Jim Kanter
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Could be a reversed fields issue.
Could be a frame rate issue.
Could be a compression issue.
Hard to diagnose without seeing the project and files.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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1. Make sure that your background color is set to 0% opacity (Project Properties: cmd-J)
2. Try importing the Motion project as a clip rather than exporting a movie from Motion to import into FCP.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Try using motion paths. In M2 you can even add bezier control points (keyframes) to adjust the shape of the path.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Not yet.
There is a new FxPlug plug-in close to release…
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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Screensavers can be generated by a nifty little app called Quartz Composer that comes with the developer tools for OSX 10.4 Tiger.
It uses a process-tree interface which can take some getting used to by folks who usually work with a timeline.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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What happens when you control/right-click on a color well? Do you get the Motion color picker?
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
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I expect we’ll start seeing more and more plug-ins as the user base grows and demands them but not until then. The few we already have are quite good but developing software is an expensive and time-consuming process. The market has to be there to warrant development, and I’m afraid that since most MoGrfx folks use AE and have invested significant $$$ in plug-ins they are not inclined to spend more to replace what they have already especially if they work and are paid for. You don’t get rich putting your money in other people’s pockets.
I expect we will see more growth in the Motion arena next year as pros start transitioning to significantly higher-end systems and more shops move to the Final Cut Studio suite of apps. I’ve talked to quite a few people who are happy with their current system performance and are not going to rush out and buy a new system until the performance increase is substantial enough to warrant the expense. Dropping rendering time from 1 hour to 45 or even 30 minutes isn’t enough for most people and small shops. Drop it to 5 and you won’t be able to keep up with the demand.
Time will tell.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
You will need to duplicate the layer, mask the top layer to reveal the static portions (people standing still, etc.) and then use an animated displacement map (or other effect like bulges or ripples) on the duplicated layer below.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Create a layer filled with the gradient colors, stack it on top of the layer you want to affect and use a transfer mode on the gradient layer to blend the two. You can also fade the opacity of the gradient layer to control the amount of colorizing.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com -
Replicate a small shape as a spiral. One arm, huge amount of points per arm. Adjust end scale.
Not as clean as being able to draw a spiral or create one easily with filters, but it might do what you want.
Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com