Done with Motion 3 - Thanks to Ripple...

Thanks to Ripple Training's tutorials on the Motion 3's 3D elements:
[Mono|http://www.kultfactory.com/mono.htm]
Sincerely,
Andrew
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NICE!
Thanks for sharing,
Patrick

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Done With Motion

A recently completed project for a customer, done in Motion and Soundtrack Pro using the sound clip library and some filters.
http://www.kultfactory.com/AcrySof.htm
I especially liked the HUD effect that relates to their near and distance vision lenses. Keyframed in Motion. Some smaller read-outs were left off intentionally. I'm searching for a way to advance a counter (G-Force, Altimiter or Air Speed) based on advancing to the next frame. Currently they change manually every 6 frames or so as needed.
Cheers,
Andrew
G5 2.3 3.0 Gig RAM / G4 756 (10.2.8) Mac OS X (10.4.5) LaCie 19 Blue / LG 700s Monitor

Nice job, Andrew!
Check out Fun with Counters for some maybe useful stuff...
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Done With Best Buy, Thanks to TRE

Bought a $40 memory card for my wife's camera a few days ago. Found a better deal online (surprise surprise) and returning the memory card--unopened--the next day. The rude, obnoxious clerk (typical of what you find at BB stores these days) bluntly informed me---in front of 10 other people standing in line---that this would be the last return I would be allowed to do for 90 days because I return too many items to the store. Wow. First, I rarely return anything to BB stores unless it's a defective product---like the iPhone windshield mount that I had to return 3 times before finally getting one that didn't stop working a week later. I've certainly never bought a TV on Super Bowl weekend, just to return it on Monday. I'm certainly no fraud/scam artist either.
If you are going to insist on treating your customers this way, fine. I can tell you how I feel about that by speaking with my wallet. It cost you a sale that night, since I had items in my hand to purchase before being embarrassed in front of a dozen people by a clerk and some obscure rule/software program that is obviously flawed. You guys must not be paying attention to trends as they relate to electronics sales....there's a reason you're the only dinosaur left...and with policies like this, your time is going to run very short indeed.
You can bet I'm going to Twitter/Facebook on this as well...

Good afternoon FortWorthGuy,
Welcome to the forum! While I wish you had better cause in posting, I greatly appreciate you sharing your experience with The Retail Equation with us. It’s regrettable to hear that you may have found the memory card for your wife’s camera elsewhere for a better deal; enough so that you felt it warranted returning it.
The Retail Equation (TRE) is a separate company from Best Buy that we, as well as many other retailers, use to monitor returns and exchanges on an individual level. The information collected to monitor these returns and exchanges is electronically secured in accordance with state and federal laws regarding customer privacy. For more information about The Retail Equation for Consumers, you should feel welcome to visit their website here.
I apologize if you have found this policy to be a deterrent to shopping with us, and hope that you will provide us a chance to win you back in the future. It is certainly not meant to cause this reaction, and I am truly glad that you've chosen to provide us with your feedback. If you should have any questions, please let me know!
Sincerely,
Tasha|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Transitions don't work with Motion track

I'm putting a demo together with a cople of motion graphic clips 2 of which are done in Live Type & 1 done in Motion. All 3 are QT files but I can only use transitions with the first two which were done in LT. an anyone help?
Jeff

Sorry, Jumped the gun. Just reversed the menu sequence and all is good.
Thanks
Jeff

Hallo, i have a problem with the intallation about after effects. I have a mac 10.6.8 and they told me I can't installete it because i don't have a system with 64 bit. how can i do? someone told me i can .. but i don't know how. thank you

hallo, i have a problem with the intallation about after effects. I have a mac 10.6.8 and they told me I can't installete it because i don't have a system with 64 bit. how can i do? someone told me i can .. but i don't know how. thank you

You cannot. If someone else told you there is a way then they will need to show you. After Effects requires a 64-bit system and the latest release requires Mac OS X v10.8 or v10.9 minimum

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Currently, I can copy ONE tab's url and nothing else (not its name). Or I can bookmark all tabs that are open. However, I'd like to have the ability to select multiple tabs and then copy ALL of the the URLs AND their titles/or copy ALL of the URLs+titles+HTML links? This can be done with the Multiple Tab Handler add on; when I download the add on, I get a message saying that using the add on will disable Firefox's tab features. I prefer to use Firefox features rather than download and use an add on. Is there a way to do this without an add on?

