Digital Heaven LegalText replacement?

[Simon Ubsdell]

I did something for this for FCPX a while back:

3254_tkycaptionheightmeasurement.zip

… but my guess is that most FCPX users are not doing broadcast spots.

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Mark Dobson]

[Craig Seeman] “Seems this isn’t a high priority port for FCPX. I”

Have you tried contacting Digital Heaven? They are very responsive. I just contacted Martin Baker over an other issue and he got back to me very quickly.

There is a contact link on their website.

I suppose exporting the clip you want to put the text over and doing it in FCP7 then re-importing is what you are trying to avoid.

[Andreas Kiel]

Simon,

Nice work. But you should disable the background – that will make the templates more flexible.

Andreas

Spherico
https://www.spherico.com/filmtools

[Craig Seeman]

[Mark Dobson] “Have you tried contacting Digital Heaven? They are very responsive. I just contacted Martin Baker over an other issue and he got back to me very quickly.”

I did that first. I posted here once he honestly responded.

[Mark Dobson] “I suppose exporting the clip you want to put the text over and doing it in FCP7 then re-importing is what you are trying to avoid.”

Major kludgy especially when there are times when the ticking seconds are critical. Also the more steps one takes, the greater the possibility of a mistake along the way. To do this kind of work effectively and expeditiously is to be able to measure and adjust while adding the text.

A good thing about FCPX over 7 is that you can type and tweak over the image without the back and forth 7 required. I would like to measure as well and not have to move back to a “back and forth” workflow.

[Craig Seeman]

[Simon Ubsdell] “… but my guess is that most FCPX users are not doing broadcast spots.”

Yet is very close to ideal for certain kinds of work like this. The close ties between FCPX and Motion allow for fast FX work. Turnaround time often has to be lightening quick . . . and the spot must past legal the first time to make air for the strategic buy. Granted broadcast monitoring would be great (and obviously coming soon) but otherwise this kind of work is something FCPX is good at. These are not national ad agency spots.

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Andreas Kiel] “But you should disable the background – that will make the templates more flexible.”

Thanks for the suggestion, Andreas. Here, for anyone who is interested, are the new versions without background:

3537_tkycaptionheight.zip

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Craig Seeman]

Simon this is excellent!
Thanks for doing this and pointing it out.

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Craig Seeman] ”
Yet is very close to ideal for certain kinds of work like this.”

I totally agree – and when broadcast monitoring arrives I will definitely look to cut TV spots on FCPX. Which is the main reason I bothered to make these templates (as well as my safe title ones).

My point was based on my observation of the majority of users of FCPX who post on the various forums – for now the hobbyists vastly outnumber those who may or may not be using FCPX to make a living. From looking at the take-up on FCPX templates (which is obviously an inaccurate guide), there is a huge enthusiasm for cheesy graphical and other cliches and virtually none for templates like this which address issues of technical delivery.

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Mark Dobson]

[Craig Seeman] “Major kludgy especially when there are times when the ticking seconds are critical. Also the more steps one takes, the greater the possibility of a mistake along the way. To do this kind of work effectively and expeditiously is to be able to measure and adjust while adding the text.”

I like that word Kludgy! It really sums up the crazy workflow that working in FCPX sometimes forces us into.

I find working with text in FCPX a huge improvement over FCP7. Especially now I’ve least how to create text components in Motion and publish and tweak them in FCPX.

[Michael Sanders]

Totally!

A client asked me to change to all the slates (about 10) on a video this week, they decided they did, after all want their logo on them..

In total honesty it was no more than 10 mins from starting the process to finishing it.

Quickly went into Motion and added the logo and saved this back to the FCP X titles. Then I simply dropped the re made slide over the existing ones and FCP X copied the text and transitions over.

Job done.

I wonder where it’s written that that’s not Professional?

Michael Sanders
London Based DP/Editor