Final Cut Pro Editing Tips needed...

nifear4 · Post by **nifear4** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:39 pm

ahh, for reals? haha, well thats gonna be fun lol. Well thanks for the tip. I gotta go and fix my aunts PC now. haha

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:09 pm

You could always use Motion's masking tools. That's what I do, they are quick and easy to use. You can do your roto, save the file and import the motion file into FCP. Otherwise you can export it as a lossless movie (Apple Animation), this will keep the alpha channel intact. Or you could do the entire composite in Motion, then just import the final movie into FCP.

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:39 pm

My "waste" time learning motion when he is clearly capable of doing what he wants to do in PS?

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:23 am

Niotex wrote:My "waste" time learning motion when he is clearly capable of doing what he wants to do in PS?

Not saying he can't, I just think using motion for the rotoing is easier for me. I just couldn't imaging pasting together 500 frames in my FCP timeline. Knowing me, I would screw it up that way.

Niotex · Post by **Niotex** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:01 am

Just import a PSD Sequence >_>

nifear4 · Post by **nifear4** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:25 pm

maybe AMV is just not my thing haha. *sigh* well its fun so... haha I'll try Motion sounds easier, since I already have it. But, I'm about to go on a trip sometime soon and graduating. Hopefully I'll finish by then... but I don't really see myself finishing before then, because my iBook G4 is really slow and crappy, getting a MacBook Pro though, pretty soon...

start a new life with new things, right?

Anyways, arigatou JudgeHolden and Niotex.

I look forward to your future projects.