Wierd looking image in Motion 4

[Jason Watson]

Without knowing anything else about the project it’s hard to troubleshoot, but my initial reaction is that it looks like the blending mode of something in there is set to Hard Mix.

Do you have any additional info?

[Tobias Prag]

Blend mode is set to Normal. Changing blend mode seems to have no effect on how it looks. Changing to Red/Blue/Green only och Alpha only makes some changes to the image, but still looks mostly black and white.

I also tried starting a new project and importing any XDcam media, in the preview window it looks fine, but once imported in the project it looks wierd.

What info on the project could help you help me? 🙂

[Jason Watson]

Do you have the same problem with other types of assets (e.g., pictures, .psds, etc.) or is it just with the footage you are trying to import?

Also, has the problem only recently cropped up in your normal workflow? I’m guessing you’ve tried trashing the Motion preferences, but if not you might try that.

[Tobias Prag]

Now I tried trashing the preferences. Tried trashing the whole application and reinstall. Still no result.
Looks the same with pdf, jpeg, and H264 video. Psd seems to be working though.

Last time I used Motion was a few weeks ago and nothing behaived irregullar then. Only thing the computer been doing is running FCP 7, and installing some FCP plugins since then.

[Jason Watson]

hmmm… It’s possible that the one of the plug-ins you installed is causing the problem, since some plug-ins for FCP also get accessed by the other studio applications. The offending files thus might be in a different application support folder, which means that re-installing Motion wouldn’t necessarily have any effect.

You might try removing the plug-in and see if that works, or check with the plug-in developer to see if they have any troubleshooting.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful. Good luck!