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NEW FCPX Suped-up Super 8 Effect (Beta)
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Everything is possible …”
LOL.
What do I know?
I’ve just spent the day looking through a bunch of old stills shot on FUJI VELVIA films stock. The RED’s were always so perfect in Velvia.
🙂
David
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Hi Ethan
I reckon it’s close to being finished unless there’s anything else you want added or need changing:
It now has full controls for:
– selecting 3-panel, 4-panel or 5-panel display;
– onscreen controls for “gap” positions;
– Fade In/Out durations;
– Fade In/out Offsets.Rigging up the OSCs was as interesting challenge, as was working out the simplest way to do the rigging for the 3 different panel layouts.
Hope it all works for you – let me know how you get on!
Was there anything from Brendan’s version that you’d like me to try and include as well?
Simon Ubsdell
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[David Battistella] “I’ve just spent the day looking through a bunch of old stills shot on FUJI VELVIA films stock. The RED’s were always so perfect in Velvia.”
I’d have to agree – trying to match the almost magical effects of classic film stocks with digital trickery just somehow is never quite going to cut it! There’s something about the sheer unpredictability of the way they react that is missing from the process – especially if for example they’d sat on a shelf too long. I’ve got a can of Super 16mm that I’m keeping from over ten years ago that I want to try out one day …
Simon Ubsdell
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[Simon Ubsdell] “I’ve got a can of Super 16mm that I’m keeping from over ten years ago that I want to try out one day …
“Volatile.
Unpredictable.
Pretty much will create some kind of art.
Let me know when you are going to run that film through a camera. I’d love to see the result.
David
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Ooops – not there yet obviously! All seems fine in Motion but some stuff not working as it should in FCPX …
Simon Ubsdell
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Updated as 5 Panel only version as FCPX doesn’t like the complex rigging involved in having the three different options within one Effect.
It seems as though you can fairly quickly get too complex with the rigging options inside Motion for FCPX to handle – which is a shame. Seems especially true when there are a lot of linked attributes. Also Behaviors don’t seem to translate as smoothly as they ought.
Ethan, if you like this version then I can look into making the other two.
Simon Ubsdell
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Yes it seems behaviours act a bit weird. It also seems there is no way to use motions retiming behaviours in a published preset to Fcpx.
And here’s a thought that’s been hurting my brain… It appears you can ‘rig’ your ‘rigs’ with the motion to Fcpx publishing. Had not checked it till now, but sure enough there is the same rigging menus appearing inside the animation menu for rigged items… Popup, checkbook, slider etc.
Now to think of the possibilities….
Cheers,
Brendan
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Wow Simon, that’s brilliant! I don’t know how you worked it all out, but this filter is packed with great controls, especially the OCS. After playing around with it I see all the panels can also be set to fade out together (offset control – that’s magical). Change width of gaps, scale image…I’m very impressed. Both you and Brendan’s filters will be very useful, thank you thank you thank you!
If you could easily output a 4 and 3 panel version that would be cool, too.
Cheers to both of you, I’ll be first in line to purchase your upcoming bundles of FCPx plugins!!
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[Brendan Gibbons] “Now to think of the possibilities…. “
Yeah…I’m beginning to think that Apple knew exactly what they were doing when they released the seemingly amateur and barren FCPX, they knew that they had constructed the perfect platform that brilliant designers could add to with an array of possibilities. It will be fun to see what plugins emerge for FCPX in coming months.
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Hi Ethan
I’ve made the 3 and 4 panel versions for you:
Let me know if you have any problems with them.
All the best.
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com
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