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anchor point broken in FCP 7 w/ png?
I’ve upgraded to FCP 7, and now when I import PNG files and alter the anchor point, it doesn’t change the anchor point, but instead adjusts the center point, i.e. – after altering the anchor point, there is no line from the 0,0 to the new location, and rotating still rotates around the original center of the image.
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I cannot reproduce that. How exactly are you doing this? Moving the anchor point with the distort tool works correctly for me.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
I was altering the values in the Motion tab, but using the Distort tool has the same problem. To reproduce it, I have to first scale down say to 10%, then move the anchor point and try the rotate. Only with the png, it works as it should with a .mov.
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Sorry I can’t help you. I followed the steps you described, opened the clip into the viewer from the timeline, scaled down to 10%, selected the distort tool, moved the anchor point from the center to the upper left of the image, returned to the selection tool, and rotated the edge of the image. It rotated around the anchor point in the upper left of the image as expected.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Is the clip or graphic larger than the sequence settings?
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Yeah, it’s a png with alpha in a 720 sequence, and when I place it, it’s already getting scaled down to 30% to fit the canvas.
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Thanks, you inadvertently answered my question–almost.
I noticed that when manipulating the anchor point in the canvas via pushing the center of a wireframe with the distort tool, the image “moved” around the frame–sometimes. This is not ideal. When I shift the anchor point I’d prefer for the image or clip to “stay put,” so I can more accurately place the new anchor point without disturbing the clip’s center value (position). What was more vexing is that some clips would behave this way. That is, on certain clips (in my case actual video clips–as opposed to stills) when I pushed the anchor point around with the distort tool the clip’s center value did not change. That is what I would like to happen, but it just wouldn’t always do so.
You had the answer here, I believe. If the clip or image whose anchor point you are adjusting is the same size as the frame of your sequence, the anchor point will move while the image “stays put.”
If, say, you are adjusting the anchor point of some imported stills that have been scaled down, this wonky and unhelpful “slip sliding” of the center value occurs. Lame.
Furthermore this is just counter-intuitive. In After Effects, for example it seems like the opposite is true. If you adjust anchor point the position remains the same but relatively the clip “moves” around the composition. That makes sense to me. As does using the pan behind tool to adjust the anchor point and position value simultaneously so as to effectively shift the anchor point of a layer while preserving its relative position in the comp.
What’s going on with FCP and why does this happen? Also, how can I get around it. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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