Changing Titles Background

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RaviNookala Author

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Changing Titles Background

Hi

I have a title created in Motion-5 and use it in FCPX. It has a JPEG file as back ground for the title.

I have imported more JPEG files with an idea to create Rig with a pop-up widget and assign one jpeg to each snapshot.

The basic idea is to change the backgrounds in FCPX. But for some reason I could not succeed.

I have seen changing colors, animations etc using Rigs. It this possible for the backgrounds also where the background is JPEG file.

I am currently having 30 titles each with a different jpeg background.

Is that possible to make just one title with a Rig containing 30 background files and then change them in FCPX

as needed.

Appreciate any help in this regard.

Thanks

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jul 10, 2016 12:05 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 10, 2016 8:30 PM in response to RaviNookala

RaviNookala wrote:

...Is that possible to make just one title with a Rig containing 30 background files and then change them in FCPX as needed.

..

sure it is, look:

step#1

put ALL 30 (that's a lot! here: three…) into your project.

in this example, for cosmetics, I made a Group 'background pix'

step#2

apply the slider Opacity of each pic to a drop-down Rig (here: 'selection')

step#3

in the Rigs Inspector, give each selection a name, and set all sliders to zero, except one.

=> in FCPX, you get a nice drop-down menu, offering each of your three ... thirty bg-pix

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Answer 2

RaviNookala Author

Level 1

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Jul 11, 2016 9:42 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Hi Karsten

Thanks for your tip.

I have converted my 36 titles into just one title using the Rig pop-up widget.

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Answer 3

Jul 11, 2016 10:29 AM in response to RaviNookala

RaviNookala wrote:

...Thanks for your tip....

You're Welcome, Ravi!

… that 'opacity 0/100%' scratches just the surface of rigging. The fun begins when you rig moving content, and what I'm actually learning is rigging keyframes, for instance for pre-set camera movements... 😎

glad to be helpful, enjoy movie making!

k.

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