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Page Peel?
Yeah, thats right, I’m actually using a page peel. Question is, can you use FCP’s page peel or create one to stop about 1/2 way across the screen and lay the turned page on the left hand side pages. Just like a real book, rather than wiping completely off the side of the screen like the transition.
Is there a way to create this with FCP or Motion?
OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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I would create the effect on one side (full-screen) then merge the two sides together in a composite. In other words, create a cheat. Often that’s the only thing possible.
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Marr,
In the FC 7 “Alpha Transitions” there is really good “Page Peel”.
With some tweaking you may be able to use it.
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David/Rafael, thx. I’ll see what I can work out. I might be able to export the full page peel and composite that on another layer and fade it out so it looks real. we’ll see.
Still working on getting FCP 7. fingers crossed. but thx anyway.
OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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You can build a page turn effect in Motion, but getting the ever-changing curvature to be convincing is hard, this is an area where AE is superior.
I used to do these page turns a lot using our Pinnacle Alladin, in real time, and they looked SWEET. I’m surprised there is no third-party plug for this effect yet… or have I just not found it?
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Hey guys, this is what I’m referring to. I just found one of Stephen Smiths tutorials (link below) and at about the :23 marker the cover page turns and lays flat on the left hand side. Looks nice. This is what I’m after. Do you think he did this in Motion?
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/smith_stephen/pageturns/video-tutorial.php
OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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Busted. Matt, you caught me. I pride myself in only using the Final Cut suite for every tutorial I’ve ever created, with the exception of the screen capture software. There are only two times I’ve used some other software to create an effect and this is one of them. That page peel was created in After Effects, which comes standard with a killer page peel filter that lets you adjust the direction and how much the page peels. Plus, you can work with content that has an Alpha Channel. So you can have torn up pages if you wanted. Considering how long the Page Peel has been around I can’t believe that it doesn’t come standard in Motion yet.
You could achieve this in FCP but it will be a lot of work. Do you have After Effects?Check out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Motion Tutorials
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If I used the effect a lot, I would make a custom alpha transition. Sorry, FCP 7 only.
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Ha. I knew it. Traitor. Only kidding. Thanks for the info. I’ve been trying to AE for a while now. Trying to get $ for things is like pulling teeth around here. I should be getting it soon though. Yay, another program to learn. I was be sarcastic there. The process never ends!
thanks again.
OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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Matt, part of the repentance process is acknowledge your sins. 🙂 So I’m on the right track. However, I would love to see a page peel added to Motion.
Do you want to know how to do this with the FCP Page Peel plugin?
Check out my Motion Training DVD
Check out my Motion Tutorials
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Sure would. Keep in mind I’m on FCP 6, but hopefully getting 7 soon.
What I was able to do was drop the transitions in and use about -87 for angle and a radius of about 30. I then exported that and comped it over my original. Deleted the transition from v1 and keyframed the opacity on v2 to look like the page was laying on the left side. its not great, but its not bad either. And since the transition is only about 20 frames long, it moves rather quickly. Just the type of cheesiness the client will like.
OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card
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