Is there border or drop shadow?

[Brendan Gibbons]

Yes, drop shadow is an obvious missing function from the inspector.

A few people here have got around that by publishing parameters from motion and creating useful presets for FCP X.

Simon Ubsdell has created many great presets which incorporate borders, boxes and shadows etc.

For example:

https://f1.creativecow.net/2608/new-fcpx-adjustable-frame-effect-with-position-osc-and-edge-feather

Check out his file page for many different variations that he has built.

https://my.creativecow.net/Simon-Ubsdell/files

Cheers,

Brendan

[Vigen Kachikean]

Thank you for the responds Brendan. BTW it’s amazing how you and others come up with these effects so fast, do i need Motion 5 to use these effects?

Thanks again.

Vigen Kachikean
Northridge Filmworks
Northridge, CA

[Brendan Gibbons]

Hi,

You don’t need Motion 5 installed to use custom presets that people have built, BUT you do need to a specific folder structure for it to work.

I’ve uploaded a pdf outlining the procedure.

Installing FCP X user presets without having Motion 5 installed

Thanks to Mark Spencer for pointing this out.

Cheers,

Brendan

[Vigen Kachikean]

Thank you very much for the info.

Vigen Kachikean
Northridge Filmworks
Northridge, CA

[Simon Ubsdell]

Hi Vigen

Here’s a simple template that is specifically a border and drop shadow effect – with all the available controls from Motion.

2661_borderanddrop.zip

I’ve included a background that you will probably want to turn off but it will help you see what you are doing as you set up the border and drop shadow.

Hope it’s useful to you.

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

[Vigen Kachikean]

Thank you so much.

Vigen Kachikean
Northridge Filmworks
Northridge, CA