FCP Titles - Drop Shadow Issues

Hi,


I imported a text lower third and when working around it realised the I am unable to change the drop shadow colour . Even after selecting different colours , the drop shadow colour remains white. I tired all my other templates and the issues suddenly seems to affect all 3rd party templates. I then tired the Build-in Build-out of FCP native text and the drop shadow colour changes and seems to work fine.


The issue persists with all downloaded text template! Any help!


Thanks

Posted on Oct 29, 2023 2:17 AM

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Oct 29, 2023 12:26 PM in response to Irfan Sait

I think I know what is happening.


Usually, a title has a special Text element, which you can edit directly in the Text Inspector. For example, in the Basic title:



This default text item is the one affected by the color of the drop shadow.


I tested one of your titles, and I could see that it removed that default text and added other ones, which are controlled not in the Text inspector, but in the Title inspector:



The provider of the Title would have to, in Motion, Publish the Drop Shadow parameters for each of those, or use a rig to manage them in tandem, so that you might control those parameters in FCP...

Oct 29, 2023 4:46 AM in response to LocaAlicia

This is rather difficult to troubleshoot since we don't have access to the actual titles (they are under a subscription, if I am not mistaken; sorry, but I am not about to subscribe to envato myself; otherwise, I'd gladly have a look).


I wonder if that is a drop shadow at all. What happens if you UNcheck Drop Shadow?

And what happens if you change the Face color of the text? Does the drop shadow change to match? Maybe there is a Link behavior set up in the title. Manually changing in FCP a parameter that is bound to a behavior or rig in Motion will have no effect. Maybe that is what is happening here.

FCP Titles - Drop Shadow Issues

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