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  • Posted by Tracy Peterson on July 8, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    I’ve seen lots of tutorials and suggestions about sliding still images around, but i’ve never seen anything on how to save a preset to do this? I’d love to make like 10 of these as templates since I far too frequently edit video game developer interviews where we only have still images and no gameplay video. Any ideas?

    I’m hoping for a folder with nice catchy names like:

    Down and right in
    Down and left in
    up and right in
    up and left in
    left zoom in
    right zoom out

    I’d love to be able to copy the attributes from these then save them.

    Tracy Peterson
    Senior Producer
    http://www.GameSpot.com

    Tracy Peterson replied 17 years, 10 months ago 8 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Tom Wolsky

    July 8, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    Create the motion effect and from the Effects menu select Make Favorite Motion. Save it in Favorites, rename it, and back it up with your preferred method.

    All the best,

    Tom

    Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
    Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

  • Shane Ross

    July 9, 2008 at 12:40 am

    Mind you this will only work if all your stills have exactly the same dimensions. If one is 600×400 and the next one is 2000×1500, the move will not match up at all.

    But that is a cool tip Tom.

    Shane

    GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
    Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def

  • Jeremy Garchow

    July 9, 2008 at 1:57 am

    Can you use an “inset wipe” transition? They have all the options you want. You can then save each one as a favorite and drag and drop when you need it.

    Might not be exactly when you want though.

    Jeremy

  • Steve Eisen

    July 9, 2008 at 2:30 am

    Have you tried the Slide or Push transition? Or like Tom mentioned above, create your keyframes and save them as favorites.

    SupaWipe is also an incredible plugin.

    Steve Eisen
    Eisen Video Productions
    Board of Directors
    Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

  • William Carr

    July 9, 2008 at 5:53 am

    Maybe not exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s only 20 bucks!

    https://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/fcplugins/dh_box.php

  • Chris Poisson

    July 9, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Also take a look at PanZoom Pro from lyric.com.

    Have a wonderful day.

  • Zane Barker

    July 9, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    If you are going to be doing a lot of photo slideshows, you should look into a program called Fhotomagico. Its easier and faster then doing them in FCP. You can then export your slide show to any video format you want.

    There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
    Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

  • Tracy Peterson

    July 10, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    wow thanks for all the tips, everyone, i’ll take a look and see what works best for my needs, starting with the motion favorites. the majority of our screens are now in HD formats from 360 and PS3 so they will be similar size. obviously though flexibility there might be useful, i’ll also look at the plugins.

    we don’t do many “slideshows” the use of the images is as b roll to hide cuts.

    Tracy Peterson
    Senior Producer
    http://www.GameSpot.com

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