Doyle Rockwell
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I might be way off base here, but I think you misunderstood what Jim was saying. You CAN import Motion projects into FCP without rendering them (exporting as a movie). What he was saying is that they (the .motn project file) are treated by FCP as if they were a QT movie. FCP calls QT for a frame and QT calls the Motion engine for the frame. You don’t have to render a movie from Motion, unless you choose to.
Again, sorry if I’m misinterpreting.
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Heya Joseph,
I have a system with the same procs and RAM as yours, and it works just peachy. What kind of graphics card do you have?
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Heya,
You can use the Outer Glow filter. Just clamp it down so that the glow is a hard line, then pick your thickness and colors.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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Heya,
There are so many things that you can do to an object that they are separated into different modes. The default is the Transform mode, where you can drag stuff around. The others allow for things like adjusting Anchor Point, Four Corner, Crop, etc. The last mode on any object will be specific to that object type. For example, a Light Rays filter has a centerpoint control, a Gradient generator has endpoint controls, and shapes/masks have points.
The reason why your shape points disappear is because selecting a non-shape object will switch the control mode back to Transform, thus hiding the points. To get your points back, select the shape, right-click on it in the Canvas (or Ctrl-click), then choose ‘Edit Points’ from the first grouping in the contextual menu. You can also repeatedly press the Tab-key to cycle through the different modes. An even better shortcut: double-clicking on shape objects (in the Canvas) will jump you straight to the points-editing mode.
Sorry for the long explanation, but I thought it might make things a little less mysterious. It’s much easier to explain in person 🙂
Good luck!
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Hey Lu,
Can you give us an example of your naming syntax? i.e. filename.XXXX.tif
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Heya,
Great post! Just wanted to chime in with the reminder that the 2K limit (2048×2048) is an ATI issue. Nvidia cards allow for 4K (4096×4096) images.
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I normally don’t respond like this, but if someone comes asking for help, please try being constructive instead of barking. Please don’t take this the wrong way; I understand it’s easy for the seasoned pros to be brusque when dealing with basic questions.
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Hey Anna,
That would be easy enough to do with a few Position keyframes.
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Heya,
All the old tutorials, and some new stuff, are now at https://www.motionsmarts.com
I’ve been too lazy to put redirects on all the old .Mac pages, but it sounds like I need to get off my keister and do it.
Good luck with your project!
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What Jim said. I’ve used both sizes, and unless you’re working on 1920×1080 HD all day, the 30″ ends up with a lot of wasted space. Sink the difference in price into a 7800GT upgrade card for your system. Your wallet (and Motion) will thank you 🙂