Do you need final cut pro to use motion 5?

I was wondering if I can just download Motion 5 and not final cut pro x?

No, you will need to either export a copy of the clip in your iMovie library, or you can use the Finder. Exporting is easiest and safest. If you want to use the original media, locate your iMovie Library and right click on it. Select "Show Package Contents" from the contextual menu. Find the folder for your project, open it and then look for a folder called "Orginal Media" this is where your clips are stored. DO NOT MOVE THESE CLIPS. From here you can drag clips into Motion's Layer List or canvas and work with them. Just remember, don't change or move files inside your library.

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Do you need final cut pro to work it

do you need final cut pro to be able to use motion 5 can someone help me and what does motion do for a start?

Motion 5 is a standalone application and can be run without FCPX...
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/170/869239
To start with: Motion 5 can be used as a compositing and graphics application...
An addition to any video-editing software...
http://www.pinoymaclovers.com/2011/12/how-to-use-motion-5-video-tutorials.html
Regards
Nolan

Do I need to have final cut pro to use motion?

Do i Have to have final cut to use motion or can i use imovie?

You don't need Final Cut to use Motion but you can't create transitions/effects for iMovie either. You can use Motion to create to composite effects on/with video clips and export the finished work as clips for use in iMovie. So in that respect, you can use iMovie. Motion should make most of the work convenient. You'll need to make sure that the clips you import and the project length are the same (or shorter if you intend to trim the clip in Motion). For transitions, titles, and effects, you can drag clips into the provided "drop zones" for the project type (if you were using FCPX, you would generally leave these "empty" as those drop zones are filled automatically by what exists in the fcpx timeline.)
You'll have to adapt your workflow modestly, but I think you'll find that Motion will be a big help to you. I know people who edit entire (short) videos in Motion. It's an outstanding deal (just expect a bit of a learning curve - but there's a lot of free tutorial material around on the net.) I personally don't recommend that you use Motion to edit video in exclusively, it isn't designed for that (and typically will not play video with a lot of special effects at full speed...) It is a video *compositing* application; more like a "photoshop" for video.
HTH

Do you need Final cut in order to use Motion 5 or can I use iMovie?, Do you need Final cut in order to use Motion 5 or can I use iMovie?

Do you need Final cut in order to use Motion 5 or can I use iMovie?, Do you need Final cut in order to use Motion 5 or can I use iMovie?

i think you confused us with the question 4 times!?
you can use Motion aas a stand alone app, which can output quicktimes to any codec you want, which can then be used in any app that accepts these codecs. But you wont be able to (AFAIK) import a motion project into iMovie and use it as a clip like you can in fcpx
hth
adam

I have Video camera movies that are HD format.. I am doing editing work on them using Final Cut Pro, but using DV PAL format for the projects I am editing. When I then tried to copy my work done in FCP Project that's originally DV PAL , into a new FCP Pro

I have Video camera movies that are HD format.. I am doing editing work on them using Final Cut Pro, but using DV PAL format for the projects I am editing. When I then tried to copy my work done in FCP Project that's originally DV PAL , into a new FCP Project that is HD, and tried reconnect media with original HD movies (video), the sequence project got distorted for all the text, shapes used and all.. everything changed its orientation and scale.. Is there a way by which I can preserve my work done on DV PAL and switch it preserving its proportions, scale and orientation, but on a HD project sequence?? Appreciate your help and advice..

Yes. A couple of ways that might work.
First Way
What you need to do is load one of your hd clips in the viewer and edit into a new HD sequence. Does it display correctionly?
OK, select the clip in the hd timeline and copy (command-c). Now go to the HD sequence with the material that's distorted. Select all (command-a) and paste attributes (option-v) and choose basic motion and distort. That should maek things work. What won't work is anything that you've adjusted as far as basic motion or distort in your PAL sequence. That I'm pretty sure you'll have to redo.
Second Way.
Choose your original PAL sequence and do a Media Manage changing the sequence preset to the appropriate HD paramenters with the media offline. You then should be able to reconnect these clips with your original HD media.

How do you import final cut pro projects into imovie? (like you create a pr

How do you import final cut pro projects into imovie?
(like you create a project in final cut but i want to save it, and import it into imovie..