Hi LRagsdale517,
You should definitely be able to upload multiple files by Shift-clicking or Ctrl-clicking the files you want to upload. Just to make sure you don't have an old version of the service cached, please clear the browser cache and then log in to https://cloud.acrobat.com/files. After clicking the File Upload icon in the upper-right corner, you should be able so select multiple files for upload.
Please let us know how it goes.
Best,
Sara

Rendering Sequence with Motion 3 Template Crashes FCP

I am using a template with 8 drop zones from Motion 3 in FCP 6.0.2. The template is used about 10 times end to end with a slight overlap. As FCP renders the sequence about 23% of the way through it crashes FCP. The templates contain still images - no video.
Any thoughts? (Besides don't use templates)
Thanks!

Joe,
You might want to post this in the Motion forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=656

Still image with motion has flicker pulsating problem

I use FCP 5.0.4
I have read the many threads about this subject and am still not able to succeed in getting rid of the flicker/pulsating in a still image with motion.
I would say about 25% of the stills with motion have the jitters; all the rest look great.
The first thing I tried was
Effects:Video Filters:Video:Field Shift:none
as well as
Effects:Video Filters:Video:Flicker Filter min, med, and max.
Maybe 5% were corrected with this, but the other 20% still had the jitters even after using a combination of the above or by themselves.
I just burned a test DVD using a variety of the persistently jittery stills from my current project and although the jitters change a bit, they were still there so all of these failed:
1. Effects:Video Filters:Video:De-interlace Upper (odd)
2. Effects:Video Filters:Video:De-interlace Flicker Filter minimal
3. Effects:Video Filters:Video:De-interlace Flicker Filter max
4. Effects:Video Filters:Color Correction:Broadcast Safe conservative 115
5. Effects:Video Filters:Video:Flicker Filter max
6. All the tricks together which means
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I know this issue has been kicked around a lot and i know some folks are not happy that it has to be kicked around at all. But I am doing something wrong because my DVDs look very un-PRO. Would anyone like to talk me through this nightmare preferably with as many details as possible since I am obviously missing something critical.
Thanks in advance.

There is no 'secret formula'. It just takes thinking through the issues.
1. Set the image size for each image that makes sense within the context of your project. Going significantly larger than the displayed area of that image (including movement) is just asking FCP to do additional work to resize the image. FCP is less sophisticated at resizing images than Photoshop. Use Photoshop and your planning of the movie to get the images to the appropriate size.
2. Wasted effort and totally irrelevant- you could set it to 7200 dpi if it makes you feel better.
3. Good idea - be sure to knock down areas of pure or very bright white. These are the elements that will give you the most trouble.
4. Don't do this unless you want to throw away HALF the picture information. Deinterlace deletes half the picture and then photoshop recreates it through interpolation of the remaining half of the picture. Why do this?
5. Make your determination based on what works. If you have properly exposed and sized the material, the need to blur is greatly reduced. ONLY do it on the images that need it. Why degrade every image if you do not need to do so?
6. See number 5
7. Lay out your time line early, view the work on an external broadcast monitor and only mess about with the images that require it.
In the psycho business they have term for much of the referenced post - it's called superstitious behavior. Basically it comes down to "It worked before so we recommend it to everyone without regard to their situation" ... here's another example:
Many years ago in my architecture practice, we had one of the early 512k macs (upgraded from the 128k!) I needed to show one of the interns how to create a project budget spread sheet in Excel. Inadvertently I clicked on Word, said "oops", closed it and opened Excel and we went to work.
A week later I was walking by the computer and overheard the same intern explaining how to work with Excel to another architect. "First you open Word, close it, THEN you open Excel", she explained. When asked by her 'trainee', why do you have to open Word first, wouldn't it just be easier to simply open Excel? Her answer was just perfect, "Well, it works every time, what's wrong with that?" so it goes ...
good luck with your project.
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Advice with Motion presets

