Peachpit "Motion5" p. 54, Step 11 drop-down issue - my screen looks different

POSSIBLE solution:

In the sidebar under "Filters" and to the right of "Remap White", I clicked on the disclosure triangle which opened up a section at the bottom of the "Timeline" pane that is under the Colorize bar.

Made this section (Untitled Set) larger by moving the top of the bar up to reveal the RGB values. Changed the "Remap White" values to those requested in the book and the resultant color exactly matches the book color.

The values were reset by sliding the cursor left and right over the RBG number value. Maybe there is a better way to do this as this method seems very crude. Nevertheless, it got the job done.

Whether this is the proper way to change the values or just a clunky workaround, I don't know, but at this point I'm moving on. How can anyone remember all this???

This is what the Timeline pane looked like when the RGB section was opened up.

The book said to "... click the disclosure triangle ...." and I took that to mean the triangle to the right of the Remap colored square. This I tried numerous times and wound up with the color scheme shown in your right screen shot.

This has been a while so I don't remember the exact place, but after clicking on the arrow on the left side of the Remap (or maybe it was the colored square like you showed) there was a better window that opened:

This one allowed me to dial in exactly the paramerters that was asked for.

WHEW!

What an ordeal. But it's over and figured out now. A relief.

Like you mentioned, I also was waiting for the publisher, or some other publisher, to come out with a Motion 5.1 book but couldn't wait any longer. If they continue to print and sell the old "5" version you'd think they'd at least have a good Eratta page somewhere that would provide the changes as well as fill in the holes in the procedures. Certainly, if this was used for class instruction they would know what questions the students struggled with. Oh well.

Currently I'm up to page 65 and struggling with Step 13 to get the bright orange/brownish-yellow color they show. I'm only able to get a light version of the general background color. Tried the grey also, and ditto there. Just isn't working. I'm getting the colors I want in the color box but not on the screen. Sort of a partial. The HUD looks just like the picture in the book.

In Step 12 it says to "click the Add Filter pop-up menu ..." but I can't find where they're talking about it. I've looked everywhere. Need to take a rest and work on this tomorrow.

Thanks for the support.

Edit: What happened? What do you mean? This didn't help me - Geeze, I wrote it! Need to get some rest.

Thanks for coming back Ben.

First off, what I wrote at the bottom of my last post was with regard to what I saw at the bottom of my post when I posted it. For some really wierd reason it disapeared later and I never went back to re-edit. Just so you know, it had nothing to do with what you wrote.

The book is a tad confusing in places, and full of typeos and bad editing.

Amen! Especially the confusing part. With regard to "typeos" as a 'student' these are really hard to find. I trust what is written even though I'm finding I shouldn't. There really needs to be a good errata list for this book. The one the publisher has is only a few paragraphs so it's a joke.

This is the book we trainers are requried to use for Apple Authorized Training.

"we trainers" - does that mean you're 'one of them'? What I'd give to see your errata sheet if you have one. One could create a web page, post it, then charge admission to read it.

Rather than refer to page number, since many of us, especially us trainers, use the eBook versions, refer to the lesson number, the section and step number.

Good point. Never thought about that.

I much prefer the macProVideo.com online training for starting off with Motion 5. Then move on to the more advanced stuff at Ripple Training.

I'll give it a look.

As an editorial comment, you'd think that a publisher, someone in the business of printing books, especially as many books as Peachpit publishes, then selling them at $64.99 US, would have put together a GOOD errata page for each book. Heck, I could even do that and I don't have the resources that they have. ~Three paragraphs - that's a joke!

Also got the "How to Cheat in Motion" book so when I get a little further along in the "Motion 5" book I can't waint to give some of it's ideas a try.

One more editorial comment: FCPX without Motion is kinda like eating french fries without salt.

Hey Ben!

Thanks for the reply and that Motion tutorial list at http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/category/motion was really good.

A friend of mine sold his video camera because of a few dead pixels and one of the tutorials dealt with specific pixels. Almost wonder if he could have "fixed" his pixel problem in post using Motion.

Here is one of my favorite links for you, "Jambalaya":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGZGch1fFAc&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list =PL1052B926696675BE

Thanks again. I'll see if I can come up with another "problem". 🙂