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Create an editable color solid?
Is there a way to create a color solid in FCPX where I can adjust position, crop etc.? Basically I wanted to create a color bar that had to animate with another element but I wanted complete control over where in the screen it was and crop etc.
I tried generators but I don’t see that those can be manipulated. I ended up just creating a solid in Photoshop and importing that in to manipulate but am really hoping there’s a way within FCPX (like we had in FCP7) to do this.
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You can use the Shapes generator, the thumbnail shows a circle, but you can set the shape to being a rectangle. You can then set fill and border colours, and border width.
You can then use the transform controls in the Video tab of the inspector. The quality stays fine when scaling up and rotating these shapes (not like when you scale and rotate video). Remember that although the maximum scale the slider can show is 400%, you can enter values as high as you need.
The values can be different for horizontal and vertical scale % (click the turndown arrow), in this case it is best if you set the generator to show a square.
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Excellent! Thanks so much. Still learning where everything is in FCPX (hey, it’s been a whole week!)
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