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Message from corel to adobe users
by Ricardo Marty 4 days ago
http: www.corel.com corel pages index.jsp pgid=14900014
Re: Message from Pixelmator to Adobe Mac users
by Simon Ubsdell 1 hour ago
Walter Soyka "I think that something like real 3D particle systems or model importing makes a ton of sense for Motion. It's something that a user could exploit to add a lot of polish for relatively l
Is this part of a much wider backlash against aggressive DRM?
by Simon Ubsdell 5 hours ago
Adobe are clearly not the only company to have incurred the wrath of its user base by attempting to get a stronger hold over DRM. There does seem to be a general feeling that aggressive implementation
Re: Is this part of a much wider backlash against aggressive DRM?
by Simon Ubsdell 2 hours ago
Aindreas Gallagher "If it's possible to quantify brand value - and well, it is, then it's possible to quantify brand value damage. It would be hard to believe that the adobe brand is currently being
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An Illustrator alternative (from within Pixelmator)
by Dave Gage 3 days ago
I haven't tried it yet, but I just saw this post at Macintouch.com- http: www.macintouch.com readerreports applications index.html#d18may2013 "Adobe and alternatives Bill Martin Anyone who is explorin
Re: An Illustrator alternative (from within Pixelmator) - Preview Tip
by Christian Schumacher 2 days ago
Here's some tricks for Mac OS' Preview App. You can open Ai files and using the text select tool you can pick each vector element and copy and paste them. And when opening Psd files you can save it ba
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 day ago
Title/Action Safe grid color change?
by Jacqueline Nauman 2 days ago
Call me blind, but the yellow lines of the title safe grid is impossible to see on my video since my background is almost white. Have they made a way to change this I have to push my face to the scree
Re: Title/Action Safe grid color change?
by Simon Ubsdell 2 days ago
You might find this free title effect handy for this: http: www.tokyo-uk.com fcpxeffects freedownloads TKY%20Safe%20Title%20and%20Grid.zip A Title Effect that give you the option of both a BBC standar
Using envelopes/automation and the linear phase EQ graph
by Tim Adamson 4 days ago
Okay, so I may be in way over my head, as I'm not an audio guy whatsoever, but I figured I may as well learn it. Anyway, I'm using Soundtrack Pro 3.0.1 and I'm trying to get my head around the sound v
Re: Using envelopes/automation and the linear phase EQ graph
by Simon Ubsdell 3 days ago
Tim Adamson "I was hoping that I could place my playhead over an envelope point, then drag the graph points where I wanted them and that would change the values to what I had dragged them to on the g
Opinion: How Adobe Creative Cloud left me amused, perplexed and infuriated - James Nolan
by Craig Seeman 4 days ago
There's some really fun quotes in this story. "I would like to add as a footnote that everyone I spoke to at Adobe so far has been very polite and rather delightful. F*ck*ng incompetent, but delightfu
Re: Opinion: How Adobe Creative Cloud left me amused, perplexed and infuriated - James Nolan
by Aindreas Gallagher 4 days ago
come on. it was a link to a story, and it is well written. He's funny. If you want to sign up dude, sure sign up - just maybe wait until january We've got maybe six (is it five ) people on board so fa
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 4 days ago
Keyframes vs. Behaviors in Motion 4
by Kelly Lambert 5 days ago
I'm a long time Final Cut Pro user and am fairly familiar with After Effects. I'm trying to learn Motion 4 and I just can't get my head around the interface and how to use the program. I'm used to usi
Re: Keyframes vs. Behaviors in Motion 4
by Simon Ubsdell 5 days ago
Kelly Lambert "I'm used to using keyframes (in both FCP and AE) to manipulate my objects but this seems more difficult than it should be in motion." Are there any areas in particular that are giving
The Difficulties Of Cancelling Your CC Subscription
by Ben Mullins 6 days ago
I'm a CC member and just out of interest I had a look today at how to cancel my subscription. It was not very straight forward. 1. I logged on to my CC account online. 2. Clicked on the little figure
Re: The Difficulties Of Cancelling Your CC Subscription
by Dave LaRonde 6 days ago
In my experience, there is NOTHING on the Adobe web site that is user-friendly. It seems to be put together by a bunch of software engineers ("hey, we know HTML: how tough can this be ") instead of we
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 6 days ago
The word "Backlash" begins to appear in print, petition passes ten thousand signatures in seven days.
