Baseball/Softball Score Bug (including Outs, the count, and base positions)

Nordicnorm wrote:

Funny request. Seems to me that this would require some kind of "intelligent" plugin effect. …

uhm, well, no… I know, what the OP is missing - kinda 'buttons' in the Inspector, you push, and Motion adds (or minuses) a value… That would be handy for any lower-third which 'counts'.

For my lil' weekly football reports, I shorten the custom-built title, then opt-drag it = copy to the new part and change the numbers manually in it Inspector…

Lucky me, a normal match shows 2,3, maybe 8 (sorry, Brazil!) goals only 😉

So, no AI needed, just some new Behaviours, such as Math, Boolean, Physics, and flexible GUI-elements… (list to be continued) .…

Still dreaming of a MotionX … 😝

jamers99 wrote:

I personally wasn't looking for anything automatic however I just want a baseball score box graphic. Similar to what you might see in TV when watching a MLB game. …

No clue of baseball, but a 'bug' like in your example is done in <15min, look done right now:

needs some refinement, then publishing the parameters… late here, tomorrow morning (my timezone) available as a free plugin at fcp.co … I'll post the link here.

I guess, any number and text has to be customizable, and the yellow triangles switch topOFF/bottomON, topON/bottomOFF, right?

Red and green are constant, or 'team-colours'?

Any animations? Some fancy 'fold in'?

make a wish… 😉

(I really should start to SELL my plugins… how many baseball-reporters around the globe? each a 1$ or 2…)

Have you had any luck with the score box graphic? This guy has one but I asked and he made his using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop

2015 Youth Baseball Nations U13 Championship Game - YouTube

wow, a two year old thread revitalized 😉

jamers99 wrote:

… he made his using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Photoshop

well done design, but AP does NOT allow an 'automatic'/however triggered counting either …

Funny request. Seems to me that this would require some kind of "intelligent" plugin effect. One that would be able to "watch" the video it's sitting on and know whether there's been a pitch, and whether it was a ball or a strike! I know AI Has come a long way lately but I doubt if this kind of things will be available any time soon. And if it ever is we editors better watch out, could lose our jobs.

I personally wasn't looking for anything automatic however I just want a baseball score box graphic. Similar to what you might see in TV when watching a MLB game. I've searched the internet and even paid plug-ins and so far have come up empty for baseball. Other sports I can find but no baseball which is curious. There must be a plug-in out there for baseball.

like that?

Published parameters are:

• checkbox to set the yellow triangles

• all texts

• and you can adjust position and size of lower-third?

savy? 😉

Not a clue how you could accomplish this easily because you'd need a script for each variable. That's one layer for each variable and a prewritten set of options. Makes my head hurt.

There are many sports and events-style forums that might be able to offer you some help; this cannot be a unique request or issue for a certain type of shooter.

The big dogs at the networks use a downstream keyer and character generator that is dedicated to the task of creating those supers, erm, bugs as you call them. Programming a dedicated visual effects computer for baseball is entirely different than trying to build a plugin for FCPX or even Motion. Somebody might have one, though, it's a big marketplace.

Ah. Google:

http://www.fcp.co/forum/4-final-cut-pro-x-fcpx/16818-scoreboard-overlay

Afaik, the keyframe buttons can not be used to trigger behaviours (or vice ersa), such as an increasing text/number generator or something...

Your actual, manually split&type-method seems to me the only solution.

I realize there is dedicated hardware/software that the pros use

That's a very fertile business. sports data.

On my side of the pond, football=soccer delivers tons of data,…partly automatically generated, but also with an army of people, who transfer a game into a living Excel spreadsheet....

In my sons soccer team (he's 15...), the kids wear tiny boxes to measure heart rate while playing etc - 'beamed' to his coach' iPad ... ....

... and me stupid calls it 'a game'............ 😕

That's pretty nice. Where can I download it from?

Take a look at:

Baseball Bug for FCPX - YouTube

If the moderators scrub the link, google "baseball bug for fcpx"

Thanks. I purchased the Baseball Bug for $15. It's working great so far.

Excellent! Thank you!