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October 5, 2007

Creating Motion Templates in Final Cut Pro

motion_templates_menu.gifOne of the many new features in Final Cut Pro 6.0, is the ability to use Motion Templates. This means you can make changes to a template directly within Final Cut Pro, without having to launch Motion.

Final Cut Pro ships with a basic set of templates. You can access these templates from either Effects / Master Templates menu, or the Generators Menu (within the Viewer window).

The first step is to design an animation using Motion 3.0

 

 

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October 3, 2007

Creating 3D motion in Apple Motion with LiveFonts

Apple's Motion software contains all the same LiveFonts found within the LiveType application. If you need 3D perspective controls, you'll need to use Motion instead of LiveType.

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In case you're wondering why you might still continue to use LiveType instead of doing everything in Motion, it's because LiveType treats each character as an individual glyph on one track. Therefore, it much easier to create animated path's where characters follow each other in a timed pattern.

However, Apple Motion 3.0 has a 3D perspective tool, LiveType does not. So if you plan on moving objects around in 3D space, you'll need to create your effect in Motion.

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