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
Computer world: http: www.computerworld.com s article 9239085 Backlash_begins_against_Adobe_s_subscription_only_plan taxonomyId=18&pageNumber=1 Backlash begins against Adobe's subscription-only plan W
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Greg Andonian liked this 1 week ago
Re: The word "Backlash" begins to appear in print, petition passes ten thousand signatures in seven days.
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
no - disagree. I editorialise in the last one to the point of it being a gag - but his reaction when he is informed as to the degree of the backlash is completely disingenuous. I was pointing that out
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 week ago
constant gradient - how to make a simple good fade?
by tad newberry 2 weeks ago
i'm using gradient for my fill in the box, have a black and white on the ends, but the gradient seems to all happen in the middle of the box rather than over the whole box. there must be a simple clic
Re: constant gradient - how to make a simple good fade?
by Simon Ubsdell 1 week ago
A pleasure to help :) Simon Ubsdell www.tokyo-uk.com
Cool Feature ;-)
by Andreas Kiel 1 week ago
Spherico http: www.spherico.com filmtools "He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee." -
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 week ago
Re: Cool Feature ;-)
by Richard Jacana 1 week ago
I saw this too, funny how a multi billion dollar company can be so sloppy. All they had to do is add some text such as: You may be able to get better performance by doing the following: Start praying
The petition to end the "cloud only" model is up to 8000 signatures now
by Greg Andonian 1 week ago
As of right now- 8:00 p.m. Pacific time on May 11- the petition to end the "Subscription-only" cloud model has over 8000 signatures on it. http: www.change.org petitions adobe-systems-incorporated-eli
Re: The petition to end the "cloud only" model is up to 8000 signatures now
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
andy lewis "The 90% of photoshop users who don't really need photoshop suddenly find an alternative " adobe hits back with a strong PR push. http: www.youtube.com watch v=HPTc79Qw2g4&feature=youtu.be
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Partly Cloudy - Oliver Peter's excellent and balanced take on the issue
by Mark Dobson 1 week ago
Oliver Peters has a journalistic ability to stand back, observe and then provide a clear analysis of the Adobe CC debate. His last paragraph is quite chilling. http: digitalfilms.wordpress.com
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 week ago
Re: Partly Cloudy - Oliver Peter's excellent and balanced take on the issue
by Walter Soyka 7 days ago
Sorry for my delay in responding, Dave. Dave LaRonde "Oh, vision is a huge part of the equation: witness the introductions of the iPod and the iPhone, to mention two. However, there is a big differenc
Congrats. You're head of promotions, too.
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 week ago
This just got posted in the "creative cloud, can I breath in here" forum, hadn't noticed it before. Its off the CC video landing page. http: www.adobe.com uk products creativecloud video.html Some cho
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Jason Porthouse liked this 1 week ago
Re: Congrats. You're head of promotions, too.
by Simon Ubsdell 1 week ago
Aindreas Gallagher "Why don't you sculpt a CHAIR Maybe build a WATCH Have you ever DELIVERED A CALF Why aren't you BUILDING A CAR " Vintage Gallagher genius - magnificent!!!!! Simon Ubsdell www.tokyo
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Adobe Creative Cloud Terms of Use
by David Lawrence 2 weeks ago
Lloyd Chambers is pro photographer, Mac developer, and expert in high-end Macintosh performance optimization. I've been reading his blog for years and have learned much from his online guides. I was c
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Mike Smith liked this 2 weeks ago
Re: The Creative Cloud Divide
by David Lawrence 1 week ago
Walter Soyka "You can't own the Internet. You can't own social. You can't own connectivity. These things are not products you can put in a box, or on a disk, or in an installer with a serial number t
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AE Alternatives?
