Motion DVD by Mark Spencer

I am ready to buy Spencer's Motion Deep Dive but am wondering if anyone has tried it before. I read one of his books and find him quite good at delivering info - it's clear he is a master at this but delivering is another issue. I am just trying to get reviews from folks on this forum.
Thank you! Tupy.

Thank you, Zoom.
I will buy it then : ) Delivering it as in teaching. I have seen tons of Apple certified trainers come to the Boston area and deliver the info in more complicated terms than they need to be. Several of my colleagues would leave those meetings scared to even open certain programs - not so fair, but relatively common. A lot of those 'gurus' know a lot but don't know how to teach and, to me, that's what sets Spencer and others apart (I've watched some of his clips and loved his approach to teaching!).
Best, Tupy.

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Files Hidden or Missing? Mark Spencer Motion 3 Book

hello, i'm working with the Motion 3 book by Mark Spencer.
When I open up my folder Motion 3 Book Files > Media > Ducati.. Then the book has me open a TextElement file, but I can't see any of the Media in the folder. I can see it when I open up the file from my desktop, but not in Motion. How do I view all the files in the Ducati folder?
Thanks.
By the way Lesson 4 seems to be wacky as far as the directions. I got lost and wasn't able to choose "if you get lost open up this project" type of thing. The book seems to be missing some steps, but **** it's a good book to learn motion overall. I just wish Lesson 4 had multiple save points because the work flow can get very confusing. I got lost up to the point where I add the "light" effect.
Thanks again.

Hi Mark
I have your book Motion 3. There are a few problems with the book.
1: page XV Installing the Lesson Files: It reads the disc contains 7GB data. My disc in inspector only contains 2GB.
2: Page 124 Addiing Objects in 3d
I have tried to follow and I cannot get the camera to do anywhere near to what is in the book. The exercise from page 124 to 148 is impossible if there is not a "catchup file" after page 128.
That is as far as I have got.
Many thanks
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How can I reinstall Motion/DVD Studio Pro using my new serial no.

I used to have my office copy of Motion on my computer. Now that I got my own I want to reinstall it. But whenever I did that I still have the same Motion/DVD Studio Pro as was installed with the older serial no.
How can I get rip of this old serial no so I can use my new serial no?
Any help will be much appreciated.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303184 Trash the files... then re-enter the serial number with new one when asked.
Jerry

Motion Text issues? See this article by Mark Spencer.

http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/motion_text_in_fcpspencer.html
I don't know if Mark has offered up this link in his recnt posts about text in Motion. It's worth the time to read, print, and pin up beside your work station.
Thanks, Mark, write more Motion books!
bogiesan

Thanks, David!

Aperture and other Pro Applications ( Final Cut, Motion, DVD Studio Pro )

Hi folks,
I have bought Final Cut Studio a while back, and have been working with all the tools for a while now ( FCP, Motion and DVD Studio Pro ). Recently I also switched to Aperture to manage / capture / organise my digital photographs ( previously I used iPhoto ).
Now I was wondering how I could use the pictures from my Aperture library in Motion or DVD Studio Pro. When I look at the file Browser, I can easily use some iPhoto pictures, but apparently I can't seem to find anything for Aperture.
What I would like to do is use some pictures from Aperture in a Motion project and also include an Aperture album in DVD Studio as a SlideShow.
What would be the best way to do this ? Do I have to export the pictures I want to use ? Or am I missing something ?
Regards,
Stefaan

Stefaan,
Unfortunately, that type of integration between the Pro Apps is not there (yet). It would definitely be a nice feature to have. We should all send feedback to Apple asking for this feature. For now, you will need to export photos for use in these other apps.
Along the same lines, I would also like to see integration with Aperture and the "iLife" programs. Since Aperture will likely replace iPhoto for at least some of us, it would be nice to be able to use Aperture photos in these apps as well.
--Joe

FCP Studio won't install FC but will install Motion, DVD Studio etc.

I'm installing Final Cut Studio 2 and when going through the installation process, there is no option to install Final Cut yet DVD Studio Pro, Motion, LiveType etc. are able to be installed. I previously had a version of FCP7 which was uninstalled (long story short I was borrowing it) so that's the only issue I can see, but I completely removed any lingeringfiles. All that is said for Final Cut, Color, and Compressor is "Skip". Help would be greatly appreciated as this is preventing several pertinent projects from being carried out.
Thanks

Go here:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsremover/
and download the free FCS Remover,
Run it.
Re-Install FCS 2.
Your system is telling the installer it already has FCP...

Work Flow for FCP-Motion-DVD Studio

All right, this is all new. Earlier this morning, I was able to finally go from FCP to Motion to DVD Studio, burned a DVD, and was able to play it on MAC, PC and home DVD player. Then, I edited another video in FCP, and think I lost the handle.
What is the work flow and what are the export/import settings for broadcast quality when needing to edit in FCP, add changes in Motion, and Burn in DVD Studio:
1. Edit in FCP, export as what?
2. Open Motion and import ??, make edits, export as what ??
3. Open DVD Studio, import ??, create menu, etc., build and format, then Burn.
Do I bring it in to Compressor out of FCP? I don't want to compress it.
Thanks
g5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

umm, you'll find answers for these questions in those big books that came in your software boxes. you're asking questions that only you can determine based upon the video format you're working with, the graphics you want to use and how much video you're wanting to stick on a dvd.
you have to compress to mpeg2 to get whatever video you're working with in fcp onto a dvd.
time to open the manuals and do the tutorials.

