Manipulating Media in Drop Zones

[Mark Spencer]

Andy, what’s the link to your YouTube page?

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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

[Andy Neil]

Hey Mark. Here’s the URL to my You Tube Channel (for some reason, the link wasn’t showing up properly on the post.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TimesaverTutorials

And here is the link to the specific tutorial that shows how to resize/reposition media inside a drop zone.

Manipulating Drop Zones in Motion

Andy

https://www.timesavertutorials.com

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[Mark Spencer]

Brilliant solution, Andy!

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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

[Zak Peric]

Excellent workaround. Well Done Andy….

[Jose Minay]

Thanks!

Jose M.

[Jose Minay]

Thanks so much Andy! This is exactly what I needed! I will post the youtube link on this thread so others can see!

Jose M.

[Jose Minay]

Here is the direct link to Andy’s video tutorial about manipulating media files in Motion drop zones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4wn82jVLw

Thanks again Andy!

Jose M.

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[Mitch Netzer]

GREAT POST! I’ve been looking for a solution to this for over a month now!

One question: Is it possible to somehow do the same object manipulation within Final Cut without having to do it in Motion?

To explain: I have to use the same template 6 times in a weekly video that includes changing the name, place, #’s and a picture (3 sets on each template) and need to be able to manipulate the pictures in the drop zones without leaving final cut; otherwise it’s gonna get just as time consuming as it would be without using a template.

Thanks for the help!

Mitch

[Janice Mcdonnell]

Hi Mitch,
Did you ever find an answer to manipulating media within drop zone templates in FCP? Having the same issue myself.
Janice

[Mitch Netzer]

I never did find a way to manipulate them within a template. I found that there was no option to do so. I’ve now abandoned using the template since it would create more work for me to resize all my media to fit within the dropzones then it would to build it from scratch around the size of the media. Sad. Sorry (for you AND me).

This is for sure a problem Apple NEEDS to fix.