That is correct, no built in effects, such as the LOR protocol offers. But you don't lose the ability to create the effect, just done a different way, and hence, a slightly different appearance.
I use LOR software so that is the basis for my comments; cannot speak to the others (Vixen, LSP, HLS, etc) and how each behaves in this situation, will defer to your (and others) experience/expertise on that.