Onion Skin/Onion Peel in FCP?
Does anyone know if FCP has an onion-skin/onion-peel (not sure which is the correct term) option? I am a student/video editor and I recently made this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwySzisLPb4
involving two guys in chicken suits shrunk down and placed on top of a barrel. I couldn't find any sort of onion effect (which for those who are unfamiliar, is when advancing to the next frame, the previous frame is still visible, albeit more transparent). Basically, lining up the chickens on the barrel was a maddening game of guess and check that would have taken 10 hours to get right... there has to be an easier way to match one frame to the previous frame.
And it is not as simple as matching the X/Y coordinates... it was that simple in static shots, but for most of it, the camera moves, and therefore the barrel's position moves each frame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwySzisLPb4
involving two guys in chicken suits shrunk down and placed on top of a barrel. I couldn't find any sort of onion effect (which for those who are unfamiliar, is when advancing to the next frame, the previous frame is still visible, albeit more transparent). Basically, lining up the chickens on the barrel was a maddening game of guess and check that would have taken 10 hours to get right... there has to be an easier way to match one frame to the previous frame.
And it is not as simple as matching the X/Y coordinates... it was that simple in static shots, but for most of it, the camera moves, and therefore the barrel's position moves each frame.
Mac Pro 2.66GHz, Mac OS X (10.5)
