[Winston A. cely]

I’m a bit confused… Could you do a set-by-step explanation of what you’re doing? Right now it sounds like while you’re in FCP you’re trying to send a Motion file to Motion, instead of just Opening with Editor.

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[Winston A. cely]

I see what you mean. Thanks for your help.

I agree about AE. I’ve got a good friend who actually teaches AE for the Art Institute in ATL. I suppose I should learn it at some point, but like I say, for the most part Motion, LiveType, or even Title 3D can accomplish the tasks I have encountered. It is slowly changing though, as I get deeper into graphics creation.

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[Winston A. cely]

Sorry, but I’m not sure I understand. I don’t use AE, so are you saying I could copy the Mask I made, and paste it on a Solid shape? In other words, let’s say I made a greatest mask of all time, but I want to have all the controls that come with a shape (like adding a gradient and/or an outline) so I paste the mask on the shape. Will the controls that come with the shape still be usable with a mask? If my shape is a block, and the mask is an oval, with the line control go around the oval, or with it be cut away because of the shape?

BTW, thanks for your help on that other post I had on the Sequence Text behavior!

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[Winston A. cely]

Thanks! It really did help. Sometimes I can’t really follow the Apple Help Guide, and I have to have someone break it down to me.

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[Winston A. cely]

Very eloquently put.

Oh well… maybe the next version will have better repetitive functionality.

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[Winston A. cely]

I work in an environment that every penny has to be accounted for. One thing I’ve learned is that no matter what the price, if you can explain why you need and why it’s worth x-amount of dollars for the plug-in, chances are either the producer or the company owner will OK the purchase. The thing that’s tricky, is to make sure that you’re getting the best bang for your buck. There must be at least a dozen different “film effect” plug-ins out there, and all of them at different price ranges. So it’s up to us as the editor’s to do a little research and find the best one for the money. If the best one is the most expensive, you can explain why it’s better than the cheaper one, and why it’ll help the project most producers/accountants are going to say go for it.

I know there are always exceptions, but in general, I’ve found this to hold pretty solid.

That all being said, I love DH! They’ve come up with kick butt (not to mention useful) plug-ins!

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[Winston A. cely]

Awesome tips! Never would have crossed my mind to use iMovie.

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[Winston A. cely]

Thanks so much! You were right. Of course, I find the Io installation guide after I ask the question. Sorry to waste your time like that, but I was desperate.

Cheers,
Stone

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[Winston A. cely]

Very frustrating. I know it should be easy but I don’t understand the Sequence Text at all. All I want to do is make my second line of text slanted and keep the first line straight, but it won’t let me. No matter what, the whole thing gets affected. The only way around this, that I’ve found is to make a second line of text on a separate layer. A pain in the neck.

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[Winston A. cely]

Thanks for the reply! I do have a Behringer UB1204-Pro mixer. Would that work for the audio?

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