Hi -
Mr. Ross is right, there is no direct way to export your project with all it's elements into iMovie.
If, on the other hand, you have a completed sequence in FCP that you want to export as a finished element, then import into iMovie for you to re-edit or apply titles, music, etc. you would:
In FCP:
Click on the Sequence Icon you want to export in your browser.
Go to the menu File > Export > Quicktime Movie. Give your movie a name a navigate to where you want it stored. Make sure you choose Settings: Current Settings and have the Make Movie Self Contained checked. Click Save.
Close FCP and open iMovie.
In iMovie:
Go to the menu File > Import > Movies and navigate to the movie you just exported from FCP. Choose if you want your movie imported in it's original size, etc.
Click Import. Your movie will be imported into iMovie.
Note that using this method only gives you only the elements that made up your FCP sequence, so this may not give you the flexibility you need.
Hope this helps.
MtD

When you uninstall final cut pro does your projects delete too

When you uninstall final cut pro does your projects delete too

No, only the app is removed.
The Events and Projects are completely untouched and ready to use when you reinstall or update FCP X.
To uninstall simply drag the FCP X application icon to the trash and delete it.

How do I get copyright or license to show Final Cut Pro in use by a character in a film?

Hi,
I am working in a Film Production team in Brazil. We are producing a film where the main character is a film editor and he uses Apple Final Cut Pro at his work.
The film is for all ages - no restriction.
I have already written to "Copyright Permissions" but had no answer since June!
Do I need a copyright license for that?
And if I do, how do I get it from Apple?
Thank you in advance.
Sil

I am working in a Film Production team in Brazil. We are producing a film where the main character is a film editor and he uses Apple Final Cut Pro at his work.
The film is for all ages - no restriction.
I have already written to "Copyright Permissions" but had no answer since June!
Do I need a copyright license for that?
I am not a lawyer, but I don't see how you are infringing on Apple. Remember, most e-mails are not read or replied to. Your best course of action would be to send a priority letter to Apple's street address. They still may not reply, but it will be read.
A test that usually (but not always) works. Is your activity costing the other party money. Is your activity resulting in the other party losing sales.
If your movie is showing some guy at a desk using a companies software; it's beyond my comprehension why they would have a problem. In fact, many companies pay for “product placement”. However, I understand that Apple does not engage in this practice.
But I can assure you, every time you see someone with a Coke (and other products) in a movie the producers were probably paid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_placement

Are the sound clips from Final Cut Pro Fair Use?, Are the sound clips from Final Cut Pro Fair Use?

I recently found YouTube had flaged a video for containing a "third party" sound clip. All clips I've used in videos for YouTube have come directly from Final Cut Pro X. Any idea if the sound clips are Fair Use? I'm not sure how to repsond to YouTube and don't want to get a mark against my account due to this.

