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Motion vs. Livetype
I am new to FC Studio (switched over from Media100 and Boris). After having spent the last 2 days watching/doing the “Powerstart” tutorials for both Motion and Livetype I was wondering what propgram people prefer when doing “simple” title work (Lower 3rds, etc). I mostly do documentary work. I see that lots of text work can be done in Motion. What are the main reasons one would use one over the other? They are both incredibly deep and it’s going take time to learn them well. Anyone care to share their thoughts or experience?
KimDual 2.7 GHz G5, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9650, Xserve RAID, AJA IO, 2 20″ Cinema Display, FCP 5.02, OS X10.4.2
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[Kim Rowley] “what propgram people prefer when doing “simple” title work (Lower 3rds, etc)”
I work directly inside FCP for these (using Title 3D).
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I use Livetype.
Motion is a bit of a hog.
The included FCP ‘text’ is useless as positioning it is a crapshoot. Same problem with Boris text.
– R
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i use motion. you can make a really nice title very quickly. my clients have been more than satisfied with the titles i make in motion in just 5 minutes
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I use Livetype or Photoshop depending on the look I’m going for. The only problem I’ve seen recently is the overuse of Livetype animations (or the like in After Effects or Motion). Sort of like using a “sheep wipe” when a simple dissove is more tasteful. Use sparingly.
pxlmvr
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Depends on what you want to do really. Livetype & Motion work very well together. Sometimes you can build something very quickly in Livetype do a save as which makes a tiny 4k file & then continue to work on it in Motion. As this file which is just a pointer to your work in Livetype opens up with its’ alpha channel in tact, you can add to your comp in Motion. Need to make some changes to your Livetype artwork, Command Tab back to your Livetype project, make the changes & save (no need to render) your changes will appear in Motion.
For simply a lower 3rd title, you’ll probably find it easier to do in Livetype, plus you have dozens of texture animations of which you can modify the color opacity size & speed which can form a background that you can composite behind the lower 3rd. Both programs have features that the other lacks, but they work very well together. It’s a toss up a lot of the time in the animated type category as there is a fair bit of redundancy there. But in terms of the other graphic capabilities you’ll want to familiarize yourself on the capabilities of both programs & not limit yourself to simply one or the other.
Dave
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The nice thing about motion is that you have more control and can edit to music or audio cues- which is essential for title work most of the time. LT is lacking in this area. The LT learning curve is less steap than Motion.
Tim
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Motion offers more than Livetype overall; except for one vital element. Individual character animations are much easier with Livetype.
That’s my opinion only.
TW
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