by Richard Cardonna 2 weeks ago
I will not be joining the cloud (which in reality is not a cloud) because i will not be subject to a greedy overlord. However i was really looking forward to AE intergration with Cinema 4 but will for
Re: AE Alternatives?
by Craig Seeman 2 weeks ago
Hopefully Apple will rise to the opportunity and make some improvements to Motion that would make some AE artists happy. Apple would have to believe it would push Mac sales I suspect since I think tha
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 2 weeks ago
Premiere Pro CC it is then?
by Steve Connor 2 weeks ago
But is it all CC only Steve Connor There's nothing we can't argue about on the FCPX COW Forum
Re: Premiere Pro CC it is then?
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 weeks ago
well this is great, great news. Not an ounce of FUD in the air. Oh no wait - here it comes. http: www.youtube.com watch v=jeVfLOqtPR8 http: vimeo.com user1590967 videos www.ogallchoir.net promo produc
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 2 weeks ago
Placing Widget Tag in Motion 5
by Daniel Bernard 3 weeks ago
Hello everyone, I am wondering if there is anyway to precisely set a Widget Tag on a slider. Let's say I add a new Tag, supposed to represent the middle, so 50, do I really have to just drag it around
Re: Placing Widget Tag in Motion 5
by Simon Ubsdell 3 weeks ago
Sometimes the only way to do this with complete accuracy is to go into the XML and edit it that way, as explained by Alex4D in this very helpful post: http: alex4d.wordpress.com 2011 07 29 rigging-mot
video template in FC X?
by Esther Casas 3 weeks ago
Dear all, I am new in FC X. I want to animate several clips and images that will appear in different times and space on screen, and will play separately(I uploaded two screen shots as example of what
Re: video template in FC X?
by Simon Ubsdell 3 weeks ago
Charlie Austin "You maybe can try this... http: store.pixelfilmstudios.com plugin plugin-prowall" You might think twice about this recommendation if you were aware of this company's allegedly less th
Can you confirm with me if this is serios bug?
by Flavio G. GarcĂ­a 2 years ago
I m in Spain. FCP X: every single time I make a title with the text generator and I add an accent ( ), the application freezes and quits without any warning. Is this happening to you . Any Spanish sys
Re: Can you confirm with me if this is serios bug?
by Simon Ubsdell 3 weeks ago
Jorge Aspr n "It happens to me all the time! And it sucks since, well, it's supposed to be a pro app, right Living in Mexico (and applies to all Spanish and accent-language users), presenting a text
lively discussion at John Nack's blog.
by Aindreas Gallagher 4 weeks ago
noted without comment: http: blogs.adobe.com jnack 2013 03 half-a-million-people-now-subscribing-to-creative-cloud.html people saying that the issues raised here on the cow are FUD, invalid, while the
Re: lively discussion at John Nack's blog.
by Aindreas Gallagher 4 weeks ago
Walter Soyka "I'd suggest that outputting master deliverables and XML together is a new best practice." there is a thing with this tho. I realise that my pliers analogy has taken a battering - I can
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 4 weeks ago
**Danger Will Robinson** **Danger Will Robinson**
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 month ago
Looks like adobe are going to force the entire customer base onto perpetual hire purchase. They're coming for all our bank accounts on direct debit for real. If you just spent thousands on a perpetual
Re: **Danger Will Robinson** **Danger Will Robinson**
by David Lawrence 1 month ago
Steve Connor "Which is why it's relevant for users to express their opinions about this possibility, Adobe clearly listens so if they are considering this then a groundswell of opinion might actually
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 month ago
Could Creative Cloud discourage plugin developers from embracing Premiere?
