Line 1 is required to have the effect and parameter names added to the translation files
-In line 2, the "tag" is the name of the mlt filter that has to be found in the file
-/usr/share/mlt/modules/filters.dat for the effect to appear in Kdenlive
+In line 2, the "tag" is the name of the mlt filter
Line 3 is the name of the effect that will appear to the user
Line 4 holds several effect parameters:
id is an internal kdenlive id, can be anything, but must be unique for each effect
The "name" tag gives the parameter name as it will appear to the user
-Kdenlive parses the effect folder at each startup, so that if you have an xml file describing a new effect, just copy it in your ~/.kde/share/apps/kdenlive/effects/ folder and restart Kdenlive to enable the new effect
+Kdenlive parses the effect folder at each startup, so that if you have an xml file describing a new effect, just copy it in your ~/.kde/share/apps/kdenlive/effects/ folder and restart Kdenlive to enable the new effect.
+Effects need to be blacklisted in the file kdenlive/data/blacklisted_effects.txt if they use a custom (i.e. non-default) XML GUI from this directory.
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