Livetype stuff missing from Motion

[Gabe Strong]

What version of Livetype do you have and what version of Motion?
I have found that the FIRST version of Livetype (the one that
came with FCP 4.5) does NOT work well with Intel Macs and
Motion 4. Livetype 2, works absolutely great with Motion 4,
and you can just create projects as I outlined above for all
objects, textures, and such and access them in Motion just
great. If I remember right, there is even a chapter in
Patrick Sheffield’s book ‘How to Cheat in Motion’ that explains
the whole process much better than I can….but again, I think
you need Livetype 2 not Livetype 1.

Gabe Strong
G-Force Productions
http://www.gforcevideo.com

[Tom Kelly]

Ok gang . . . here’s my question.

I am all in favor of upgrading to Motion. But I have one last huge project and a few Demo reels that I tweak every year or so.

I have Final Cut 4.5 and the copy of live type that came with it.

I now have an Intel Mac 17″ notebook.

Is there any way i can 1) Make the ALL of the Live Type Clips that I have already made playable in Final cut.

2) Any way to open the OLD clips in Motion so I can maintain my Lower 3rds?

Thanks,
Tom

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[Stephen Smith]

When you upgrade you can keep your Live Type Application installed on your computer.

Stephen Smith
Utah Video Productions

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Check out my Motion Tutorials

[Tom Kelly]

I have two different copies of FInal Cut. Can I use the Final Cut 4.5 copy on my Intel Mac which has Final Cut 7?

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[Gabe Strong]

I have to tell you, that from experience, I know that FCP 4.5 and
the new version of FCP do NOT ‘play nicely’ together. Problem
is, FCP 4.5 was the last ‘PPC only’ version of FCP. After that,
we got the new ‘intel’ computers and everything changed to
‘universal’ versions and such. I actually am someone who does NOT
upgrade every time a new version comes out, and I had FCP 4.5 until
I upgraded to FCS 3 and a new MacPro. I found that the version
of Livetype that came with FCP 4.5 did not really work with FCP 7.
A couple little things did, but mostly it did not. I was able to
get a cheap version of Livetype 2 from a guy who was selling an
older version of FCS (either FCS 1 or 2) and THAT version works
just great with the newest Final Cut Studio….
As an example of what I am talking about, if you created a project
with the first version of Livetype, textures would not animate in
FCP 7. You could create a project in Livetype and export it but if
you brought it into FCP as a project instead of a quicktime file, the
texture would just be a still frame. Some of the text animations
worked though. I’d look around and see if you can get ahold of a
Livetype 2 version cheap if possible…..I think Livetype 2 comes
with some of the later versions of Final Cut Express which you can
find on Ebay really cheap.

Gabe Strong
G-Force Productions
http://www.gforcevideo.com