Boris Calligraphy-TITLE 3D Keyframing

Hi all. I read an article by Ken Stone about using title 3d to make text zoom out of the page using the motion key settings. I am able to do it in the viewer and canvas but despite hours of using different combinations I cannot get it to work in the timeline. All forums indicate that the manual included with FCE is wrong with regard to keyframing. Even on the Boris website I could not get a definitive answer to the problem.
Has anybody any experience of using title 3d in FCE or knows of any good sources of info.
Many thanks
Mick
G5 Dual Processor Mac OS X (10.4.4) 140G Lacie Ext Firewire HD

Yes you can.
"I am able to do it in the viewer and canvas but despite hours of using different combinations I cannot get it to work in the timeline"
The Timeline and Canvas are representations of the same thing. When the Canvas is playing what you see matches the playhead in the Timeline.
You should be able to get those titles to fly around the screen and right off screen or even get smmaller or bigger as it does its thing, throw in a spin as well if you like.
You have to enable Image+Wireframe before starting.
Al

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I tried reinstalling - no joy.
After some digging around on Google I found this forum post:
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/15/857437
Looks like the QuickTime 7.4 update broke a number of things including the Boris plug-ins. Basically they have lost their bundle flags so are not being recognised by Final Cut Express (or Pro). If you look at one of the replies to the above post there's a link to a file you can download which contains plug-ins with the bundle flag set - here's a direct link to the file:
http://www.borisfx.com/download_files/CalligraphyForFCP.dmg
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Anyone?

Maybe this will help:
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!http://www.spotsbeforeyoureyes.com/Boris.jpg!
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Boris calligraphy

Hey new user here. I purchased final cut studio about a month ago. I used A bunch of Boris trial products and after getting rid of them I managed to also get rid of my boris calligraphy.
Does anybody know a way to reinstall them without reinstalling final cut studio all over again? I see title 3d and title crawl but I am missing Text Scrambler and Vector Shapes. I am using final cut studio 5.04.

I don't have a definite answer, sorry, just a suggestion or two.
You might try using spotlight on your installer disks and see if Boris products turn up, I think they are isolated installations.
Also drop by the borisfx.com site, great tech support.
and welcome to the family
bogiesan

Possible that BORIS 3D title tool has EXPIRED?

Most peculiar....
I had been using the Boris 3D title tool in my fcp 5.0 a few weeks ago. Love it.
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Any ideas would be welcome.
As always, thanks to this forum.
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To reinstall Final Cut Pro effectively, you need to remove the application and its receipts, then install Final Cut Pro and use Software Update to install additional updates.
You don't have to remove everything that was installed with Final Cut Pro. Follow the steps below to completely reinstall a fresh copy of Final Cut Pro. Note: Make sure that you have your installation discs and serial number handy before starting this.
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emanuele

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