You can pretty much forget about monetizing that specific video.
[Okay... I'm going to ramble now...]
To avoid problems with youtube, you need to post a copyright (like this: @2013 by Your Name) on the video (I recommend within the first 10 seconds) -- and you better have it *right*. If you use other audio and video, as long as you have secured the proper permissions for use, you can still claim a copyright to the video you post on YouTube -- it is your creation (but it better not be a single clip of somebody else's work being passed off as something you did -- just to be clear -- your videos need to have original content that you created in order to justify the © you put on it. If you use *other stuff* as long as it's *with* permissions, it's still your video.) [If your video is going to be monetized -- make absolutely sure you have that permission for *commercial* use! Quite a lot of sources will specify that their materials *cannot* be used for any commercial use without further permissions, if at all. With Apple Loops (pro apps music and sound) you do have that express permission to be used in commercial works as long as it follows the EULA. More below.)]
You also need to specify the music and/or sound effects are "licensed from Apple Computer and used with permission" and you might as well state they are "made with Apple Loops". YouTube understands the EULA of the Apple Pro software (Logic, STP, FCP/FCPX, etc...) -- but even Apple licensed all that stuff from outside sources. Apple just takes care of paying "them" for it in advance so you don't have to (you buy it with the cost of the software license.)
You cannot use any of the "music beds" by themselves, in their entirety (all those nice long demo pieces everybody likes so much and you hear several times a day on [local] TV commercials). The EULA actually specifically states this (although you might have to read it two or three times until it becomes clear...LOL). Even loops are not to be released "as is", in their entirety, in any "derivative work". So, basically, make sure some other sound is mixed in with it (if it's music, add drums or other percussion, harmony, or duck it under talking, etc...)
The point is, no matter what audio source you have, if it is *music* (or foley) and EVEN IF you are the creator of that music or sound effect, you need to specifically put it in writing IN the video (not in the description). You need to reference the source (e.g.: stock footage by BottledVideo.com) and state it's being used with (or by) permission. [According to YouTube: I have copyright infringed MYSELF!!! just for leaving out all this *stuff* from my subsequent videos (music that I composed and performed myself on guitar... I was livid... but it stuck!).]
I can pretty much guarantee that within minutes of posting your video (if it is monetized) -- some real live person at youtube puts eyes on that video to make sure it is properly "signed". I can tell by how long it takes for the monetize checkmark to go from dark to light green -- usually less than 10 minutes.
If your video is not monetized, and it's not a blatant violation, they probably will let you off with a warning, tell you that you don't need to do anything "right now" and it won't count as a mark against you... If it IS monetized, it won't be - they'll turn it right off and your chances of winning a challenge are almost 0 (unless you can PROVE you own the material -- and I have won a challenge -- see * below); and you will probably see a "Copyright Notices" (or similar) item in the menu on your channel settings. If you can redo the video - pull the old one, put in the new info and re-up it. It's a royal PITA, but in this day and age, it's a necessity.
All videos destined for youtube should be treated as mini motion pictures and be prepared as such with full "disclosures" in titling... Welcome to 21st Century Pox [This statement is not meant to be derogatory to 21st Century Fox or imply any association or criticism or slander, and is only to be intended to be received as a parody on a common phrase that is currently still in use... No words were harmed in the formation of this pun.]
Get the point? YouTube tries to tell everybody -- but they've done a pretty lousy job of doing it. It's taken me, oh, I guess a year or so to learn to "behave" after wandering through a mire of confusing information from too many different sources -- and even if I am the sole producer of 100% of all the content in the video, I *still* have to place that © and "commit" it; it is *not* taken on faith. I actually had to go back and reread all my licenses and interpret the legalese to figure it out. It would have been simpler if they just put it: Your video is a miniature professional production. Make sure it includes all titling to reflect all participants -- *just like you'd see in a modern major motion picture or a major broadcast television series* -- I think everyone would pretty much understand what that involves. You don't have to get quite that extreme, just cover you bases and your a©©.
I tried to cover it all... but I'm pretty sure I haven't... so... good luck!
*How I won my challenge with an Apple Loops composition:
1) the music, even though using "canned" loops, was an original complex composition (I'll argue theory with anyone about this... it will be based on limited sets and recombinants as well as the theory of instrumentation and timing. In other words - I massage the heck out of loops until they don't sound anything like the originals. I almost never use audio loops -- always MIDI.) [BTW - this was another instance of copyright infringing myself - I had used the same music in a previous video I produced a year or so earlier... when I, like you, thought I was "free" to use the clips as I saw fit.]
2) the music I used in the video was originally created in Logic and I made sure the ID3 tags were filled in with my name and copyright information
3) I have a YouTube Associated Website (think this is a "partner" thing... and google "sanctioned") but if you see it, make sure you associate your domain. [I think you might be able to create a Google+ account and associate a domain that way if it's not part of your YouTube settings.]
4) I uploaded the original mp3 with the ID3 tags to my associated domain.
5) in the challenge, I 1) attached the original mp3 (w/ID3 tags); 2) gave youtube a link to the copy on my associated website for *verification* that the files belonged to ME; (and they already had the URL to the video in question -- a basic 3 point verify.)
It worked. They accepted the verifcation. (And this was the first challenge I've been able to win.) [This was very recent. What about the others? I might get a chance to complete the verifications, but I know for some, I've used up my challenges. The only other option is to pull them and redo them...]
One last word of advice: It does not pay to get "huffy", indignant, or righteous with YouTube in a challenge. They don't care. <-- read that again a lot more slowly... They have their own behinds to take care of — and your video (and/or account) lives (or dies) by their grace. If you read that and infer that I have been those things, then yes, I have... to absolutely no avail... even though I thought I was right (to the best understanding I had at the time) — they have rules. Be respectful. In general, they're pretty relaxed about all this even though it might not look that way to many users. Once you get the rules down, everything goes a lot easier... even if it is a little more work. You have to take responsibility for your own work.

