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Live Type
Sorry if these are silly questions but does anyone know where I can find the Live Type tutorial I keep hearing about. I cants seem to find it on my version of FCP5. FCP5 also didn’t come with a Live Type manual, so how does one go about learning the thing? I can’t seem to figure out how to get titles to stop and pause for a few seconds after the effect is complete. Any input would be great. Thanks.
Marc
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Look on the installation disks… probably in an extras folder or something there?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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I’ve just recently (partially) brought myself up to speed on LiveType and went out and bought CREATIVE TITLING WITH FINAL CUT PRO by Diannah Morgan which does cover the app. It isn’t super great, but it’s enough to get you started.
Actually, I’ve learned a lot by just playing around with LT…as you might have guessed, it’s as intuitive as FCP…to extend a static title with a “regular” font, just grab the end of the title clip with the mouse and drag it. You’ll notice that effects show up underneath as purple clips and you can drag the effects to affect different portions of the font clip as well as changing the duration of the effect by dragging the ends. So-called Live Fonts are in fact small animation movies and you don’t have as much control over them, but you can add effects to them as well.
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The manual is included in your Help Menu.
My book, “Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro” has some LT Tutorials to get you up to speed. See also the DVD: “Killer Titles” and the one by DV Creators. Nothing against Diannah’s book, but I feel those are better resources.
Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
fcpworld.com
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