Chris Northcross
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Apple Final Cut Pro X Coins
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COW Coins
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Sure
The picture on the the description page more or less shows what type of effect I’m looking for.
https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Scribble-and-Stroke-Effect/1
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Just did a triple check and it appears that the empty layer was the culprit. Went back to the project where I was experiencing difficulties, inserted a color solid inside the group and changed the source object in the link behavior to the color solid and everything began working the way I expected it to. I don’t think that’s documented, but seems like good info to know.
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Thanks Simon!
I’m not sure what I’m doing either! Looking at your project, the one difference I had is that I used an empty group as the source object instead of a generator. But after looking at yours, I create a new project and created something that works fine. Not sure and as long as it doesn’t re-appear, I don’t care. Thanks for your help!
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Wow. This is a vexing problem. So you’ve moved Motion off of the original machine on to another and you still can’t get motion to install on the original machine. Right?
Have you tried installing motion on the other Machine? The one that you moved your original copy of Motion to?
I’m tossing daggers in the dark here. It might be time to give Apple support a call and see if they have suggestions.
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Try taking Motion 5.0.2 that’s in the trash and move it to a directory/folder on another drive. Then try downloading Motion from the app store. When I re-installed, I made sure previous iterations were gone from my system drive before I started to download.
Are you having any other problems with your computer that aren’t Motion related?
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Not understanding the dilemma of trashing Motion and installing a new copy through the app store. I’ve trashed Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5 on separate occasions and then reinstalled them through the App Store. My problems were solved. Had to download the additional content again, but I was up and running in pretty short order.
Once you purchase an application from the App Store, you have access to download it (reinstall) as frequently as you’d like. Is there a reason you’re heistant to trash the copy you have in the trash bin?
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I’m not sure. They have in the past, not sure if they still do. Best way to find out is to contact them through the support page on their website.
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Mark, I absolutely LOVE Studio Artist. I’d recommend it to Lawrence except for the fact that a) it definitely crosses the less that $100 threshold and b) it can have a very steep learning curve to master. It does have a demo and pretty good support community but it takes some time to wrap one’s head around.
Lawrence, I’d say Motion is capable of creating something like that, especially if you’re already generating elements in Photoshop.
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I don’t really have a feel for what your needs are outside of creating a cartoon look Lawrence, so I can’t speak to how valuable Motion would be to you in the long run. I can say that learning Motion (or After Effects or any compositing/Motion Graphics package) ultimately pays off even if the package itself might not be your cup of tea.
Things learned in one package-the fundamentals of compositing-work no matter what software you use. If you really want to do this kind of work, then that’s the sort of knowledge you will need to acquire. Fortunately its pretty much the same approach regardless of which package you use. Blending modes, masks, keyframes, these concepts are ubiquitous. Doing it in After Effects is similar to doing it in Motion. Some features in After Effects (like the puppet tool) don’t exist in Motion and can be indispensable depending on the type of project you’re working on, but similar effects can be achieved in Motion (just takes some ingenuity, creativity and trial and error.)
What do you want/need your software to do?
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Lawrence,
The tools used to create procedural mattes (i.e. chroma and luma keyers) are available in Motion. Procedural mattes aren’t a stand alone filter or tool that you apply, they’re the process used to create a matte. Not so much the “what” as the “how you get to the what.”
Barend Onneweer did a tutorial a while back on the cow explaining how to go about creating a procedural matte. It was written with After Effects in mind so you might have to do some fiddling if you’re working in Motion and haven’t opened the keyer but it should translate simply enough with a little effort. Link can be found below.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/onneweer_barend/keyingtut.php
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