view
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins

EDITION FOLDER - Contains the "Video Transitions" plugin (HfxEdt5.vfx) - The other file, (HfxEdt46.vfx) can be ignored.

EDITIONFILTER FOLDER - Contains the "Video Filters" plug-in (Fl-HfxEdt5.vfx) - The other file (Fl-HfxEdt46.vfx) can be ignored.

STUDIO FOLDER - Contains the plugins (.DLL files) for Pinnacle Studio. Disregard this folder for Premiere Pro installation.
You will see three folders: EDITION, EDITIONFILTER, and STUDIO. You will see three folders: EDITION, EDITIONFILTER, and STUDIO.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins\Edition.

Right-click the file "HfxEdt5.vfx" and select COPY.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins\Edition.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins.

Hold mouse over en_US folder and right-click PASTE. This will copy the file into the en_US folder.

NOTE: If Premiere Pro is not installed with US English as the language, then the name of the folder to paste to will vary. For example, for French the folder is called "fr_FR", etc.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins\EditionFilter.

Right-click the file "Fl-HfxEdt5.vfx" and select COPY.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Pinnacle\Hollywood FX 5\Host Plugins\EditionFilter
Navigate back to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins.

Hold mouse over en_US folder and right-click PASTE again. This will copy the file into the en_US folder.

NOTE: If Premiere Pro is not installed with US English as the language, then the name of the folder to paste to will vary. For example, for French the folder is called "fr_FR", etc.
Navigate back to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins\en_US (or installed language folder name - see above)

Right-click the file Fl-HfxEdt5.vfx and selct RENAME. Replace the ".vfx" portion of the filename with ".prm" - press ENTER.
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins\en_US
Also, right-click the file HfxEdt5.vfx and select RENAME. Replace the ".vfx" portion of the filename with ".prm" - press ENTER.  Also, right-click the file HfxEdt5.vfx and select RENAME. Replace the ".vfx" portion of the filename with ".prm" - press ENTER.

After renaming the files in the C:\Program Files\Adobe Premiere Pro CS3\Plug-ins\en_US folder from the .VFX extension to the .PRM extension, Hollywood FX Pro 5.1 will be installed into Adobe Premiere Pro as a plug-in. It can be accessed from the Effects Panel, both as a "Video Transition" AND a "Video Effect."

Remember, if your installed language for Adobe Premiere Pro is NOT English, then your plug-ins folder will not contain a "en_US" folder. Adjust accordingly. Hope this helps!

{Thanks to: Bryan Chilcher for this tutorial, Le Papy for uploading it, Loosecannon for the fine tuning}

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Tom By # Tom @ Sunday, September 14, 2008 12:17 AM
Great Tip. working great!

Loosecannon By # Loosecannon @ Monday, September 15, 2008 12:26 AM
I was able to get the files showing in Premiere Pro CS3 but I couldn't get past the keycode so everything was watermarked.

Did you have issues with that and if so, how did you solve it?

I have had 5.5 and 6.0 installed and working great for years and installed 5.2 from my old S9 disc just to use in Premiere Pro. But I can't find out how to get a keycode to unlock it.

Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:00 PM
Hello Loosecannon,
Sorry for not being able to answer sooner, I was on holidays, and my colleagues do not have the answer. Concerning your question, you can only use the first 25 set. I will get in touch with you to see if there is any problem.
Regards,
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samad mohebbi By # samad mohebbi @ Monday, September 29, 2008 5:09 AM
my name is samad mohebbi

Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:24 PM
Hello samad, welcome aboard ! This comment section is generally reserved for discussions related to :

- errors on our part
- effects which are described in our article and not possible for any reason
- asking details regarding a particular point
- approval that you were able to find and apply this article, or on the other hand, your disapproval

Try to use it only for this specific goal...
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JAISINGHVERMA By # JAISINGHVERMA @ Friday, October 03, 2008 5:15 PM
i am very happy for that i have got hollywood fx

marujo By # marujo @ Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:15 PM
olá. onde eu faço o download deste hollywood fx 5.1? qual a url para eu fazer o download dele?

Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:46 PM
Hello marujo,

You need to buy HFX. No possibility to download it, sorry.
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Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:51 PM
Hello Marujo,
As I told you before, you need to buy it... No other possibility.
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Michael By # Michael @ Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:20 PM
Hello, my name is Michael. I have have HFX Gold and 5.1 for years as well. I made effects in Gold and 5.1 when I used Premiere 6.5. I reformatted the hard drive to rid a virus, reinstalled everything, but instead of Premiere 6.5 I bought Premiere Pro CS3 on. I installed HFX Gold and get "Unable to start the License Tool program". I installed HFX 5.1 and some of my fx are now watermarked with the word "PRO" including ALL the ones I had previously created!!!!!!!

Any help would be appreciated!!

Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:29 PM
Hello Michael,
Did you try to use the Windows Start menu, HFX > Enter your plus/Pro HFX serial number. It should help. Otherwise, I have no ideas...

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vb By # vb @ Friday, November 07, 2008 7:38 AM
hi
how
Installing Hollywood FX Pro V5.1 into Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8.0

Declic Video FX By # Declic Video FX @ Friday, November 07, 2008 1:16 PM
Hello vb,
Unfortunately, I only use Pinnacle Studio, and I do not know how to use HFX with Ulead MediaStudio Pro... As you see, this article deals with HFX and Premiere Pro. If you know anybody who already manage to use HFX with Ulead MediaStudio, do not hesitate to inform us, so we can publish his tutorial. For the moment, I have no clue !

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ramreddy By # ramreddy @ Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:33 AM
its very good website

kausik By # kausik @ Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:15 PM
Can i install the pinacle hollywood fx v6 in Ppro

Déclic Vidéo FX By # Déclic Vidéo FX @ Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:30 PM
Hello Kausik,
Unfortunately not, it seems that only HFX V5.x and below can be installed in Adobe Premiere Pro... All version above are not compatible. If you find a trick, please inform us.
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