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Wiggler for FCP?
I like to add a flicker to certain footage using nattress. A wiggler like in AE would be fabulous.
I realize I can go in and make a bunch of random keyframes but man, what are others doing?
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What kind of flicker? Have you tried the blink filter? It’s under video.
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The only way I know of doing this to footage is manually. With a still, it’s pretty easy to move it in the viewer and take just a few frames of each move into the timeline, but either method is time consuming. It would be far easier to take the footage into AE and use an expression on the anchor point or position, pretty controlable too, I wonder if there’s a behavior in Motion that would be similar? Anyone?
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What does the Wiggler do? It’s been a while since I used AE. Does that set random keyframe values for an effect?
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It does just what it’s named. It wiggles a layer by a specified amount of pixels on a given number of axis. you set two keyframes (one at the beginning and one at the end) and then it calculates the interim pixels based on the settings you have provided (frequency is another setting). It’s handy if you want to wiggle something.
Jeremy
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Ah, okay, Eureka had something similar to that, called “earthquake” or something. This was back when the package was free. I have no idea if it still exists. I think CGM has something simliar, if I remember correctly.
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It’s not right in FCP but if you have FCP Studio, I remember that Ripple training (www.rippletraining.com) did a great free tutorial called caffeinated text which sounds like the effect you’re after. It’s done with Motion. The tutorial deals with jittery text, but should work with an image as well. I just tried popping “caffeinated text tutorial”into google and it came right up as the first choice. Hope this helps.
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Yes, caffinated text, I remember that now, take a look at it, it’s free.
https://www.rippletraining.com/free_motion_tutorials.html
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River Rock Studios has a plug named “Jitterbug”. It’s kinds funky, especially on text. There is also a plug named “jiggle” but I don’t remember exactly where I got it from. I have it on the machine at home and I do remember it was a free download.
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Well, actually rather than applying the wiggler to a layer it’s more like applying a randomizer to keyframes. In AE it’s great because you can apply the wiggler to any parameter. The flicker I was refereing to earlier was more like a film flicker.
I guess I just have to “request a feature” via Apple.
Thanks all for your input!
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That’s what I thought you might be referring to. Check out the blink filter.
Jeremy
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