[Mark Spencer]

Oops – here’s the link

https://wpc.107C.edgecastcdn.net/00107C/ripple/fcp_alpha_transitions_final.mov

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You could try using the Bad TV filter and create Alpha Transition to use in Motion. Here’s a tutorial that covers the basics of using an Alpha Transition.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

I’m not seeing that issue, perhaps it’s the font you are using? I’m getting nice curved edges on my outline. I find Motion’s text engine to be quite excellent.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Sure you can. First setup the layout as you like (btw, pressing Shift-Z is a quick way to fit the Canvas to the window), then from the Window menu, choose Save Current Layout… and give it a name. With it selected, it will now be your default layout when you launch Motion or create a new project.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

I have some templates:

https://www.applemotion.net/page21/page21.html

And here’s a list of plugins:

https://www.applemotion.net/Plugins/Plugins.html

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Hi there, Ken, nice to see you on the Cow.

A few ways to approach this, but basically you want to name each of your 18 image file sequentially, e.g., image_001.jpg, image_002.jpg, etc. Motion will see them all as a single image sequence (assuming you have Show Image Sequences as Collapsed enabled, which it is by default – it’s a little button at the bottom right of the File Browser)

Import your image sequence – it forms one layer. If you play, you’ll see them all flash by.

Now it really depend on what you are trying to do from here, but you can replicate the layer, turn off Play Frames, change the Shape to Line, make it 3D, set start and end x and y to 0 and spread out Z to make a long line of images stretching back in space – lots of options.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Sure is – in Motion 3, with the Text tool selected, just drag over the letters you want to adjust. In Motion 4, there’s a brand new Adjust Glyph tool (in the toolbar or right-click on the text) that lets you select and then transform, format, or style individual or multiple glyphs.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

You can also hold down the Shift key to constrain the movement to just vertical or just horizontal.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

Easiest is to do this in the Timeline instead – just click the show/hide keyframes button at the bottom left, then you can drag them in time without any concern for changing values. You’ll also be sure to drag all keyframes at a given frame because they are “bundled” together in one little icon.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net

[Mark Spencer]

FCP sometimes “loses” the anamorphic setting for an anamorphic Motion project file so you need to either add the checkmark in the item properties or change the Distort parameter.

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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net