[Mark Petereit]

Search for “lightning” in Motion’s library. There are several lightning bolt loops and a couple of movies.

[Mark Petereit]

Yes, you need to set backfocus any time you remove the lens from the body.

[Mark Petereit]

What shutter speed? Sounds like it may have been too low.

[Mark Petereit]

Call Apple Care

[Mark Petereit]

I could only tolerate the first 30 seconds or so (I really, REALLY hate sequenced percussion). Work on framing. That’s a beautiful girl — it’s a shame you had her disembodied head floating through the scenery. I could see putting your talent in the bottom third if the top 2/3 had some stunning imagery, but you just have lots of urban clutter. Keep the eyes at the top third.

[Mark Petereit]

You either need to model your log in a 3D application such as Blender, or use a 3rd party filter such as Zaxwerks.

[Mark Petereit]

Is Motion just not up to the task? Or is it more a case of folks having already been using AE and just stuck with the app they knew?

[Mark Petereit]

Thanks, Shane! I’ve viewed some of your tutorials before and have found them to be quite helpful.

You do a great job of showing how to apply an effect in Final Cut Pro — and that’s what I find in most Final Cut tutorials: how to perform some particular task. The footage used is practically superfluous, as the focus of the tutorial is on the tool and how to use it. Even in the still frame from the tutorial the most prominent element is the FCP interface.

But right under the link to your tutorial is the link to Eran Stern’s tutorial, “Doom Island”. The instant I saw the still frame and the description I said, “it’s gotta be an After Effects tutorial.” Why? Because everything from the still frame to the title to the teaser text says “the project is the focus”

Is this simply because AE has around a bit longer than FC, the AE folks have gotten past their “how do we use this tool” phase and pushed onto the “how do we achieve this look/effect?” Or is it more of a class distinction: left-brain creative folks go Adobe and right-brain process-driven folks go Final Cut Studio?

And please, I’m not flame baiting here. I haven’t been in the industry long enough to start throwing rocks. I’m just genuinely curious and would appreciate the insights from the pros on this board.

[Mark Petereit]

Sorry, since I pop between the apps so frequently, I pretty much consider Motion, Soundtrack and Color just extensions of FCP.