How to create a motion 'curtain' effect?

You need to "Cut a hole" with the bars. Worse case scenario, keyframing should work.

Ok here is an effect (a mask) that will help you achieve that in seconds using just FCP.

I called it Bars Wipe but it is essentially a mask that you want to apply to a text generator

so that everything behind (i.e. in V1) remains visible.

Like here:

All you have to do is install the plugin, restart FCP apply it to the text, which I will assume

is going to be in V2 and adjust parameters to taste:

Keyframe the In/Outwards parameter to close the bars, cut the text generator

at the point the bars close together, change the text in the following clip and keyframe the

paramater again to open the bars. Done.

Example:

http://www.videonline.co.uk/Forums/Bars_Wipe.mov

Plugin do download:

http://www.videonline.co.uk/Forums/Luca%27s%20Bars%20Wipe%20%28Mask%29.fcfcc.zip

Installation instructions:

After downloading the plug-in drag it to Macintosh HD / Library / Application Support / Final Cut Pro System Support / Plugins folder. Finally restart Final Cut Pro and the effect should show up in the effects menu (Luca's Plugins).

hope this helps,

Luca

This is the final cut studio forum for fcp7 and it's associated apps like Motion 4, not fcpX. Repost there. There's also a forum for Motion 5.

Oh!

I wrote a few lines of code for that,

sorry it ended up not being useful for you...

Hope someone else is finding the plugin useful.

Shall I leave the plugin download link open guys reading this?

Creating the same effect in FCP X is much easier,

no need to write code, I'll rig a template for FCP X

when (if) I have time.

Check this post in a couple of days or let me know

if you post this over FCP X forum.

Michael is right, you posted in the wrong forum.

No worries :-)

Luca

Hi Norbert,

I have rigged the same effect for you with Motion 5 so you now have a version

for FCP X, here a still showing the parameters:

Email me and I will send you the effect with relative instructions.

(My email can be found in my profile.

Best,

Luca