• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Making a custom 2 second black solid in Motion

  Posted by Adam Berch on November 28, 2015 at 3:53 pm

  HI,

  I’m trying to make a 2 second and a 1 second Custom Background Solid to saved use over and over again instead of having to put a 10 second one on a timeline and changing the duration every time.

  Here’s what I have been doing:

  1) Right clicking a Custom Black Solid in FCP X and choosing “Open in Motion.”
  2) Motion opens.
  3) I change the in and out points and push the video to the left so it’s only 2 seconds.
  4) I “save as” then I publish it to FCP X and name it
  5) When I go back to FCP X, I see it but when I put it on the timeline it’s still 10 seconds long.

  What am I doing wrong?

  Thanks in advance.

  Imac 27″ Retina 5K
  16 GB RAM
  Motion

  Adam Berch replied 10 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Davidson

  November 28, 2015 at 6:53 pm

  You need to change the duration of your motion generator project to 2 seconds from within motion. While youre at it, make a 2 second one, a 1 second one, etc. We also have a ‘fade from color’ and ‘fade to color’ one that is 1 second. I think 1 second is the minimum length you can have for a generator.

  John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.
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  John Rofrano

  November 28, 2015 at 8:17 pm

  If you create it from scratch it’s easier. Make sure that you enter the correct length when you create the Generator project and then just drop a Color Solid into the Project, set it’s color of 16,16,16 (assuming you want Broadcast Legal Black) and save it as a generator preset. I created one with a published Rig that present a dropdown of Broadcast Black, Broadcast White, and Neutral Gray in FCP X. It’s pretty easy to set up.

  ~jr

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  Adam Berch

  November 29, 2015 at 3:53 pm

  Hi,

  Thanks for the info. I did create a 2 second and a 1 second Black slug.

  Now how can I make a 2 second and a 3 second crossfade and wind blur in Motion as well?

  Thanks in advance.

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