Zach Shore
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It’s in the fifth column of the keyframe editor, left side, next to the keyframe column and under the Transform Keyframes Tool. It’s hidden but appears as a downward pointing arrow when you hold your mouse over it or the keyframe column. Click on on the arrow and the options appear.
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Actually, I think the old lower third for IDs looked better. For those, I’d keep what you had.
The baseline for the color code section is much better. The appearance for those can look a bit different than the ID lower thirds. For the color codes titles, I think including the Color code call out that you had worked well too. It helps reinforce the color background for the viewer. When you try different font sizes, don’t be afraid to make really contrast the sizes. For example, you could have the Code Color text at like 250 (Code Red), but the description could be at 115 (Fire Evacuation).
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I”m glad it was helpful David. I think these are a nice improvement. I like the gradient for the text face. It makes it a bit more dynamic and yes, you would want to be consistent to throughout the piece.
My last suggestions would be reduce the baseline for the text. Again, there’s a lot of space between each line and this is similar to having too much space between words, it makes it feel less cohesive. Also, maybe use a narrow version of the font, or small point size for the sub-headings (Hard Lockdown/Fire Evacuation). It would add some nice contrast, again making things a bit more dynamic and interesting. You can see what I’m talking about in your last slide. The subjects name looks like Helvetica Oblique and the job title looks like Helvetica Regular. It’s two variations of the same font, but they fit together because they are the same font family. At the same time, they contrast each other a bit and that is a bit more interesting visually.
For more reference to what I’m talking about, look at the ads here on the page. Look at the spacing between the lines and the contrast in fonts. Just remember, keep it simple. 🙂 Again, it’s a really nice start!
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I don’t think you need any additional effects, you’ve got plenty going on and if you add too much this composition could get a bit overloaded. What you’ve got going on for graphics is really good, simple is nice. if anything, I think the typography could use some adjustment.
First, I’d love to see some color in the text to make it pop out more. It may seem cliche, but a bold red color would really pop and convey the theme, emergency safety (think sirens, medical crosses, warning).
Your font sizes and spacing are all over the place, I think consistency is really important. ” Readiness and” are one font size and “Emergency Management” are a different size. This looks like the title, but it make them feel like the are different elements. I also think it would be more interesting visually if you didn’t split the text top and bottom. Don’t be afraid to let your text overlay the images in the middle. The spaces between the word (like the last text) really seem to large. Maybe a different font or some adjustment to the kerning would help.
Overall, GREAT start. Thanks for sharing!
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Motion 5 only has 4 behaviors in the motion tracking group. Can you tell us exactly what you are seeing.
I have: Analyze Motion, Match Move, Stabilize and Unstabilize. What behaviors do you see?“You can come push the buttons, or you can let me do my job.”
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Just increase the Strength parameter value.
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I don’t know if you worked this out yet, but you have a couple of options:
1. Drag and drop the parameter with keyframes to the layer you want to apply it to. Just go to the inspector select the parameter ( say position) and drag it to another layer.
2. For the parameter you want to copy, click the arrow on the right side of the parameter and select “Show in Keyframe editor”. From here you can click and drag to select the keyframes and then select another another layer and paste.
3. You could also use the Match Move behavior.
this applies to layers or groups. You don’t have to insert any keyframes to the target layer by the way. Just do a good old copy and past. There you go, 3 ways to skin a cat!
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Well, if you can post an example or the project for someone to grab that’s always a big help for finding a solution. maybe not the whole project, but a least something light weight where someone else can actually see what you’re getting or try to reproduce it.
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First, what version of Motion are you using? If you’re using Motion 5 you could turn off Dynamic rendering, that may make a difference. Also, does changing between Normal and Best mode make a difference in when viewing it in the canvas?
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Another trick that might work is to use the 2 shot to help generate a mask. If you take the shot with the musicians, desaturate it, invert it (make negative) and then use a levels filter, you can generate a crude matte. This might give you a good starting point, but you would likely have to do some rotoscoping to.
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