Andy Neil
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If you’re talking about adding gap clips to secondary storylines, then I’m afraid it only works manually. One of the enhancement requests I made to apple is to make gap clips an actual generator clip in the generators tab. After all, the info tab of the inspector calls it a generator. Then you could add it into your project just like any other generator.
I suggest providing Apple with feedback.
Andy
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I have seen it. They did a preview screening (unfinished). I was completely blown away. It’s an amazing film. The editing in it is groundbreaking in my opinion. It took me about 15-20 minutes to get comfortable with how the movie was unfolding, but after that I was in awe for all 3+ hours of it.
Andy
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Is this a built in transition, or one you’ve created yourself?
Andy
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You can either matchframe the clip (SHIFT+F) to load the source into the viewer, or you can double-click the edit point to open up the precision editor which will dynamically show you the effective handles on both sides of your clip.
BTW, precision editing is only available in the primary storyline.
Andy
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I’m not sure how Simon’s shape mask is put together, but you could try opening that filter in Motion and then publishing the feather control.
Andy
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[Andreas Kiel] “So if you prefer that always all users should have access to the templates the templates should be installed in “/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro/Templates/” within template matching folders.
This also makes the sync of several machines less complicated and faster.”
Are you sure about that Andreas, because I just tried that out as a test and my custom effect projects no longer showed up in FCPX when I placed them in that folder. I tried it by itself, inside an Effects folder, and even inside a Motion Templates/Effects folder.
Andy
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Actually it works the exact same way. You just put them in a different place. Motion templates for FCP X go in the following location of each system:
~/Movies/Motion Templates
Now if you are making titles, they will need to go in the Titles folder. If making Generators, use the Generators folder…etc.
If you don’t see any of those folders inside your Movies folder, then it means that you haven’t made any templates on that machine and you need to create the folders.
The easiest way to handle your scenario is to pick one machine to build your gfx on. Use the Motion splash screen to choose the title template. Build the gfx and save. Motion will automatically publish the project in the correct place for that machine. Continue making all your graphics. When finished, copy the contents of the entire Motion Templates folder to each of the other system’s Movies folder. Everything should be in it’s proper place including themes and such.
Andy
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Yeah, there’s no preference for that. However, if I were in your place, I’d probably just avoid adding dissolves until I’d made my rough cut and then just quickly add them at the end. You can CMD+lasso multiple clips (whether next to each other or not) and expand them at the same time.
Andy
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FCP X does not transcode any media that it considers optimized for FCPX. It sounds as if 40 of your 50 shots are already optimized for X, leaving only 10 that needed to be transcoded. You can check this by opening one of the non-optimized clips (ie: one that is not duplicated in the Transcoded Media folder) in Quicktime. Use Get Info to read the codec information. Do the same with one of the clips that IS duplicated in the Transcoded Media folder. Check for a difference in codec, or codec/frame-rate.
Andy
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Yes, it’s no problem. Just select the two clips you want the dissolve on and hit CTRL+S to expand them, then just click the video part of the edit point and apply your dissolve.
Andy
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