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FCP X Effect Similar to Strobe on Motion Tab in FCP 7
Been looking for that friendly “strobe” effect that shows up under the Motion Tab in FCP 7 but for use in FCP X. I can’t find anything close. All the places on the internet I’ve been to either discuss how to make a variable “strobe” effect as a Motion 5 Template,or they are downloading a filter that alternates frames of black/white/color OR a frame from your overly and background tracks. Should I be calling this a “stutter” effect? I’m just want to make the video have a jerky motion-which is great for high energy sports promos.
Any thoughts? This seemed so basic and easy in FCP 7, I’m surprised and a bit frustrated this basic effect doesn’t seem to be available in X. Or am I just looking in the wrong places?D’s Video
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[David Cooke] “Been looking for that friendly “strobe” effect that shows up under the Motion Tab in FCP 7″
I’m working in FCP7 now and see no such thing. Where exactly do you see it?
Edit… ah, you mean the strobe effect. 🙂 You’re right… not there. I just made this one if you want. Unzip the attached file and stick the whole folder in your Movies>Motion Templates>Effects folder. You can make a folder called “Custom” or something in there first, then put this Strobe folder in it. so it’ll sort nicely.
The “mix” slider adjusts the uh… mix 😉 and the “amount” slider adjusts the percentage of the original that plays. 0 just freezes the first frame and 100 plays the clip with no strobing. Hope it helps…
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Sorry about that Charlie. I mispoke of the location of the “Strobe” effect in FCP 7. The “strobe” is a regular effect under the “effects” tab and not under the “motion tab”. The effect gives you 2 simple controls. The “strobe rate, and an option to “mix” this effect onto your clip from 0 to 100% opacity. Works great. I just haven’t been able to find anything like that in FCP X.
D’s Video
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[David Cooke] “Sorry about that Charlie. I mispoke of the location of the “Strobe” effect in FCP 7. The “strobe” is a regular effect under the “effects” tab and not under the “motion tab”.”
No problem… thought I’d been missing something all this time. 😉 Anyway, the effect I made and posted above does just that. 🙂 Give it a try…
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Thank you very much Charlie. I’m only on FCP X when I’m at work. So I will install the plug-in later today at COB. (Still using the Quad 2.5 Motorala-based mac from 2007. Still works like new in the box, but will have to upgrade later this year).
D’s Video
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Just want to thank you VERY MUCH Charlie for the Strobe plug-in. It works!
D’s Video
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[David Cooke] “Just want to thank you VERY MUCH Charlie for the Strobe plug-in. It works!
“My pleasure. Honestly, it’s just a published Motion effect. Very easy to do, but glad it worked! 🙂
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