2 Newbie questions

[David Bogie]

[Les Kaye] “1-Can a transition have a custom rate as in Avid – i.e. 3 frames on the outgoing & 7 frames on the incoming? If not, any suggestions?

What’s an Avid?

Place each clip on a separate track and apply different fades. That’s the only way. You’re not going to like how FPC treats transitions at all but you get used to it.

2-Am I correct that muting a video layer removes a render involving that layer? Are there workarounds for this – apart from rendering when completed? Since I’m working in HD all the time, I sometimes need to mute a layer for performance factors.

I have been screaming about this for years. It’s insane from the user’s POV and it’s stupid programming. But, no, the only workaround is to nest the layers. It’s in the manual under “preserving renders.”

3-Although Motion has the LiveType fonts library, and a LiveType project can be imported into Motion, can the TEXT of a LiveType project be EDITED in Motion (I have a feeling not).

Dunno, when you find out let the rest of us know. I think you can set LT items to open LT as the external editor.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Les Kaye]

Thanks. And yes, you can use Open in Editor to get the LiveType titles back into LiveType.