Jim Kanter
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RAM preview will play video and audio. Be sure to set a longer duration for the audio preview in User Preferences (defaults to only 8 seconds) before previewing.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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1. Make sure to turn on audio playback in the Time Controls palette.
2. In you user preferences make sure that audio is set to playback more than the 8 seconds that is the default setting.
3. Do a RAM Preview (“speeding bullet” button in the Time Controls palette or press 0 (Zero) on the NUMERIC KEYPAD.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Thanks for the kind words. It’s the type of feedback that helps ensure quick responses! ;^)
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
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An Image Mask uses any object that is a shape drawn inside Motion or imported as a clip with an alpha channel.
All you have to do us animate the object that the mask is using to animate the mask.
The other choice is to draw a mask on the object and animate the vertices (control points) that define the mask shape.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
I thought so.
Instead of a library item, create a solid rectangle the size of the project and change the fill to a gradient. You can then use the gradient editor in the shape’s inspector to customize the gradient to your exact needs.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Create one text object as red.
Duplicate it and change the color to green.
Fade the top one in and out to reveal the bottom one’s color (use keyframes or an Oscillate parameter behavior on opacity).
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Kim,
What are you using the gradient for?
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Each app is usually a different way to do things so sometimes it’s easier to learn if you have no previous experience with a similar app. It is common to have to “unlearn” processes to learn new ones!
One of the things I like about Apple software is that they allow several ways to accomplish a task. It means more of a learning curve but enables more efficiency later.
Have fun!
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
For basic graphic design theory (static), the books by Wucius Wong are quite good.
It’s hard to appreciate motion design when it’s static, even if it’s broken down and storyboarded. How can you appreciate the timing of things on a static page?
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com