Question for Mark Spencer

Hi Mark,
Just bought your "Mastering Motion's Cameras" Ripple Training download. Excellent, if this tutorial doesn't explain it nothing does - very deep.
What it doesn't explain, and maybe I'm missing something obvious is how do you set up the scenes in the first place? Let's say I create "scene 1" then I move on to creating "scene 2", what do i do with scene 1? I guess what I'm saying is how do I park a scene in 3d space so I can move on to building the next one and so forth? It seems there's only so much real estate. Maybe the wrong place to post but once I get this thing understood I can fly with your tut.
Grant

Yeah, real estate in the context of infinite 3d space certainly doesn't make sense.
What I mean is once I've made set#1 what do I do with it to make room for set#2 within the 2d window on my monitor? I know I have to move it but how?
Do I just go to say a top view and just move things that way? I guess there's multiple ways to do it but I'm having a hard time getting my head around setting the scene up in the first place. Mark's tutorial is awesome and once I get the starting thing sorted out I'll be flying. This is going to be one of those duh/aha moments once I get it but again if I've got full screen sets set up how and where do I put them to set the second one up? Hope I'm making sense.
BTW Patrick, bought, read, learned and used your Cheat in Motion Book. Great stuff! Thanks
Grant

New stuff from Mark Spencer

New podcast interview with major studio editor Billy Fox.
New freebie tutorial on txt glints. Using duplicates as applying masks (after you regroup them) and applying filters to them, you can create many effects for drawing attention your drab ol' text. Also helps explain the use of that little red RECORD button.
The keywords here are "interesting," "free," and "cool."
Follow the links at:
http://www.applemotion.net/
bogiesan
full disclosure: I am not related in any way to Mark but I have no trouble telling you that you can't go wrong investing in any of his Motion training materials.

David Bogie Chq-1 wrote:
Additional keyword: "scruffy."
Mark looks 10 years younger with the beard.
You're absolutely right! o.O

Upgrade from FCP 6(motion,DVD,etc) to FCP 7 (motion,DVD,etc) takes so long

I am just wondering why each "content disk" takes along time - I mean at least an hour but it starts the count at 15 - 40 plus hours.... for each disk. Is there something wrong? Or is this everyones experience. Eventually is rackets down but it just seems overly slow....
Just asking:)
Thanks!

It takes a long time to read and write from the DVDs. There is a lot of material to move around and if you do not have a fast DVD reader ...
One way to speed things up is to create disk images of all the FCS install disks. Mount all the drives to your desktop and the install time should be 30 minutes or so and you won't have to baby sit the process.
I have mine stored on a portable firewire drive so they don't take up drive space on the computer.
I'll usually clone my system drive before a major installation/upgrade procedure so that if things go badly I can revert to the old system and be back working with minimal downtime.
x

Calling Mark Spencer...

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bogiesan

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DVD Chapter Marker Generation

Is there a way to automatically generate chapter markers.
Also is there a way to take a text file and have DVD Studio Pro parse it into chapter markers?
Thanks in advance.

You can make a list, yes.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/chapter_marker_listsstitzer.html
In fact, you can make a list with markers set for every however minutes you want. Then import the list into any project and markers will be set every 5 minutes.

Library templates for motion, DVD studio pro, Live type etc

Hi
I wanted to ask how I copy (from one computer to another) over the libraries of templates for the suite of programs in Final Cut Studio 2. I no longer have the discs and wanted to ask where in the library and what files I need to carry over to be able to see the templates etc again for these FCP Studio programs.
Hope you can help.
Cheers and thanks,

I no longer have the discs...
Do you intend to try and use the Migration Assistant to copy the applications?
If so, it won't work. Final Cut Studio places many files at system level that are vital to its operation. Quite a few are in directories that are normally invisible to the user. These files do not copy across correctly or at all.
While the media is mostly in the Library/Application Support and Users/Shared directories, many of those invisible system files do not have names that obviously associate themselves with FCS.

Putting a "bug" on a lower third

I want to put a logo of an organization on the left side of a lower-third bar with font. I can construct it, but can you save it as a composite element?
Thanks,
Rob

What Karsten said.
Just to add a few ideas about Motion:
1) Always nice to follow MacBreak Studio, a weekly video (posted on youtube and other places) by Steve Martin and Mark Spencer, of rippletraining (over 300 episodes by now!!!).
Most of them are about FCP X, and also many of them are about Motion, of which Mark Spencer is the expert. I never miss my weekly fix :-)
There is also the "Under 5 Minutes" series, for both Motion and FCP X.
2) A really good way to start with Motion is to make changes to already existing templates. In your case, take a lower third that most resembles what you want, control-click in FCP X and choose "Open a Copy in Motion". If the text part of the title is how you want it, you may just have to add the logo to it, give a nice name, choose a Category (I suggest you create your own), save, and it will be there for you without even having to quit and restart FCP X.

Dvd Studio Pro crashes whenever usuing a menu using motion video

Im using DVD Studio Pro 2 on a G5. Whenever I try to burn using either a menu template containing video or use a drop zone containing video, the software crashes.
I always use m2V video and ac3 audio created in FC4. Have tried usuing an existing file asset as my target with duration time set as well as separate imported files as the target. All imported assets are in the same folder
On burn, when it gets to the menu containing the video it crashes. If I remove the video from the menu its a smooth burn.
Any suggestions wouldbe greatly appreciated.

The same problem as Chad's happens to me when running the Chapter 6 tutorial in the Apple Pro Training Series (APTS) book for Motion 3: if you try to set the imported Motion project as a DVDSP background, DVDSP will crash every time.
Max Average's advice is 100% good with the downside being that you lose your ability to roundtrip. If you export your Motion DVD menu project as a standalone QT movie, it will drop in fine and still retains the loop point (a marker preset within Motion). Exporting with the Lossless+Alpha codec gave me the best image in the DVDSP simulator (over Animation+Alpha, Uncompressed 10-bit, and ProRes HQ).
I find roundtripping between FCS2 apps is a hit and miss affair and, generally, just export everything.

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