I've got a background image in my main storyline (for the record, it's "Arcs" from the generators library), and I'm trying to string three images together on top of it (floating, like you'd see in a newscast or something), connected by the "flip" transition. So far so good, except during the flip transition, the background disappears and just goes black!
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 500GB Hard Drive
You'll want to group the background Arcs and the "floating" clips into a compound clip (select them all and type option-g). Save the reference to an Event when prompted. Move the compound clip into the storyline if necessary and apply the transition to the compound.
Thanks, although I'm not sure how to go about that. Once the clips are grouped, I can't apply a transition between them, can I? Plus, the background clip is much longer than the floating clips, so they don't "line up" per se. See image:
The idea is to have the Arcs generator as part of the group. You can start outside all the clips, click and drag through all the clips you want to group together (and include the Arcs generator in the clip). It is that compound clip that should be in the storyline. Once you have the compound clip, you can use it just like any other regular clip - blade it and add transitions as you like.
The transition has a background color. Open a copy of the transition in Motion and switch off the background and the color solid.
Okay, I tried that--and I understand the problem conceptually now. The transition is overriding the background, since it's sitting on top of the primary storyline. But when I group them all and create a compound clip, then blade between the inset ("floating") pics and insert a flip transition, it now flips the WHOLE scene, background included. I only want to flip the pictures that are sitting on TOP of the background. See below:
Hi, Tom--I'll try that, although I'm very shaky in Motion (no pun intended).
Tom, I opened it in Motion and the background color was set to black, but it won't let me "turn it off," only change the color. Right below that it says "Background: transparent," which was already selected.
Don't change the color, switch it off, and save the copy.
THAT worked! Thank you, Tom, and thank you, fox_m!
There is no background assigned to a default fcp transition project? I don't understand how this worked for anyone?
TThe thread isn't about a custom transition in Motion but about the copy of an FCP transition.
I found out the same. Wanted to flip a Name to a Logo with a black cat at the background.
Now I think you have motion 5 because I can't make a copy of "FLIP". So I took the Name, 10 frames before it changes I make a keyframe on the X axle and at the end I make it 0 pixels wide. Then on the distort, after 5 frames from the same moment I change the corners + and - 10 pixels and it looks like its turning away. Then do the same but reversed on the logo and BANG!! Of course this nice for simple movements. Just wanted to share 🙂 HAVE FUN!
Flip transition blacks out background
