Mark Spencer
Forum Replies Created
-
That’s what you need to do if the shots need to be video. If the headshots can be stills, then use an image sequence.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
That’s a Lion bug. We just taught a class that was half SL, half Lion. Ever Lion user had that issue.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
In order to have the second hand have the staccato jerky motion, I would animate it over one second using keyframes, then use the “After Last Keyframe” command in the Keyframe Editor to make a Progressive repeating pattern. You can then bake that pattern into keyframes for the number of cycles you want in order for the second hand to stop where you want.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Ah yes the AJA issue, I’ve seen that one before, glad you figured that out!!
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Not that it helps, but I had that same flickering issue with vector graphics with fixed resolution turned off in Motion 4 – it’s not a Motion 5 things AFAIK. Motion 5 is a fully rewritten 64-bit app, it’s fully color managed, and it works in 16-bit color space all the time so there is an apparent performance hit. I’ve been using it for some fairly complex projects and while it does have some bugs, I have found it quite stable and have been able to produce client work on it. Good luck.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
AE doesn’t use the GPU like Motion. I don’t think you’ll see this issue in AE. Even with its quirks, I find Motion so much faster to work with than AE that I feel it’s just better for me overall. In AE, you can’t even play a simple DV clip without rendering – even with no effects applied. Feels like going backwards when I go there.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
It’s a graphics card issue. If your graphics look soft with fix Rez off then blow them up in Illustrator to the max size you need.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Are those layers vector graphics (PDFs or .ai files?) If so, is Fixed Resolution turned off? What are the pixel dimensions? What machine are you using, what graphics card, how much RAM?
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
The blue screen and crash may be related to a bug – if you have Motion 4 installed on the same system, you need to remove any custom presets by deleting this folder:
user/library/application support/final cut studio/motion/presets
Try that, quit and restart FCP X, and let us know.
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net -
Yes
—
Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
https://www.applemotion.net