Member Since: February 15th 2008 Friends:  Jay Carr  John Mendelsohn  Justin Hall  Lawrence Eaton  Michael Angelo | | | | |  | Transparent border effectby Shane Collins 1 month agoHi Guys, I was wondering if any good person can help me. I would like to know how I can create a nice transparent border effect around my logo and text. I have attached two pictures, one of the effect | Re: Transparent border effect
by Andy Neil 4 weeks ago
This can be achieved in a number of ways. One thing you can do is add a black solid below the logo and text, then apply the Draw Mask effect onto it. Draw the shape of your border however you want it
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| | | |  | Stomping out gotchasby Oliver Peters 1 month agoI could be missing something, but... 1. Is there a way to get FCPX to automatically sort alphanumerically in the various browsers, without having to manually force a sort 2. Is there a way to complete | Re: Stomping out gotchas
by Andy Neil 1 month ago
Michael Hancock " Oliver Peters "4. Is there a way to break apart or "flatten" multicam clips " In FCPX No. This is desperately needed." God yes. One of my biggest complaints. I do a lot of cuts wher
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| | | | | Flown in logo in FCPXby Roman Schmidt 1 month agoHello everyone! I have a logo that needs to be flown in and zoomed out in the end. What is the right way to do it Thank you. | Re: Flown in logo in FCPX
by Andy Neil 1 month ago
There are dozens upon dozens of ways to fly in out a logo. It can be done simply by using scale and position keyframes inside FCPX, or you can build an animation in Motion or After Effects. It can blu
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| | | |  | Trimming a jpg to hide some movementby Brian Thomas 2 months agoOver to the right of my footage someone briefly moved into view. I want to hide that mistake so I 'Shared' the frame just before and dragged the jpg into the same place. Now I want to Trim most of the | Re: Trimming a jpg to hide some movement
by Andy Neil 2 months ago
I would use a duplicate of the shot instead of a jpeg and mask like Michael suggested slipping the coverage shot earlier so it will cover the person you want to cover. This has the benefit of showing
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| | | |  | Problems with clip alignment in timelineby Chris Alaimo 2 months agoAs a disclaimer, I am a self-taught FCPX user. Video editing is not my main career, but something that I first got in to as a hobby, that turned more serious as my YT channel gained traction. The reas | Re: Problems with clip alignment in timeline
by Andy Neil 2 months ago
Chris Alaimo "Run it through compressor and have it output a file with a constant framerate " That's exactly what I would do. I know it's an extra step, but it saves headaches all along the rest of y
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| | | |  | Transition animation for FCPX / Motion 5by Bonnie Choi 2 months agoHello, I would like to create exit text transition animation similar look like this : 4"-5" Especially, when text off the screen from "without a flash" moves. Reference link is here: https: www.apple. | Re: Transition animation for FCPX / Motion 5
by Andy Neil 2 months ago
Hey Bon. This can be done fairly easily as a text effect but to get it so it's usable in different situations might take a little work. Here's a render of the effect as I built it: Text transition tes
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| | | |  | Greyed out clips; No audio nowby Rachel Bradshaw 1 year agoHello, I hope all is well. I was trying to add an audio cross fade and meant to press Ctrl S but I might have activated something else. All the clips on the timeline are now charcoal grey and no audio | | | | |
| | | | | Reconsidering FCPX in Hollywoodby Oliver Peters 5 months agoOne of the Lumaforge NAB presentations: http: www.fcp.co final-cut-pro articles 2070-josh-beal-reconsidering-final-cut-pro-x-in-hollywood Direct link to the video here: https: www.youtube.com watch ti+1 | Re: Reconsidering FCPX in Hollywood
by Andy Neil 5 months ago
Neil Goodman "which Trailer houses " I had a friend who said they were using it over at Trailer Park. I can't remember the name of the 2nd place because I was just doing a tour there, but they did a
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| | | | | Advanced Keyframing for Paint Effect?by Andy Neil 8 months agoHi everyone. I'm dealing with a scenario where I have to animate shapes inside the paint effect. The animation is fine, but I end up needing similar animations above clips of different sizes. So, if I | Re: Advanced Keyframing for Paint Effect?
by Andy Neil 7 months ago
Thanks Neil. That's actually what I'm currently doing. To give you a little more context. I'm creating box effects to showcase several clips in the frame at once. Using PIP with a border (promoted 3D)
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| | | |  | Final nail in FCP 7s coffin?by Al LeVine 1 year agoDuring its Platform State of the Union keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple told developers that macOS High Sierra will be the "last macOS release to support 32-bit apps without compr | Re: Final nail in FCP 7s coffin?