Hey guys,
I'm working with Motion to do a 3 minute slideshow and I'd love to get some advice on the project setup and exports. What's the best setting for Motion if this slideshow's going to be displayed on a toshiba projector? You can find a link with the specs below, but i'm wondering how best to set this up for the best output quality... how should I export this when I'm done? Do I need to get involved with FCP? Thanks in advance...
http://www.technoworld.com/productdisplay.asp?ProductID=40507&source=html

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http://www.technoworld.com/productdisplay.asp?ProductID=40507&source=html

Create Gauges/ HUD with Motion or FCP?

Hi,
Anyone know if you (and how) can use FCP / Motion to create "overlays" (HUD) with for example GPS data, accelerometer data, or just any external data?
I can imagine making some type of Gauge with Illustrator and then "feed the Needle" with external data (maybe TEXT, CSV) ? Or overlay a road on a map with a dot (showing your position)?
I'm looking for more information / tutorial on this subject. Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
FlareStar

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Problems with Motion title

I am trying to create a title using one of Motion's pre-made template's but every time I try to import the picture it does not fit the drop zone and I can't resize it or anything. I am very new to Final Cut Studio, I worked with Final Cut Pro a while back but I have not done a whole lot with Motion. I am trying to create some good looking titles for a fitness company that hired me, but I have not had so much luck. If anyone could give me a link to some good tutorials or has some good advice, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!

Not sure which template you're using, but there is a Fit parameter with drop zones. Select the drop zone and click on the Image tab in the Inspector. Under the Fit parameter, make sure it says, "Fit" and not Center or Stretch.
Andy

Compositing with Motion

Hi, has anyone done multiple layers compositing using Motion before(more than 10 layers, each with lots of nesting objects). The problem I face is after awhile(a few minutes to be exact), Motion becomes extremely sluggish, I cannot add/duplicate layers, my videos become distorted and occationally the program will just quit by itself.
I am using dual 2.7GHz, 4.5Gb ram, X800 XT, Fibre Channel HD
The items I have in the project are:
- cg background video
- life plate(chroma keyed)
- shadow generated using the life plate
- light wraps (manually created using lots of layers)
- simulated lights effect
- other foreground CG elements(alpha channel video)
My videos are 10bit uncompressed.
I know Motion is not exactly a compositing software, but it is much easier to execute compare to other compositing software and Motion is what I have for now.
Any suggestion on whether should I stick with Motion or move on to Shake instead? Thanks in advance.
jovan

Hey Jovan,
Try clearing your RAM every so often. As soon as you hit play, Motion begins to fill your RAM.
Run your activity monitor in Utilities, clear your RAM, and then hit play in Motion and see how much playback you get before your RAM is full. If you clear your RAM before it gets full, that should clear up your problems. It did mine. It is kind of a pain to have to navigate through a drop down menu to clear the RAM as often as you might need to. A key command to clear the RAM would be most helpful.
I have to give Patrick the credit for this work around. He's the one that suggested I check out the activity monitor.
Hope this helps.
-G

What happened to Final Cut's integration with Motion?? Renders are hosed..

