Alpha effects

[Tom Wolsky]

You mean the alpha transition content?

Read the section in the manual on the alpha transition. This is content that you use in your project to activate the alpha transition.

All the best,

Tom

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[Barry Fraser]

Yes the Alpha transitions folder has many of them in it and I want to make it available the same as all the other effects and transitions in final cut.

[Barry Fraser]

Yes get the content into FCP for use in any project.

[Tom Wolsky]

The content you download are NOT transitions. You cannot add the video content to the transitions menu. The transition is in the Wipe folder or submenu and is called alpha transition. The content is added to the transition in the viewer. Did you read the section in the manual on how the alpha transition works?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Bret Williams]

They’re just premade alpha mattes. There is nowhere on the app for alpha mattes to be stored. They’re premade animations and mattes. Drag the folder into the browser for any project you wish to use them. Apply the alpha transition. Then drag the particular mattes and anims into the corresponding wells as per instructions.

Apple has just supplied a few samples. Digital juice, for example, has a large catalog of this stuff called swipes. Each swipe comes with the animation and one or two mattes. All NLEs can do this sort of stuff with alpha mattes and compositing modes. But it would take 4-5 layers stacked up. And changing the timing or sliding transition point was a hassle.

[Tom Wolsky]

Can the Digital Juice swipes work in FCP?

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Steve Eisen]

They work as overlays.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Tom Wolsky]

So you can’t use them in the alpha transition wells I take it. Thanks.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Bret Williams]

Worked fine for me on my initial tests when they added the feature. Why wouldn’t it? It’s exactly what it is for. It’s just marrying mattes to an animation. And as far as I can tell, if you shorten or lengthen, it’s just adding a speed effect. No real magic here.

I’ll double check later though.

[Tom Wolsky]

Thanks Bret.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”