Check out our latest communities fighting
AI scams on Reddit and Facebook

business logo of PixelFilmStudios

PixelFilmStudios

3.9

On SmartCustomer, businesses may not offer incentives or pay to remove reviews. Learn more about our Review Guidelines.

How would you rate PixelFilmStudios?
grey stargrey stargrey stargrey stargrey star

PixelFilmStudios Reviews Summary

The company has established a strong reputation for providing high-quality plugins that are both affordable and user-friendly, particularly appealing to Mac users. Customers consistently praise the exceptional customer service, highlighting the responsiveness and expertise of support staff who effectively resolve technical issues. While some users experience challenges related to software compatibility and installation, these concerns are often mitigated by the company's proactive support. Overall, the sentiment reflects a high level of customer satisfaction, with many expressing loyalty and a willingness to recommend the company for its reliable products and outstanding service.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
46
value
43
shipping
25
returns
26
quality
41

We monitor reviews for authenticity

Japan
1 review
11 helpful votes
Follow peter b.
Unfollow peter b.
Share Review
Report Review

Not much support it took all day to load and understand how to get it to work but then i have only been using FCPX for 3 years it seems FCPX has caught up maybe even surpassed, mostly annoyed by constant marketing. Save your money

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
Pixel F. — PixelFilmStudios Rep
over a year old

There have been several updates to this plugin since your purchase. Please update the plugin using the pfsInstaller ASAP. Also, make sure you're running the latest version of Final Cut Pro X.

If the problem persists:
Please Contact Live-Chat Customer Support located on the bottom right of www.pixelfilmstudios.com
8-4pm Pacific Time
The support team will be able to resolve any issues you may have.

California
1 review
16 helpful votes
Follow Jared J.
Unfollow Jared J.
Share Review
Report Review

EMAIL NOT VALIDATED
August 3, 2017

At least some of the people in the comments received their products! I was informed if I went to the purchase history page (which was blank although I purchased) then my email would be validated in the product. Did exactly what they said to do and wala! Nothing! Site is awful and a fraud. 0/10, Stay away.

Date of experience: August 3, 2017
Pixel F. — PixelFilmStudios Rep
over a year old

We are sorry to here there was issues during purchase.

Please Contact Live-Chat Customer Support located on the bottom right of www.pixelfilmstudios.com
8-4pm Pacific Time
The support team will be able to resolve any issues you may have.

In the mean time, click on the "person" icon in the top right of the site for a history of all your past purchases. Here you can download invoices & products.

Kansas
1 review
19 helpful votes
Follow Film C.
Unfollow Film C.
Share Review
Report Review

Purchased 5 sets of plugins that looked decent in their video samples only to find that most of them look like amateur hour and bad Windows Movie Maker effects and transitions. Stay away from these. 90% of them are unusable in even a semi-pro production.

Date of experience: July 28, 2017
Pixel F. — PixelFilmStudios Rep
over a year old

The support team will be able to walk you through any issues you may have and achieve the look you are going for step-by-step;)

Please Contact Live-Chat Customer Support located on the bottom right of www.pixelfilmstudios.com
8-4pm Pacific Time

Florida
1 review
18 helpful votes
Follow Willis R.
Unfollow Willis R.
Share Review
Report Review

I saw what appeared to be a really great plug in that I could use in my business. When I went to purchase the one, I was informed that I could add on additional purchases at a discount, so I added 2 more for a total of $89. Once I paid, there was no download page... but rather I was sent an email to say that I would receive another email later with my download links. When a day went by and I still had no download links I began writing. 6 emails and three days worth of time went by and still no links. They claimed that they were sending them, but I was not receiving them. We went through the junk mail and everything looking for these links... still no links. They claimed this was a rare occasion and offered to refund my money. They wanted me to send them the original order number and some other info for the refund. That was 10 days ago now... and still no refund. I find it odd that I was able to receive all of their email communications about my billing and customer service... but yet I was not receiving their email with the links. I am beginning to think there are no links... just a place where I sent my money so they could have it. Where I come from we call that thievery.

Date of experience: May 21, 2017
Pixel F. — PixelFilmStudios Rep
over a year old

Please Contact Live-Chat Customer Support located on the bottom right of www.pixelfilmstudios.com
8-4pm Pacific Time
The support team will be able to resolve any issues you may have.

In the mean time, click on the "person" icon in the top right of the site for a history of all your past purchases. Here you can download invoices & products.

California
1 review
28 helpful votes
Follow Hank W.
Unfollow Hank W.
Share Review
Report Review

I have purchased a few Pixel Film Studios plugins. They all bog down my top of the line Mac to the point of no return. Their customer service is not helpful at all. They just send you to an optimization video on Vimeo, which doesn't fix the problem.

All the bad things written about Pixel Film Studios that I have read on MotionVFX and FCP.co appear to be true. They pump out plugins at an insane rate without any kind of quality control. All sizzle, no substance. And judging from the last couple comments on the MotionVFX article, * doesn't even treat his employees very well.

*Personal information redacted by admin

Date of experience: January 11, 2017
Pixel F. — PixelFilmStudios Rep
over a year old

We would love to solve your problem asap!
Please contact customer support with the following information ready to go:

System Specs
FCPX Version
Operating System
Plugin Version
Plugin Used
Project settings
Timeline of Project

A screen recording of what you are experiencing would be super helpful and get us all the info we need ;)

Switzerland
7 reviews
54 helpful votes
Follow Akos S.
Unfollow Akos S.
Share Review
Report Review

This Pixelfilmstudios.com - Pixel Film Studios, Final Cut Pro Plugins effects which do not work mostly, seems to be a one man show shop run by *, who only a couple of years ago still was doing wedding videos. So far I purchased only a handful for their Final cut Pro Plugins effects plugins, one of them did not work at all, and support people (likely the guy himself faking another name etc) is not fixing the plugin at all, but this support conversation keeps on answering questions I never had asked, i am guessing to satisfy a conversation with themselves, since he can not fix plugins. And likely in order to NEVER solve the actual problem at hand, but instead to be able to justify later on, that there was support given... But at the end of the day: Pixelfilmstudios.com - Pixel Film Studios are faulty Final Cut Pro Plugins effects alltogether, sold on a website that looks like he has 100 employees". Since 2014 this plugin has never worked, nor has this one man show support conversation even fixed anything at all, besides it being a vast waste of time. This one man show, *, is hiding behind a seemingly serious store, well designed. I do NOT want my money back, I want this software to work as advertised, or that he stops selling nonfunctioning software. For this is clearly fraudulent advertisement for a non functioning Product. I would advice everyone out there to look for plugins somewhere else, very shady shop here!
It seems that many of the positive reviews out there are written by * themselves, using aliases, a clear conflict of interest here.
There are tons of blogs talking about him stealing templates from other well established Final cut Pro Plugins effects software shops, which makes me come to the conclusion that i might have purchased one of those he cloned from someone else, and that's also why he can not fix it, nor make it work, since he is not being a coder/programmer himself.

*Personal information redacted by admin

Date of experience: June 7, 2016

From the business

Pixel Film Studios presents Final Cut Pro X Plugins, Effects, Transitions, Themes and Motion 5 Special Effects. Specifically designed for FCPX.


+100
See all photos