Do I need Final Cut Pro HD when I have Final Cut Studio?

I will be starting my second project on my new mac and using final cut pro. It will be an instructional DVD. This is my first posting and I guess my first attempt at reaching out (baby steps).
I will be borrowing an HD camera (some consumer grade). My Question is do I need Final Cut HD when I have Final Cut Studio installed. I notice Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 has HD import and export settings.
Also, since I have mentioned my project is there any quick reference ideas for a learn to play an instrument DVD, CD or anything.
And lastly as I wonder off my thread a little. Is this Discussion forum my quickest way of getting an answer, I mean is there anyone who will let me bug them from time to time?
Thanks
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I will be borrowing an HD camera (some consumer grade).
Forgot to welcome you to the forum... Welcome.
Before you jump into this project you may want to do some research. The format you are talking about is HDV, highly compressed and some would say difficult to edit with. A search here on HDV will give you plenty to read and probably point you to some interesting articles.
Might also consider why you want to shoot HD at all right now since you will most likely be going to Standard Def for distribution.
You'll find that if you just check in and browse the topics every day or so you'll pick up lots of good information (and probably a few laughs)
If you're looking for examples for this type of project, just hop down to your local music store. Most have "How To" DVD's for sale.
Good Luck
rh

Can you transfer final cut pro x to another computer with the same apple account?

I want to get Final Cut Pro X right away so I can start editing videos for my youtube channel, but I'm am also planning to get a Macbook Pro for school this year. Is it possible for me to buy & use Final Cut Pro X on my current macbook now, and then later copy and/or transfer the application to my new computer? Both computers would be run by the same apple account. Thanks! Please reply.

Hello There,
I'm not sure of how many in total you can have, but you can have FCPX on both your computers you just can't use them at the same time.
MIke

Need final cut pro trouble shooter cell number?

need a 24 hour final cut pro troubleshooter

OK, the hosts have moved this to the incorrect forum, you need to post in the FCS forum here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_stud io
Post a short summary of what the problem is, and when it occurs. Describe your workflow.
Any other info you can give will be helpful.
MtD

QuickTime X: do I need Final Cut Pro to watch QT movie?

We hired a producer to film a teen educational video. I have the .mov versions saved but Quicktime X won't play them.
I get the message "QT can't play this file". When I choose 'more info' I get the message below. Is there an alternative to purchasing Final Cut Pro?
QuickTime Player: Playing media supported by Apple video editing applications
Last Modified: August 27, 2009
Article: HT3523
Summary
Apple video editing applications use codecs that add support for media formats used during editing and by certain video cameras. QuickTime Player can play many of these media formats if the appropriate video editing application is installed on your computer.
Products Affected
QuickTime 7 (OS X), QuickTime X
Final Cut Studio installs the following codec components:
Apple Intermediate Codec, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO HD, HDV, IMX, Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2, and XDCAM HD/EX/HD422.
Final Cut Express installs the following codec components:
Apple Intermediate Codec, Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2

If the files were made by FCP it's possible that the codecs used would also only be supported by machine that have FCP installed.
Ask the authors to send you a file that uses H.264 video and AAC audio.

HT5127 how do you remove final cut pro x

i had installd a final cur pro x and i install a final pro cut but it does not come up so how can i get red of the final pro cut x and find the other one thanks

Proper installation is to install Final Cut Studio first. Then install Final Cut Pro X.
The Final Cut Pro X installation will place the Final Cut Studio apps into a folder called "Final Cut Studio". Since you can't have two "Final Cut Pro" apps in the same folder. Then you'd launch FCP X from the Applications folder, and lanuch FCP 7 from the Applications > Final Cut Studio folder.
Both can live on the same system at the same time quite easily.
Here is the Apple support document that explains it all in detail for various types of installation.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722

How can I convert my Final Cut Pro 5 projects to Final Cut Pro X using XML via 7 to X?

I have been using Final Cut Pro 5 for years and I was considering upgrading to FINAL CUT PRO X. But I soon learned about the compatibility issues which leaves me with a bit of a dilemma. Then I learned about 7 to X, which apparently can convert FCP7 projects via XML to FCPX. That made me wonder if I can XML all my FCP 5 projects and have FCPX open them. Is this possible?

Best to post this question in the FCPX forum.
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