• Apple Final Cut Pro

  FCP X Best Laid Plans

  Posted by Brendan Gibbons on July 13, 2011 at 1:07 pm

  FCP X text / adjustment layer preset enabling you to add some layout guidelines over your video. Handy when laying out compositions or text etc.

  FCP X BG Best Laid Plans

  Add this text over your timeline and activate any needed guidelines. Just a guide though, no snapping functions here. You have positional control over the lines as well.

  I know that FCP now has Motions nice snapping controls in the viewer, however sometimes you want to layout elements to your own specifications

  – 5 Vertical Guidelines
  – 5 Horizontal Guidelines
  – HD Safe areas
  – centre cross hair
  – Global opacity control

  Screenshots:

  

  Controls:

  

  Timeline View:

  

  Extract to a folder of your choosing inside /user name / movies / motion templates / Titles
  (e.g extract to a new folder called “Adjustment Layers”)

  Cheers,

  Brendan

  Simon Ubsdell replied 15 years ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Mark Dobson

  July 13, 2011 at 1:48 pm

  Hey Brendan,

  That’s so useful, I use a digital Heaven plugin for this purpose in fcp7, so this will be dead right for FCPX.

  Is there a way, through opening up in Motion, of changing the colours of the guides as at the moment I am working against a white background.

  I have tried to do this but with no affect on your published fx.

  ta

  Mark Dobson
  Producer and Director
  Alembic TV
  http://www.alembic.tv
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  Brendan Gibbons

  July 13, 2011 at 2:12 pm

  Sure, Here is an updated version with a colour slider giving you multiple colour choices.

  FCP X Best Laid Plans V2

  Sorry, the lack of a colour choice was a bit of an oversight on my behalf. Thanks for the heads up.

  Cheers,

  Brendan
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  Gerry Fraiberg

  July 13, 2011 at 2:38 pm

  Nice work, Brendan. It’s good to see you’ve embraced FCP X, and are helping others to make it work. A repository of user created plug-ins would be a nice addition to the COW.
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  Mark Dobson

  July 13, 2011 at 2:58 pm

  Oh and a cup of tea as well please . . .

  Before installing vers 2 I had managed to change the colour and the width of the lines through using the HUD.

  These were the changeable parameters of the digital heaven plugin.

  I hope you are getting some paid work done as well

  Mark Dobson
  Producer and Director
  Alembic TV
  http://www.alembic.tv
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  Brendan Gibbons

  July 13, 2011 at 3:12 pm

  Milk and 1 ? 😉

  I still can’t believe we actually get paid to do what we do…..so can’t complain.

  Cheers,

  BG
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  Simon Ubsdell

  July 13, 2011 at 6:50 pm

  Yet another great template – was about to do something similar … just not nearly as good!

  Thanks a million!

  Simon Ubsdell
  Director/Editor/Writer
  http://www.tokyo-uk.com

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