drop zone turns video to still

[Mark Spencer]

It’s likely that the duration of the drop zone is longer than your video – when the video comes to the end, it holds the last frame.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Jeffrey Carter]

No, It’s still from the beginning – no motion whatsoever…

[Jeffrey Carter]

If I publish an “effect template” the drop zones are video, but if I do a “motion template” the drop zones are still.

[Mark Spencer]

Do you mean a generator? Motion templates don’t appear in FCP X.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Jeffrey Carter]

Yes. If I create an “effect template” it has a placeholder that works, and I can add additional drop zones. In FCPX, I drop the ‘effect’ onto a video source and that becomes drop zone 1, but additional drop zones show up as ‘wells’ and I can add video to them, and they work fine.

If I create a ‘generator’ as a stand alone video clip, drop zones show up as ‘wells’ and I can add video to them, but they are turned into stills, not motion.

[Mark Spencer]

That’s odd, they work fine for me. Are you absolutely sure your video is long enough? Sometimes the drop zone in the generator isn’t revealed for the first several seconds, but the video plays from the very start, and runs out. Otherwise, not sure what to tell you.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Maurice Pascal]

I have exactly the same problem. I don’t know if Jeffrey already solved the problem, but here’s the steps to reproduce:

1. Create a blank generator file in Motion 5.
2. Add a new Drop Zone (spanning the default duration of 10 seconds)
3. Save the file
4. Open up the generator template in a new Final Cut Pro X project
5. Browse to a movieclip that’s long enough
6. Drag the movieclip to the Drop Zone well
7. Play the project…
8. …the movieclip in the Drop Zone is a still (first frame)

I dunno what’s going wrong. Anyone?

[Adam Harvey]

Sorry to bring back an old thread but this problem has been happening to me as well. Has there been any fix to this problem?

[Ian James]

After experiencing the same problem, here’s what I determined.

Clips must come from Event Library, NOT the timeline.
*However, a New Compound Clip can be created and used as well.

Hope this helps.

[Tangier Clarke]

My video clips for the drop zone do come from the event browser and I still have this issue.

FCP X 10.2.2
Generator built with Motion 5.2.2
Ma OS 10.11.3

Tangier