by Andy Neil 1 year ago
I don't cut with it anymore, I just don't want to get rid of my disks. They cost me $1200. Andy https: plus.google.com u 0 107277729326633563425 videos
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| | | |  | Taking FCPX out for a new test driveby greg janza 1 year agoI work almost exclusively in Premiere so I don't stay current with what's happening with FCPX and I rarely take it for a spin. However, I recently was asked to do a project on FCPX and so I had a new | Re: Taking FCPX out for a new test drive
by Andy Neil 1 year ago
Bret Williams "While $500 is pretty cheap, your math is suspect. It's only $400 ($397 actually). " My math is always suspect. Andy https: plus.google.com u 0 107277729326633563425 videos
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| | | | | Flow diagram - a "how to"by Lawrence Eaton 1 year agoI've been asked to insert a flow diagram into a presentation but would rather it be animated. Has anyone any experience doing this and or how should I go about it, please All suggestions and questions | Re: Flow diagram - a "how to"
by Andy Neil 1 year ago
Shouldn't be too difficult. Just build the finished flow diagram using shapes via the shape tool. Use a large canvas so you can drive around the animation and not see every node at every moment. Put t
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| | | |  | Way OT: Prince, a year ago todayby Tim Wilson 1 year agoI happen to know that there are some Prince fans here, so I thought I'd bring forward an article I wrote last year. Not just because it's about Prince, but because of a specifically post-production fo+1 | Re: Way OT: Prince, a year ago today
by Andy Neil 1 year ago
man, I like prince and all, but something is fully screwy with the Creative Cow notifications. I've gotten no less than 12 email notifications of this article and thread. Andy https: plus.google.com u
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| | | |  | FCPX 10.3.3 releasedby Jeremy Garchow 1 year agoAs well as Motion 5.3.1 No linkable release notes that I can find, yet. | Re: FCPX 10.3.3 released
by Tony West 1 year ago
Andy Neil "the most annoying bug I've encountered is that occasionally when working, the play (spacebar) and play forward (L) keys stop working in the timeline. I have to select a different window li
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| | | |  | Clone Questionby David Mathis 2 years agoI am trying to make a template for a video in text effect. Here is what I am trying to do: Use text as a matte Have a background Have outline of text The problem is when I clone the text layer. I can | Re: Clone Question
by Andy Neil 2 years ago
Got it. I read Bret's comment as using the Glow effect, not Outer Glow. That's what I was doing wrong. Working for me that was as well. Andy https: plus.google.com u 0 107277729326633563425 videos
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| | | |  | Beating a dead horseby Herb Sevush 2 years agoBeating a dead horse should be the name of this forum. For those who keep insisting that the Apple rollout of FCPX (as opposed to the product itself) was brilliant, Andrew Kimery, in a different threa | Re: Beating a dead horse
by Douglas K. Dempsey 2 years ago
More concerning to me is the current Tim Cook era. Meaning, Apple is so deep into being a "bling" company and their "cutting edge" efforts are along the lines of pushing single-port USB-C onto machine
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| | | | | Editing a Multiclipby Andy Neil 2 years agoI'm having an issue with my multiclips and would like to know if I'm doing it wrong or not. Multiclip is built using two video sources and one audio recorded separately. When AE built multiclip, he op | Re: Editing a Multiclip
by Andy Neil 2 years ago
Andrew Kimery "PPro will automatically create 8 audio tracks in my timeline (assuming it has less than 8 to start with). even though I only have 3 activated." I'm not sure we're talking about the sam
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| | | | | Moving clip anchor problemsby Andy Neil 3 years agoHey guys. I'm working with 5K proxy material on 10.2.2. I got to a point in the edit where I needed to set a secondary clip anchor to a different clip in my primary. I couldn't figure it out. Of cours | | | | |
| | | |  | AVID - Why Not?by Rich Rubasch 3 years agoHad a revelation yesterday... Many of us migrated from AVID to Final Cut 7 when Final Cut 7 cost 1 5 that of an AVID seat. Still, Final Cut 7 had its issues and we all complained about media managemen | Re: AVID - Why Not?
by Shane Ross 3 years ago
Do you need a good compositing NLE Don't use Avid. Premiere is much better suited. Do you use a lot of stills in your projects Don't use Avid...I do and it's a pain compared to FCP 7 Premiere pro. Bet
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| | | |  | Long time editor's frustration with FCPXby David Berez 3 years agoLong time reader, a very rare poster. First off, thanks to the Cow Community. Without a doubt the most impactful change in my 30 plus years of editing is the online communities. Its not hard to rememb+1 | | | | |
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| | | |  | Continuing a bezier ?by Hans Douma 4 years agoHi all, Could you please give me some help with the following: I have a map spanning 3 pictures, stitched together. I want to draw a line onto that map, following a road. No problem, except the 3 pict | Re: Continuing a bezier ?
by Andy Neil 4 years ago
SHIFT+V as Bret said will show images past the canvas borders. Also, in the preferences, you can adjust the transparency level of the space beyond the canvas frame, so you can make it effectively 0 an
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| | | |  | PPro offers what BIG advantages over X?by Bob Woodhead 4 years agoOne client seems to be moving to PPro from Legacy. As much of my work for that client is "independent" workflow, I'm still at liberty to choose my tools, but I'm planning on investing some time into t | Re: PPro offers what BIG advantages over X?
by Shane Ross 4 years ago
Ability to export AAF for ProTools without the need for a 3rd party app. (XtoPro) Ability to import XML files from FCP Legacy projects and bring in full projects without the need of a third party app.
