[Jesse Chapman]

Yeah, I thought I was being specific when I said “The text was moving differently than how it previewed frame-by-frame… ” I didn’t think “how it moved” was relevant. If indeed it is, I will try to elaborate in a moment. But my confusion is: WHY would my text motion graphics look one way when I scrub through them frame-by-frame (pre-rendered) then behave differently after I render them??? That is really my question.

The difference is kind of complicated to explain but I’ll try. As I said, I modified a fcp text motion template. Originally text “materialized” on screen in a certain way but after it fully materialized I wanted it to stay on screen longer so I chopped off the “entrance” and “exit” of the text motion and slowed the speed of the middle section so it would appear to remain on screen longer. Also, originally the text would “materialize” then “dissolve” but I wanted the text to dissolve the exact same way it materialized, so I got rid of the end “dissolve”, I reversed the “materialization” and stuck that at the end. I did that for two separate groups of text… AFTER RENDERING – the first text group materialized then dissolved quickly, then jumped to the slowed down section of just the text on screen… The second text group showed nothing at all during the materialization and dissolve segments and just “appeared” on screen fully materialized and then disappeared with no dissolve. The thing is they worked exactly as I wanted when I previewed them frame-by-frame so I don’t know why rendering screwed them up.

I hope that was clear enough. I tried explaining the best I could. Thanks for any help anyone might offer!

Jesse