by Greg Andonian 1 month ago
I was thinking the other day, Adobe's big push to have people subscribe to Premiere Pro rather than buy it could make it harder for an "ecosystem" of third-party plugins to develop around it. It seems
Re: Could Creative Cloud discourage plugin developers from embracing Premiere?
by Oliver Peters 1 month ago
Walter Soyka "But is this really just about price, or is this about needs and use cases In other words, are FCPX users not buying FxF BCC Sapphire Baselight because they are too expensive relative to
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Simon Ubsdell liked this 1 month ago
Words you definitely don't want to see when you open a motion project: NOW what?
by Mark Suszko 2 months ago
I've been working on a motion 4 project I stared a year ago and resumed work on this Monday. Made great progress all week adding more elements (there's over 50 pieces in this, mostly stills and text )
Re: Words you definitely don't want to see when you open a motion project: NOW what?
by Simon Ubsdell 2 months ago
Mark Suszko "Now that I know the money is safe, I can go trash the motion prefs without worry at work, and see if the work machine gets back to functioning... are they located the same way as FCP pre
Using Motion image sequences
by Allan Rentcome 2 months ago
Hi everyone Fairly new to motion but I am stuck trying to use an image sequence. I have exported from Aperture 70 images which include both landscape and portrait ratio images. I import them into Moti
Re: Using Motion image sequences
by Simon Ubsdell 2 months ago
I think there's a fairly easy way of doing this in Motion which would mean you could see all your changes in situ and refine them if you wanted. First of all set the Timing of your imported image sequ
Retiming non-clip objects
by Mark McDonald 2 months ago
Is there any simple way to retime objects or groups that aren't video clips For example, making a complex multi-object, multi-behavior layer run for half (or twice, or whatever) as long. The only way
Re: Retiming non-clip objects
by Simon Ubsdell 2 months ago
If you make a Clone Layer of the layer or group you want to retime, you can then apply a "Set Speed" Retime Behavior to the clone and adjust to whatever you want. You'll of course want to hide the ori
Reducing Echo
by Grant Strac 2 months ago
First off re-recording is impossible, absolutely not an option. So I am stuck with having to try and process this audio track. I realized completely that it's impossible to remove I just want to reduc
Re: Reducing Echo
by Simon Ubsdell 2 months ago
As I've mentioned before, the Noise Gate filter will do a pretty good job of clipping out reverb, or at least the reverb tail which is the most prominent part - you might need to play with the setting
NEW Interesting Rounded Edge Animatable Split Screen Effect
by Simon Ubsdell 2 years ago
Still in pursuit of the perfect Split Screen Effect, I have come up with this new 3-way split version with a large left hand screen and two half size screens at the right. 2584_3wayassymetric.zip Ther
Re: NEW Interesting Rounded Edge Animatable Split Screen Effect
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
Shirley Royal "Hi, I'm trying to download the link you provided for the rounded corner boxes - but keep getting the dreaded 404 error message - has it been removed from this site " I'm afraid it's no
Precision editing within compound clips
by Alan McCormick 3 months ago
Scenario: I have a storyline with clips and compound clips and it has a music bed underneath. After making the compound clips I want to change some "compound "clips"" so that they match the music more
Re: Precision editing within compound clips
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
snap
Color correction to Resolve
by Oliver Peters 3 months ago
I've seen the statement made that color correction in FCP X transfers as primary correction into Resolve via the FCPXML. Supposedly the color board info is carried as CDL values. I don't see it. Is th
Re: Color correction to Resolve
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
Oliver Peters " Looks like complete junk, I'm afraid, from what I can tell in this video." Agreed - from this evidence the colors look even more scrambled than we used to get in the FCP7 to Color wor
how to get this type of color correction?
by Daniel Martinez Hernandez 3 months ago
how do you get this type of color correction or similar is there a youtube tutorial that can help me http: www.youtube.com watch v=8PV-EnJV4Gk thank you
Re: how to get this type of color correction?
