[Rocco Richardson]

Thanks a lot for your response! I was able to use some of things you were mentioning. First off, that particular title is BUGGED up! When I went to do what you said about adjusting the color in the TITLE tab, it did not even have the box or the option for the first line. I had to delete it from my timeline, open a copy in motion and use the copy to get all the correct parameters! Once that was done, it worked just as you said. THANK YOU! That is something even Apple could not help with! It does suck that I can not use the gradient or texture….HOWEVER, when I brought these into motion, I was able to (at first) adjust the gradient, however, after using it for about 2 minutes, whenever I select the eye dropper the gradient scale would go great and I could not adjust anything.

How do you create the gradient effect you were mentioning to apply to text or video?

I have been trying to NOT be one of the FCPX nay sayers, but…are people actually USING these programs, it seems like they are FILLED with bugs.

I am going to start checking out your Motion tutorials, I need a lot of help with Motion. Thanks again for your help!

[Rocco Richardson]

I have also seen this problem, in addition to another issue that I brought up with Apple. On some title pages I can’t change the face color or adjust color correctly at all on the text. For example, when using the four corners title, if I choose face to change the color of one of the lines and I go to the drop down, which normally has the options for -, Color, Gradient, Texture……they are all screwed up. Gradient does not bring up the gradient swatch, Color selects -, Texture Selects Color! Nothing selects texture! When I do get the color to change and i pick BLUE…the text shows up as BROWN or YELLOW OR whatever random color. I have called Apple about this, and they confirmed the issue with me over the phone and admitted that its a bug and told me to not use that title….problem is, I have found the problem on almost all of the titles. They told me they know about it, and can do nothing…REALLY? Can anyone help, this is kind of a big deal, First fonts won’t save, then you can’t change the color?? Whats the point?