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| | | |  | Indulge a FCPX noob for a moment pleaseby Daniel Frome 4 years agoLet's pretend I have two segments in a sequence, "SEG A" and "SEG B" which run one after another. I have a music track under SEG A, and a different music track under SEG B. If I cut a section of SEG A | | | | |
| | | |  | FCPX: A Lesson in Languageby Philip Bowser 4 years agoFCPX re-invented the wheel in a number of ways. Whether that wheel is as effective as previous wheels is still up for debate, however you can't deny Apple's courage and determination to change the NLE+2 | Re: FCPX: A Lesson in Language
by Shane Ross 4 years ago
One of my favorite bits of script writing lately...from the show SLEEPY HOLLOW: Ichabod: Do you know that in my day, the word "awful" meant awe inspiring And the the term "intercourse" meant conversat
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| | | |  | The Honda Ad Timelineby Bill Davis 4 years agoJust had an on-line chat with the editor of the Honda ad and got permission to post a larger timeline screenshot. I wanted to post it here because over the past few years we've had a lot of questions | | | | |
| | | |  | how do YouSendIt?by Mark Morache 4 years agoThis may not be the right forum for this, but I love the community here. I use dropbox to share my large files with others, but often I need to receive large files from others, and DB folder sharing s | Re: how do YouSendIt?
by Oliver Peters 4 years ago
YouSendIt is now HighTail. Personally I do almost everything with WeTransfer. It's web-based and I've had good results. Free with a limit of 2GB per day. More if you sign up. The good part is you can
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| | | |  | detach audio slip videoby Craig Alan 4 years agoIf I detach audio from a clip and then try to slip the video the audio keeps moving because of the connection point. Other than moving the connection point out of the clip its connected to is there an | Re: detach audio slip video
by Dave Jenkins 4 years ago
You should be able to hold the tilde key and slip the video without affecting the audio. Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA Mac Pro 3.5MHz 6-Core Late 2013 FCP X
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| | | | | Audiosuite Plugins...by Andy Neil 5 years agoHey everyone. It's been awhile so I want to make sure things haven't changed since the last time I worked heavily with Media Composer. Can I still only add 1 audiosuite plugin per audio clip Is there | Re: Audiosuite Plugins...
by Andy Neil 5 years ago
Peter Groom "But really once youre going into multiple plugins etc in avid, id strongly suggest you flip into Pro Tools where you can do the audio properly." Ah yes, Pro Tools. That program I don't o
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| | | | | Assigning Keyboard Shortcutsby Andy Neil 5 years agoI feel like this might be a newbie question but I'm primarily an Avid and FCP editor. I can't seem to figure out a way to assign a keyboard shortcut without losing the existing shortcut. For example:  | Re: Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts
by Peter Garaway 5 years ago
Sorry Premiere Pro allows one shortcut per command. You can make a feature request here: https: www.adobe.com cfusion mmform index.cfm name=wishform Best, Peter Garaway Adobe Premiere Pro
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| | | |  | Roles appear and disappearby James Bayliss-Smith 5 years agoI often assign roles to media. I have ones called "VO and Intv" Sometimes they are available sometimes not. What is going on here Are they somehow attached to events or projects Is this a bug I don't  | Re: Roles appear and disappear
by Keith Koby 5 years ago
Yes the roles that appear in the interface are attached to any roles that are used in open events and projects. If you close and remove all projects and relaunch the app, you'll find that you are back
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| | | |  | which color bars to useby Erik Pagan 7 years agoHi. Probably a simple question but I don't want to mess this up. I shot a short film that's now making its festival run and I need to transfer a copy to HDcam tape. I shot it on a red and edited in FC | Re: which color bars to use
by Andy Neil 7 years ago
Use the 1080i bars. It's the proper frame size which is what you need. Don't worry about it not being 23.98. Just decide whether you want unity to be set at -12db (default) or -20. Andy http: www.time
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| | | |  | bring in audio clipby Michael Smith 7 years agoHi, I'm trying to bring in a audio clip from a digital voice recorder. It's a WMA clip that is 2 hours and 30 minutes long. I try importing it and FCP only brings in 38 minutes of it can't figure it o | Re: bring in audio clip
by Andy Neil 7 years ago
Final Cut is not compatible with WMA files. It needs to be converted to a standard WAV or AIF file. You'll probably need to do this on a PC. I'm not aware of a Mac tool that converts WMA files, but pe
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| | | |  | Delete Color Correction Universallyby Martin Nelson 7 years agoI'd like to remove all the color correction in my very long sequence. I don't at this point, necessarily remember which clips have CC on them, nor whether a given clip has other filters applied. Is th | Re: Delete Color Correction Universally
by Andy Neil 7 years ago
Then you have to do it one at a time. You can make it a LITTLE easier by ganging the viewer to the sequence so that you don't have to double-click each clip to load it into the viewer. Put the playhea
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