Create a title that looks like "Blur", but with a png logo?

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Create a title that looks like "Blur", but with a png logo?

Hi,

Maybe this is a silly question, but: is there a way to create a title that looks and behaves like the standard "Blur" title that ships with FCPX (blur in from left-to-right, and then later blur out the same direction), but instead of using text it would use a (transparent) .png (or other format) logo?

Or that something that would have to be made custom/manually with Motion (which I do also have, but haven't really gotten into using yet)

Posted on Feb 11, 2023 10:02 AM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Feb 11, 2023 10:44 AM in response to dwarfland

Of course it’s possible, and you have the tools for it.

Control-click the Blur title and choose Open a Copy in Motion.

Once there, you can delete or disable the text, and add a Drop Zone. Then save it, give it a name (the default will be Blur copy), and you can put any image, or clip, in said Drop Zone in FCP.

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dwarfland Author

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Feb 11, 2023 11:06 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanx, that's exactly what i wa slooking for!

Excuse me for being a total Motion noob and asking one more silly question, but I now have this in Motion, with the blur effects still ties to the text. how can I "move" these onto the logo image I added? Dragging doesn't work, and while I can "copy" (or cut) them, it seems I can't paste 'em back onto the layer that has image... I'm sure i'm juist being stupid 🙃.

Thanx!

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Feb 11, 2023 1:15 PM in response to dwarfland

I am away from my mac now but will look at it tomorrow (it’s getting close to bed time where I live).

It looks like it may require a bit more work than I anticipated, though. This title uses two Text behaviors, which can’t be applied to an image, so we will need to do it differently.

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