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Can't adjust position of lower third

Hi,


I'm getting a very frustrating issue occuring when trying to move a lower third around the frame with the transform tool.


If I select only the lower third in the timeline and hit transform it moves the whole frame around, including the video!


This is so painful.


It seems FCPX can't seperate the the lower third from the video in the clip. Moves around all together.


I want to move the lower third around the screen and place it wherever I want.


Any advice?


Cheers

Final Cut Pro X, iOS 7.0.4, 2013 iMac 27-Inch

Posted on Nov 21, 2013 3:34 AM

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Nov 21, 2013 4:48 AM in response to MuddyFace

Select the lower third. Hit Transform tool and the bounding box for the title clip will be available.

Note the position of this lower third – in the Viewer and in the Inspector. Also note the bounding box, which admittedly is a bit hard to see in this image.


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Russ

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Nov 21, 2013 5:00 AM in response to Russ H

Hi Russ,


Thanks for the reply.


When I change the X,Y settings in the title inspector window it still moves the whole frame??


It's almost as if the title has been pasted/hardcoded to the video. It's very strange.


As you can see below, just selecting the title in the timeline doesn't allow to transform just that, FCPX wants to transform the whole clip the title is attatched to.


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Nov 21, 2013 5:32 AM in response to MuddyFace

MuddyFace wrote:

… As you can see below, just selecting the title in the timeline doesn't allow to transform…

… as I see, it doesn't allow ANYTHING:


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when you compare to some 'regular' title:


aside the tiny blue 'Title' icon, it lacks completely the four boxes for any kind of editing (typing the title etc). So, to repeat what Tom Wolsky asked before: What title plug-in is that? What is the source/maker?


A quick Googling doesn't list any plug-in with the name 'Product Contamination' (which is, besides, some … weird name fort a title, isn't it 😉 )

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Nov 21, 2013 6:15 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Sorry, I cropped out the editing buttons by accident on the last screenshot.


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Manually changing the XY positions on the inspector, again, moves the whole frame, not just the title....


I've exported from motion as a 'Title' rather than a 'Lower third' but still having the same problem.

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Nov 21, 2013 6:21 AM in response to MuddyFace

Solved my own issue!


Went back into motion and had a hidden layer acting as a dropzone. Deleted it, exported it and now I can move it where I like.


The lower third was treating clip it was attatched to as a drop zone, hence moving the whole frame when using transform!


Thanks for your help! 🙂

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