How to reverse direction of title animation

Friends,


I just downloaded motion 5 to use with FCPX titles. is it possible to use motion 5 to reverse the direction of a title animation? For example, FCPX has a certain title is shown entering from the left. I'd like it to enter from the right. Can I make the switch?


Thanks!


Steve

imac 27" 2.8 core i7 12gb; macbook alu.; itouch 4.1; iphone 4 (verizon), Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Sep 6, 2011 7:39 PM

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Sep 6, 2011 11:18 PM in response to DC Steve

Yes, you can. How to do it depends on how the title is set up. For starters, you would right click the title in FCPX and select the "Open a copy in Motion" option. This will create a duplicate version of the title that you can change the animation direction. Once you save the title in Motion, it should be available in FCPX.

Sep 7, 2011 10:12 PM in response to DC Steve

It looks like that one is animated by keyframes. In this case you could make the animation go right to left by reversing the keyframe order and then adjusting as needed. You will need to do this with the Emitter and the Rectangle Mask.


For the Mask:

-Change the Mask Blend Mode to Subtract.

-In the Inspector, go to the X Position and to the right of the keyframe indicator, click the downward facing arrow and select Show in keyframe editor from the contextual menu.

-In the Keyframe editor, option click the checkbox next to the Transform.Position.X channel. this will hide the other keyframes.

-Select both the keyframes for the X channel. While they are both selected right click on top of one of the keyframes and select Reverse Keyframes from the contextual menu. This will reverse the animation direction for the Mask on the text.


For the Emitter:

Basicly, do the same thing as with the Mask. Go to the keyframes for the X postion and reverse them. In this case you will need to adjust the start and end postions. The first keyframe will need to be near the right side of the canvas, and the second keyframe will need to be further away. Once you are close you can adjust the second keyframe to match the mask that wipes the text

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