[Mark Davies]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the reply – most appreciated!

I ran the terminal command – have pasted motion-related results below (I’m guessing the others would be irrelevant?) – I think most of these relate to FCPX (yep – I’m one of those unfortunate people who bought it too early lol!)

com.apple.pkg.MotionContent.bom
com.apple.pkg.MotionContent.plist
com.apple.pkg.MotionSeriesLiveFonts.bom
com.apple.pkg.MotionSeriesLiveFonts.plist
com.apple.pkg.Motion_AppStore.bom
com.apple.pkg.Motion_AppStore.plist

When I ran the FCP Uninstaller app I mentioned, I ticked receipts in there so it should have uninstalled them.

What I did notice was that with Lion Apple obviously made the library folder invisible – when I go into it there was no receipts folder visible – although there is one on the system somewhere!

From what I can see there is no trace of Motion 4 on my system. I’ve got a couple of project files I think – but as this isn’t my main Mac they are just minorly experimental files.

If you’ve got any suggestions I’d be very grateful to hear them :0)

Thanks again,

Mark

[Mark Davies]

I meant to confirm that I have deleted the files from the Trash, and also the Install disc says “skip” under the Motion programme tick box :0)

[Mark Davies]

Ah thanks Zak – I didn’t think of preferences. I was Googling ‘colour palette problems’ etc so the preferences thing is a much better search term!

Many thanks and best wishes,

Mark

[Mark Davies]

Thanks for the advice there Steve. The ambient light change is something I’ve witnessed myself on a trial run I did the other day – I did quick pass through on my footage using the scrubber bar in FCP and couldn’t believe the changes that were going on with the lighting – even with the (admittedly very thin) curtains shut. Lighting is a whole new world to me, so I’m learning the ropes via John Jackman’s helpful book.

I’d never thought of completely blocking the light out because I’d naively presumed that the shop-bought chinese lanterns would have compensated. A full black out does seem like the best option though – especially as I won’t be able to film at night.

One of the saving graces of the project though, is that I am using a lot of stills to illustrate the narratives from participants – and these are great for hiding cuts, and and reducing the sudden impact of light changes.

Thanks again for the advice!

Mark

[Mark Davies]

Thanks for taking the time for the advice there Hunter – most appreciated!

Being rigorous with the details I write down at the end of the day is a very useful point to me. I’d planned on doing some notes but not as extensive as you’d mentioned – so I’ll certainly do all you’ve advised.

Also, your point on changing the framing is something I’d not thought about – but can totally see what you mean now. I know some might roll their eyes at me, but I’m filming solo on a Panny GH1 and they are hard to zoom during filming because the action is kind of tight – but I think changing it in between questions would be a really good idea.

I’m a bit neurotic about production values and the slightest error always sticks out like a sore thumb to me – sometimes to the point where I’d rather not use the footage! I guess I need to get over it a bit lol!

Anyway, your advice is a big help in me getting it right – so thanks again :0)

[Mark Davies]

Please don’t reply to this post – problem sorted. Funny how different info comes up by changing search terms in google lol :0)