Does anyone know of a clever way to distribute several clips (in this case title generators) evenly so that there’s the same amount of time between each clip?

Folks I am working with another editor who, on two computers (2019 iMac Retina, and 2021 M1 MacBook Pro) keeps running into issues where clips show up just fine in the browser, but when they’re put in a storyline (timeline) the clip is black. My inclination is it’s the cache, but changing that isn’t doing anything. This is typically in proxy mode…

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JJ Johnson, I have been trying to figure out to what extent FCP X is controllable using AppleScript. I got a timeline full of compound clips that I want to replace with their synced clips. I have the synced clip equivalent in the browser. I am doing it manually right now. It would be great if I could use a macro or script to help automate the…

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I am glad I’m not the only one to notice this Andreas.

Jeremy I think you have the problem solved. Here are images of the same overlay applied using the new custom overlay feature and as a graphic on top of my video.

I’d prefer to use the custom overlay feature (at least until I finish the edit) since it won’t invoke any potential rendering like an actual graphic in the timeline would.

I made the file…

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Not sure what you mean. There’s no pixelation at all. I just notice that the overlay doesn’t fit properly and allows these lines of pixels to peek through at the top and bottom. Perhaps it’s just simple math and I’ve made a mistake. However when I have the (what I think is the properly formatted overlay) applied, it doesn’t sit cleanly over my…

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A custom overlay seems to let some pixels peek through. FCP X doesn’t maintain the overlay well when changing the window size; some pixel peek close and new vertical lines of the footage behind the overlay peek thogugh. See image below. Any thoughts with this folks? Am I missing something or are the numbers I am using wrong for the…

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I am trying to emulate Instagram Live animated graphics such as with hearts and emojis emitting vertically. Is there a way to randomize images for an emitter or stack them in some way? I have this working out with a single image (a heart) as an emitter already.

see example of what I am emulating here, but I’d like to randomize the image being…

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These shapes were created inside PPro. The old and new version are both called “Graphic” They’re not items I can “reveal in project” on. I can rename them, but since they’re not items in the project and exist only on the timeline, how would this work?
Thanks.

Folks I am using a shape for a drop shadow effect. I need to use this new shape to replace an old one. Is there a way to propagate the shape parameters to the old shape where the edits are?
I am trying to avoid having to copy/paste the new shape to every place where my old shape was on the timeline, match durations, and re-add the dissolves.… Read more

Correct, this is not going to a reference monitor.

Folks, I cut a first pass of a project in FCP X 10.4.8. Then I rebuilt it in Premiere Pro (v 14.0.3). What caught my attention was that the footage looked very different. FCP X was brighter with less shadow. PPro’s displaying of the video is significantly darker and more saturated in color.
As far as I can tell and checked:
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I feel your pain. Working in PPro coming from FCP X is agonizing except for a few features that I really like in PPro. I am on a project now having to use it.