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  • John Mendelsohn

    April 5, 2012 at 4:17 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Many thanks. I will, when I summon the requisite courage, try it. 🙂

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 9:58 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Success! Moved the Motion Templates folder containing all my goodies to the desktop. Launched FCPX. When it generated a new Motion Templates folder inside Movies, I copied all the stuff from the one on the desktop into it. Voila! So my question now is: How can I convince the application that I have quite enough Motion Templates folders (that is, one) now, and it needn’t trouble itself generating a second every time I launch it?

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 9:45 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Here’s the problem. After tidying up my Motion Templates folder, I quit FCPX, and then relaunched to enjoy the fruits of my labours. No joy. Looking in my Movies folder, I discover that the application seems to be generating a new, second, Motion Templates folder every time I launch it! Hence the disappearance I alluded to at the beginning of this ordeal about the disappearance of the plugins you suggested, and which I downloaded and installed, months ago!

    How to solve this, Simon?

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Oh, I need you all right, Simon. Not working, not a bit. No trace of anything in the Motion Templates folder.

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 7:07 pm in reply to: Drop shadows


    I’ve already done a bit of tidying, as you can see. 🙂 Wasn’t able to make heads or tails of the MTT application, I’m afraid.

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 5:46 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    “When you downloaded a template you should have left the folder as it was – not opened it up and emptied the contents randomly around ;-)” But I didn’t. chief! In every case, I scrupulously followed the accompanying instructions! I’ve been slandered here! 🙂

    If I just delete the whole Motion Templates folder, do I correctly understand that FCPX will generate a new one? (I have downloaded the application you suggested, by the way.) Please be kind enough to remind me where all your own best plugins are.

    And thanks very much for all your attention and help.

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 4:55 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Many thanks, Don. My problem is that I’m using Motion 4.

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 4:53 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    To my horror, I discovered that I seem to have not just one, but two Motion Templates folders in my User > Movies directory. This is what I get for following directions! 🙂 What to do now, Simon?

    MOTION TEMPLATES 1
    Alex4D 4 Up
    Alex4D 4 Up.moef
    Media
    small.png
    BG Custom Angle Wipes
    BG Custom Angle Wipes.moef
    Media
    small.png
    Compositions
    Effects
    Adjustable Frame V3
    Adjustable Frame V3.moef
    Media
    Small.png
    Generators
    Split Screen Multi-Pack Revised
    templateThemes
    Titles
    Transitions
    Alex4D Dip to Background
    Alex4D Dip to Background.motr
    Media
    small.png

    MOTION TEMPLATES 2
    Compositions
    Effects
    My FCPeffects
    RT Drop Shadow
    RT Vintage
    Stylize
    Generators
    Split Screen
    templateThemes
    Titles
    RT 3D Text
    RT Split Screen
    Transitions

  • John Mendelsohn

    April 4, 2012 at 3:41 pm in reply to: Drop shadows

    Simon, several months ago you pointed me to a wealth of FCPX plugins, which I eagerly downloaded and installed as instructed. As I recall, this included a few of your own. They worked briefly, and then vanished, without my having changed the contents of any folders. I have since downloaded Steve (Ripple Training) Martin’s drop shadow plugin; it too worked very briefly, and now does not. It shows up in my effects browser, but doesn’t seem to actually add a shadow. (Your stuff doesn’t even appear in the effects browsesr anymore, and hasn’t since around the fourth day.) Any light you can shed on this perplexing situation will be very much appreciated.

  • John Mendelsohn

    March 13, 2012 at 2:44 pm in reply to: I feel like strangling someone…

    Very many thanks to you, sir. That worked, and my efforts have not been in vain! I am in your debt.

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