[Andy Neil]

In your modified Motion project, create a marker on any layer at the point you want as your starting point (in case you aren’t using the pre-existing opening animation). Do the same at the end. These are your trim points.

In the timeline pane, Select all your layers (CMD+A) and drag to the left while holding SHIFT on the keyboard. It should snap to the marker point. Now your first marker will be at the beginning of the Motion project.

Jump to your 2nd marker. Note the TC or frame. Click on the little clock icon to the left of the TC display to show project duration. Shorten the duration of the project to match with the frame where you want the animation to end.

Save As, and give it a new name.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

Seems a bit specific for a template. Good news is it’s not that hard to build, so I’d suggest going that route.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

[Charlie Austin] “Some hack just had an article on this topic posted on the cow.”

Standard Click-bait.

10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD LOVE THE MAGNETIC TIMELINE. NUMBER 7 WILL SHOCK YOU!!!

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[Andy Neil]

This rant sounds like every track-based editor on Day 2 of trying to learn FCPX on their own.

Andy

PS: Hold down the tilde/grave key (~) when swapping clips in the primary storyline to freeze connected clips in place.

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[Andy Neil]

Hard to say what the problem could be without seeing your project. Can you take a couple screenshots and also let me know what transition you’re using?

Screenshot your main project with the playhead halfway through the transition so I can see how it’s affect the primary clip. Then step into your compound clip (the connected clip that you made into a compound) so I can see how the transition has been applied, whether there’s gap or what have you.

Andy

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[Jeff Krieger] “I tried creating a separate story line as well as creating a compound clip. It still flips the a-roll, too”

did you make sure the effect is applied within the compound? Not on top of the compound?

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

Well, I suppose you could re-open the old event and reconvert it for 10.1.3 use and then just steal the .fcpevent file to put in the library on your raid? Maybe that’ll help.

[Jason Jenkins] “I moved, didn’t copy.”

At the very least this should be a abject lesson on the benefits of copying over moving.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

Have you tried opening the library in the finder to see if the media is actually gone or if you just have a corrupt .fcpevent file?

Also, if you moved from a disk image to a RAID the default would be a copy, so does that mean you still have the disk image with the original library?

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

[David Mathis] “Been trying to figure out how to feather each side in a different amount. Sure it is something super simple that I am overlooking.
“

You just have to think outside the box a little. You can do it with 4 individual masks or shapes that represent the sides of the crop. Since each “side” is it’s own mask or shape, it can have it’s own feather amount.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

[David Mathis] “I think there are a few transitions that will not open up in Motion but most will. Cannot recall at the moment which ones they are.”

Most the ones that operate in 3D space (like Swap and Mosaic), nearly the entire Wipes category, and the basic ones like Dissolve and Fade to Color. That isn’t to say, some of those can’t be recreated in Motion and published, but there are certainly some that were hard coded into FCPX.

As far as Motion templates go, there are a few that I go back to often.

The adjustment layer is a really good, useful effect. Published as a title, it sits atop of your project as a connected clip allowing you to apply color effects and looks to your edit without having to do it to each clip individually. Can also be used to mask off your frame.

Speaking of masking, I built my own personal mask that conforms to various Academy specs like 1,85, 2.33, etc. to mimic certain frame resolutions.

Also, until recently, FCPX didn’t have a blur effect so I built one. Mine’s still better since you can change shapes between oval (for faces) and rectangle (for objects like license plates and signs. It’s also adjustable as a blur or mosaic depending on which you prefer, has a “guide” mode that allows you to see the edge of the effect when you have things like feathering applied, and it has on screen controls for animating the mask.

As far as straight time savers in FCPX, most people are unaware that you can save color corrections as a “look” that you can apply later to other clips as or in other projects.

Andy

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