text export to FCP

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text export to FCP

Posted by Patrick Paulson on February 24, 2011 at 4:08 pm

I have created text in Motion (color w a grey drop shadow). I have selected “alpha+color” for the export.
Back ground is “transparent” in my canvas. When I bring it in to FCP and try to super it over my video on track one, I get my text with a solid black backround…no superimpose. What am I missing here?

Thanks for your help.

Patrick

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Stephen Smith
February 24, 2011 at 4:13 pm

Make sure in Motion you don’t have a solid background. To do this go up to Edit, Project Properties. Change the Background option to “Transparent”.

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Patrick Paulson
February 24, 2011 at 4:22 pm

background is transparent
Dave Davin
February 24, 2011 at 4:27 pm

Hey Patrick

You could just save the Motion project and import the motion file into FCP without exporting it.

That should work.

Dave

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Patrick Paulson
February 24, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Hi Dave, thanks for the response. I want to have control of my video and text (gfx) independent of each other (video on track one gfx on track two). If I “round trip” it from FCP to MOTN then what I get is my text and video together on one channel.
When I export and select only “alpha” instead of “color+alpha” I get my text and my shadow, of course I no longer have the color, just white text and white shadow. I can’t figure out why it’s not sending me my color text with the shadow in a format that will super right over the video channel when I select “color+alpha”.
Stephen Smith
February 24, 2011 at 4:37 pm

If you want to Export it out Set It to QuickTime’s Animation codec. Make sure it is set to Millions Color +. The plus stands for the transparency you want. You can also use ProRes 4444. Best of luck and hope this helps.

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Patrick Paulson
February 24, 2011 at 4:39 pm

I’ll give that I try…heading out now, but as soon as I get back. I’ll let you know how that works.

Thanks!
Stephen Smith
February 24, 2011 at 4:40 pm

Sounds great.

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Jeff Greenberg
February 24, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Likely your export isn’t sending out the alpha channel.

Millions of Colors + (The plus is what we need).

Animation or ProRes 4444 codecs. Nothing else.

Best,

Jeff G

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Patrick Paulson
February 24, 2011 at 9:07 pm

Thanks Jeff,
Both Animation and 4444 work as expected. I was trying to export in Pro Res 422 (timeline setting) and no luck…Now I know. Thank you.
Patrick Paulson
February 24, 2011 at 9:08 pm

Thanks Stephen! That works. Jeff also pointed out that Pro Res 4444 will work and it did.
Thanks again.

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