Sacha Thomas
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You might check the background color in the File Properties dialog. Also, check your Alpha settings in FCP. Just some suggestions worth looking into if you haven’t already. I haven’t worked with version 4 but that is what comes to mind.
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I don’t know if there is an easy way but one thing that comes to mind is to create a two image layers-one for the smooth ice and the other for the carved ice. The carved ice could be created in photoshop and revealed with a write-on behavior interacting with a mask. I am not sure it can be done that way but I thought you might want to try it. I would start by testing the reveal of a underlayer with write-on behavior. Good luck.
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I’m not sure that I would count on a workflow based on YouTube to be consistent. They make changes to their video standards as needed and you could be left out in the cold. I would try to use another method of getting the video files.
Cheers,
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Thank you for making the difference between display and print. Good reminder.
RGB for images for screen display and CMYK for print-that’s always been the rule of thumb I have operated under. The printer is the person who has to correlate the PMS info to his/her printing technology by selecting the correct PMS ink based on the info in CMYK file.
Since the designer, views the design on a monitor, the CMYK colorspace is a way of translating the the printing colorspace into the display colorspace as well as communicating the correct print values chosen while viewing the display colorspace.
This thread had me scratchin the old noggin for a couple of minutes wondering if I misunderstood the issue. :0
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I haven’t tried it with multiple monitors, but one thing you could try is to install Cinch. I have been using it for a couple of months with my 27″ iMac. It automatically resizes an application window based on what area of the screen you drag it to. It is great for splitting the screen evenly between two application windows. I suggest this because it seems to remember the last position of the window even after closing. The thought occurs to me as I write this that it may actually be OSX that remembers the window location. But it’s worth a try.
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nice link. very succinct refresher for those familiar with unix type permissions settings. thank you
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Glad I could help. Good luck with the project.
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I was able to achieve this in Motion 3 by:
Creating an “S” shape with the Bezier tools.
Create a text box for each line of text.
Assign the motion path to each text object. Under the Motion Path inspector set the Path Shape to Geometry and drag the shape from the group area (not the timeline) into the Shape Source box. Check “Attach to Shape.” Play with the offset until the results are acceptable.
That’s the basic idea. Good luck. Hope that helps.
A note:
Hide the S shape if you don’t want to see it. I suggest creating a copy, which is your visible graphic element and tweaking its alignment by nudging it. If it is imperative that the path and the graphic element be one and the same, you will have to tweak the position of each text box separately to avoid overlap. Position the anchor point FIRST in a way that doesn’t cause any visible flaws-for example offsetting it to create a margin between the edge of the text box and the path. -
Hi Dan,
I am not sure that what you are trying to do is clear to me. It sounds like you want: to align the right or left edge of a text block with a path and then animate the lines of text to move along that path.
Which direction do you want the text to move in relation to the path? for example, if you were to draw a “S” shaped path with text boxes to the right, would the text move vertically along the “S”, following the shape as it curves right and left while remaining on the right side of the “S”? This would create a justification along the left side while leaving the right ragged.
Hopefully once we can get a clearer understanding of the intended result, we can get you on your way.
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Very informative Shane. 🙂 Thanks!