[David Mathis]

Just took a look at iDraw, not yet made a purchase but it looks very user friendly. This could be a nice addition to Motion for doing a fun title sequence. Have not heard of Ink Scape before so not sure how that would fit into a workflow. Since there is no “Send To Motion” feature just wondering about how will Clip Exporter will fit in. Could not find it in the App store.

So far my Studio consists of:

Final Cut Pro 10.1.1
Motion 5.1
Resolve (full version) 10.1.5
Pixelmator
7 to X
Red Giant Universe
Blackmagic Media Express
Blackmagic Camera Utility
Blackmagic Cinema Camera
Ultrascope

Will be adding Hit Film and Compressor later this year.

The only thing I am subscribed to is the Red Giant Universe, so far smooth sailing and great customer support.

[David Mathis]

Long live the tracks! 🙂

[David Mathis]

Just read the article and found it a very informative read. Not a huge fan of Pixelmator as it does not offer any non-destructive tools. At the same time, however, you could build a nice, simple background. Have considered the basic Photoshop package but it seems to lack of some the high-end tools as well, though to a lesser degree.

I just love Resolve for what it can do and certainly look forward to the next version. Looks solid and ready for it to be available.

I do like Motion as well but for doing particles After Effects and Trapcode Particular have no equal. Those tools are much more flexible and powerful. Love the fact that lights can be used as an emitter and expressions give you much more power that Motion has. On the flip side, the fact that Motion can do so much, at such a low price makes it almost a necessary tool to have.

Thank you Peter for the article, very useful.

[David Mathis]

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[David Mathis]

Just updated. At first I thought this was Final Cut Pro 10.9.3 being released. Was getting all excited and then realized its OS X getting the update. Darn! 🙂

[David Mathis]

This will be huge and now wondering what impact it will have on those that are thinking about signing up for Adobe CC, from my opinion it could cause some competition.

You would have Final Cut Pro X for editing, Motion for motion graphics along with some compositing and Resolve for color grading. Someone could be running Windows others OS X, to me this is going to have a positive impact.

[David Mathis]

Bazinga! It will be more interesting to see how things get when Resolve 11 is released. Looks like a pimped out FCP X system (in a very good way) with tracks. On the video side, tracks can get in the way sometimes, not to mention patching this to that. On the other hand, really prefer tracks for audio. Part of it is personal preference, the other is I am the occasional control freak and do not like things getting too automated.

David

FCP X Motion and Resolve Guy!

Sorry, just could not resist saying that. 🙂

[David Mathis]

Oops! Just deleted the Motion preferences file and no more beach ball. Guess the preferences file was corrupted.

[David Mathis]

You can do this. I have even created a more complex background with After Effects, rendered out a movie and then import into Motion for further work. In my honest opinion, to get the most of out of Motion one does need Final Cut Pro X as well. I guess the same could be argued about After Effects and Premiere Pro, my two cents whatever it is worth.

[David Mathis]

Not had any stability issues with FCP X but Motion seems to take its sweet time to open. Really love that beach ball, wondering if this has anything to do with Red Giant Universe, not sure. I have had plug-ins slow down X before. Anyone else experience this?