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Instant Replay Transitions
I am currently working on editing a multi-cam (5 cams) football game and I would like to include a few instant replays. I would like to transition from the game to the replay using one of those transitions commonly seen on espn, fox, css, etc. that use some logo to to fly in and off the screen “pulling” in the replay clip. I know you can create custom transitions within final cut, does anyone know how to create this transition in final cut? Would this be better done in motion or another final cut studio program? Any tips or replies would be greatly appreciated!
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Check out http://www.supawipe.com
If you can use FXPlugs with your version of Final Cut, it might work for you.John
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I second Supawipe!!!
You may also check out Digital Juice’s Swipes.
Steve Eisen
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[John Fishback] “If you can use FXPlugs with your version of Final Cut, it might work for you.”
I checked it out and it said FxFactory was required. FxFactory requires final cut 6 or higher which I have but it also requires Mac OS 10.5 or higher and I have 10.4.11. My mac meets all the requirements for supawipe, but not FxFactory.
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Search around the COW or the FX Factory site for FX Factory and 10.4.11. I seem to recall there was a version of FX Factory that workec with Tiger.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.4 QT7.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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Thank you for your help so far. I did find an earlier version of FxFactory that would work with my OS (2.03) however supawipe requires FxFactory version 2.05. I really wish I could make it work because that program is exactly what I was looking for.
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Chad,
Sorry but SupaWipe uses pretty complex image processing which does require 2.0.5. I truly hate non-square pixels!
I would recommend upgrading to Leopard as soon as you can – a lot of manufacturers have stopped supporting Tiger. Don’t do this mid project and don’t do the simple update – a hard disk wipe or archive & install will avoid trouble.
Peter
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Well thanks anyway for your help but unfortunately the mac I am using is a company computer and I doubt they would be too keen on upgrading to Leopard just for that. Again thanks a lot for your help!
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Well, in that case nothing beats the ol’ keframe trick. It’s probably easier to do this in AE or Motion but you can pull it off in FC too.
If you have the logo, you can animate it to move across the screen. Then animate the crop or garbage matte or a wipe on your clips and voila. Add some blending mode effects, a rendered flare from FC and you should have a simple yet effective transition.Wojtek Jezowski
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Right. You could easily set this effect up with FCP keyframes.
In my book, I have an exercise I call the “Buddha Wipe”, where the reader flies a buddha across the screen revealing a new picture. Basically, you animate crop and hide the edge with a flying graphic or logo. The trick is timing the graphic to fly at the same speed as the crop. It does take a little tweaking.
Another idea from my book: motion effects can be used as transitions. They also can be saved as “Favorites”.
That being said, I do like SupaWipe! It is definitely part of my “arsenal”. 😉
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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