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
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Trouble in FCPX plugin land - motionVFX investigates Pixel Film Studios
by Craig Seeman 3 months ago
How to make money on violating copyrights! http: www.motionvfx.com mblog how_to_make_money_on_violating_copyrights,p2217.html Maybe this says a lot about the economics of FCPX plugins.
Re: Trouble in FCPX plugin land - motionVFX investigates Pixel Film Studios
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
Truly appalling - if indeed it is true, which it certainly appears to be. motionvfx do outstanding work across the board and don't deserve this kind of thing. As Helmut says, make sure this story gets
Crop Feather?/ Trim Feather
by brian mclean 2 years ago
FCP X is there a crop or trimming feather edges like fcp 7 if so where I can't find it! It must be missing
Re: Crop Feather?/ Trim Feather
by Simon Ubsdell 3 months ago
bud kuenzli "that link does not work any longer and I'm also looking for a crop and feather effect that will allow me to ajust the left right up down crop while maintaining a feathered edge..." You c
Creating a template similar to Picture in Picture
by Robert Croy 4 months ago
We are going to be videotaping three days of a seminar where the Powerpoint will be captured and the presenter will be videotaped. When the videos are finished I want to have the Powerpoint take up mo
Re: Creating a template similar to Picture in Picture
by Simon Ubsdell 4 months ago
You might also like to check out this free picture-in-picture effect for FCP X (available from FxFactory) which helps to speed up the process: http: www.youtube.com watch v=B9T8pkfsWjM Download it for
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Weird Digital Hits and Fluctuations, stumped
by Heather Dalton 5 months ago
Hello All, Admittedly audio is not my chief forte but I have never encountered this problem. This footage was shot for a documentary several years ago on a Panasonic DVX 100 (Audio rate 48k, format 32
Re: Weird Digital Hits and Fluctuations, stumped
by Simon Ubsdell 5 months ago
You link requires a username and password! Have you checked if this is a phase issue What happens if you solo one track or the other Does it sound the same A phase issue would certainly not have shown
Auto Tune effect?
by Sue Lawson 5 months ago
I have a client who wants to employ the "AutoTune effect" on some talking head interviews. Translation, he would like the interview subjects to "sound as if they are singing along" with the music bed.
Re: Auto Tune effect?
by Simon Ubsdell 5 months ago
Sue Lawson "If I'm not mistaken, you need ProTools to actually use AutoTune from Antares, and he is working with FCP 7 Soundtrack Pro." You can use Antares AutoTune is STP though some features may no
2005-fcp 5, 2012-fcpX
by craig slattery 6 months ago
In 2005 I started cutting films for The Culture Show at the BBC. I'd been brought over by a colleague to help with the move from Avid to FCP5. Back then, we were one of the first transmission critical
Re: 2005-fcp 5, 2012-fcpX
by Simon Ubsdell 6 months ago
craig slattery "Thanks Simon, school boy error. Thankfully only on this post." I only mention it because he's the most exciting director working in the UK today - Kill List is essential viewing, as i
Multiple track question
by Jonny Cates 6 months ago
I'm trying to add some sound effects to a video I'm nearly finished with. I've been searching for an answer in this forum, but I must not be using proper terminology. Not new to final cut, but relativ
Re: Multiple track question
by Simon Ubsdell 6 months ago
It sounds as though you are exporting 5.1 (6-track) CAF files which is why you are getting more than the expected number of tracks. The way to fix this is to got the the Process menu and select Edit C
10.0.6 Share menu and custom compressor settings
by Simon Ubsdell 7 months ago
EDIT: Sorry, thought I was posting this in the Techniques Forum! The new share menu is a great feature but I'm having one annoying problem with it. If I choose to add a compressor setting, I can acces
Re: 10.0.6 Share menu and custom compressor settings
by Loren Risker 6 months ago
Did you ever figure this out I'm having the same issue. I'm guessing its a conflict from having the old compressor also installed. ------------- OutOfFocus.TV - Original series, music videos, and ente


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