So is it just me? I have a HUGE project (1.5 hour bio/documentary) that is crashing Final Cut every time it tries to render or export. I was getting an error that said the crash could have been possible to a "ProGraphics plug-in." I can't locate any plug-in anywhere on any drive that's associated with "ProGraphics" at all. From what I gather it's something to do with Motion integration, causing problems with renders. Basically, I've used many Motion effects within my Final Cut sequences. They're nested everywhere, and were rendering just fine a few days ago (although I was still having issues with exporting). So basically I either need to wait for a fix, or go back and re-cut without the Motion graphics. Uggh. Disgusted and in need of a patch (or a drink).
My versions of all software are current, as is my operating system. I've done all updates and patches (I'm a versiontracker geek so I keep up with this stuff). I've deleted preferences, dumped all render files (that's when I figured out the rendering issues with Motion), rebuilt permissions, created a clean User Account, etc. I've done hardware tests on the drives and RAM. I'm out of options.
Can anyone from Apple confirm that there are indeed issues with this, just to reassure me that I'm not going insane?
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Scott Dickens
Richmond, VA

Try searching the forums for that ProGraphics term., might find something that helps.
Chances are you lost or damaged a system-level hook in one of your recent efforts to stay up to date. Most of us would not update QT or the pro apps until big projects are out the door or securely backed up. We often print to tape or export a completely flattened movie before running major upgrades to the Mac OS.
However, I just popped open an old FCP project that has some Motion work in it from about 8 months ago. Everything hooked right up and some tests rendered okay.
Huge projects with delicately nested elements need careful workflow decisions. I try to pre-render or use proxies where ever possible. Hard lessons learned over a decode of After Effects work. Hope you get better advice but searching for the ProGraphics error term will get you results faster.
bogiesan

Help With Motion to Vacate

I have satisfied one of the two judgments on my credit report with Schewels Furniture Company. I have been trying to find an example online with how to fill out the Motion to Vacate form for Virginia and haven't had any luck. I called the credit manager today, asked if she could do that for me, but, she said that was up to me to file. So, I downloaded the form from the courts website for VA and have filled in some of it. There is a section for the plaintiff and defendant. Since I am the one filing, am I the plaintiff? I can't afford an attorney and wish I had something to look at to see how it's filled out. I'm worried I'll make a mistake. I thought about asking their attorney, but, they didn't use one. She just filed the judgment herself. Thank You

Well, here is how my trip to the courthouse went, yesterday, when I attempted to file my Motion to Vacate form in Virginia. On the way down, and while filling out the form at home, I worried about numerous things that could go wrong, but, the one thing that did go wrong never entered my mind. I approach the clerk's window and she gets up from her desk to come over and ask if she can help me. First, I ask and pay for a copy of the original judgment so I can make sure that I have the plaintiff's address written correctly on my Motion form. Then, after I'm done with that, I tell her that I would like to file my Motion to Vacate and ask how much is the filing fee. She doesn't know, so, she takes my form and goes to talk to two of the other clerks at their desks in the back of the room. She comes back and says there isn't a fee to file. I thank her and say I'd like to go ahead and file the form please. I can see a look of confusion coming over her as she slides my form back to me and says...'I'm only trying to help, but, I believe that this type of form is for the plaintiffs to file...not the defendant. Maybe you should contact an attorney and ask for their counsil on this.' I explain that I cannot afford an attorney, however, in my research, I discovered that I can file this Motion asking the judge to vacate, or remove, the judgment from my credit report. I told her that I had asked the plaintiff, Schewels Furniture, if they would do this and their response was that I had to file this form; they had done their part by sending the Satisfaction of Judgment notice to her office. So, it goes back and forth like this for several minutes, and in the end, she simply will not take the form because she believes I would be wasting my money(she found out that it's $12 to file), that the Satisfaction of Judgment is all I need for removal of said judgment on my credit report(I told her that Experian needs the Motion to Vacate signed by the judge), and says again that I need to speak to an attorney. I know she was trying to help me. I'm just frustrated. I'm going to call around anyway to see if I have filled out the plaintiff vs defendant part correctly as that was what she was stuck on in her reasoning. Because I had Schewels Furniture in the plaintiff spot, she thought it was wrong. And, how was y'all's day yesterday? Lol.

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