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Transition with colored border
I know how to make transitions with Motion.
I want to add a border to my transition.
White and black for the transition as usual but then how do I add a colored border?
For example:
I am using a brush texture. I want the border in the transition to be black or another color so we see the black border moving along with the transition.
In this example:
White is clip 1
Black expanding is clip 2
I just added the red so you see what I want in the final clip.
A red border moving out as clip 2 is revealed.
Hope this is clear. Thanks.
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- Karsten Schlüter
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A Transition project (from M5's selection of New Projects), the top/green track has a Circle Mask; mask size has two keyframes: 0% and 700%.
On another layer: a circle, with some Shape as 'design'… Geometry is keyframed analogue to the mask…
In a perfect world, both diameters are 'linked', Shape is 'published' to allow options, etc etc etc....
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I will fiddle around with all this and keep you posted on final render.
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I open my photo app and draw the line with texture as I want it.
I then export only that colored border layer as a PNG.
Import it into FCX and apply key to background color.
That way I can precisely follow the line of the transition.
I can after change opacity or add an effect on top if I want to.
i am an animator so I like that control I have over the lline !
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Albo wrote: I ended up doing the border frame by frame …
i am an animator so I like that control I have over the lline !
okayyy … <puzzled> but when it gives the wanted results …
but:
Albo wrote: … my photo app and draw the line … I then export only that colored border layer as a PNG. … Import it into FCX and apply key to background color.
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… what bg color, you're telling us, you export only the drawing layer ? when your drawing is done on a transparent background, there's no need to 'key' anything, FCPX handles the alpha in a PNG…
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I ended up importing my PNG as a sequence in QT Pro. They did have a ttansparent background.
Exported the sequence and for some reason when I put them on the timeline there was a black background.
That's why I keyed them. It worked.
Just wondering what you are "puzzled" about? Maybe my explanation wasn't clear.
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Albo wrote: …Just wondering what you are "puzzled" about? Maybe my explanation wasn't clear.
… nono, …missed that detour through QTpro… when you export from there, you have to choose a codec, which supports transparencies, as proRes4444… = no keying necessary …
No, was just puzzled .… or say surprised by your workflow… a frame-by-frame 'drawn' animation for a - in my imagination - simple transition. E.g. why not drawing or, at last, importing your drawings into Motion? You'd save all that back'n forth in several apps…
Anyhow.
…all fine…
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I have been working on another project and the setting was different.
Always the simple things to check!
Thanks.
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