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  • Import and Animate 3D Models in Motion and Final Cut Pro X with Eneo3D

    What happens when you combine Apple's native 3D SceneKit and FXPlug? You get Eneo3D, a new $60 plugin that allows you to import animated 3D models, light them, subject them to physics and of course use them in FCPX.

  • Videos from the 10.4.4 Release and the FCPX Creative Summit

    A busy few days for everybody! Apple's video Pro Apps all get an update and the fourth FCPX Creative Summit takes place. We have corralled the videos from the past week with multiple languages and multiple opinions on the update!

  • Extending Motion’s 3D Capabilities with m02 from MotionVFX

    Motion has had 3D capabilities for a while, but they haven't been updated since 2009 for the basics and 2015 with 3D text. Motion VFX's updated plugin m02 adds much more 3D functionality and of course creativity to the app. We spoke to MotionVFX who kindly gave us a quick tour of the app and its 3D capabilities.

  • How to Get More Likes & Subscribers on YouTube Creating a Template for FCPX

    Leno from LenoFX has very kindly put together this tutorial for FCP.co. He shows us how to build a Motion template to get more likes & subscribers on YouTube.

  • Summer Final Cut Pro X Tutorial Roundup

    It's Summer, a quiet time and many people are away from their edit stations- an ideal time to do a tutorial roundup!  We feature how to build effects, workflow suggestions and even a free 21 episode Final Cut Pro X course. Grab a large coffee and let's go!

  • Apple Release Final Cut Pro X 10.4.1, Motion 5.4.1 and Compressor 4.4.1

    Apple announced last week that all three of their Pro Video Apps would be available for update this Monday. You will need High Sierra to see them, but they are now all available on  the Mac App Store.

  • Idustrial Revolution Releases XEffects Smooth Glass Slideshow Plugins for Final Cut Pro X

    Idustrial Revolution has just released a new set of plugins for building a glossy animating slideshow. They are on special offer at $39 for the launch, down from $49.

  • Testing the Apple Pro Video Apps on the New iMac Pro

    First article of the New Year and it's one that a lot of people have asked for, real statistics on the Apple Pro Video Apps running on a new iMac Pro. Ben Balser had a new machine arrive just in time for the holiday break. He gave it a good test, it's fast, but it's not all great news.

  • Some of the Lesser-Known New Features in Final Cut Pro 10.4

    Completely inspired by a great thread on our popular Forum, we take a quick look at some of the lesser-known, but still important new features and improvements in the FCPX 10.4 update. You did know you could do GIFs from the timeline didn't you?

  • Apple Release Final Cut Pro 10.4, Motion 5.4, and Compressor 4.4 Updates

    The updates we have been waiting for are finally here. We take a look a the new features of Final Cut Pro X, Motion and Compressor and put the software through some tests. We publish information on the new features, the test results, the recommendations and the gotchas.

  • December's Final Cut Pro X and Motion Tutorial Roundup

    It should really be called 'Novemeber's big tutorial roundup' seeing as we are only just in December, but still a good title for a list of great learning resources. Let's hope we can get another one in before Christmas!

  • Didn’t You Know You Can Apply a Behavior to a Rig in Apple's Motion?

    Simple answer was up until today, no. This late discovery unlocks yet more power in Motion for the building of plugins for Final Cut Pro X.

  • Idustrial Revolution Releases XEffects 3D Video Walls Plugins for Final Cut Pro X

    Idustrial Revolution has used the power of Motion's 3D text engine to develop a plugin for Final Cut Pro that can build dynamic 3D video walls with ease. 

  • The Big Fat May FCPX & Motion Tutorial Roundup

    A complete smorgasbord of tutorials in this roundup. Something for everybody from the basics in FCPX and Motion up to some advanced graphics building. 

  • Apple Motion's Custom Behavior — The Diamond in the Rough

    Fox Mahoney has published some excellent Motion tutorials here on FCP.co. This time, he really takes the tools in Motion to a new level with this experiment in building custom behaviors. We learnt a lot.

  • On the Road with Final Cut Pro X and a LumaForge Jellyfish, Again!

    Back in March 2016 I took a prototype Jellyfish portable started storage unit out on the road for a broadcast Final Cut Pro X edit. A few months later, I took a shipping model out on another high pressure, quick turnaround broadcast job. What’s new, what's changed and how did it perform?

  • Apple Announces $200 Pro Apps Bundle for Education (Now Available Outside USA)

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    Apple has announced a discounted bundle of Pro Apps for educational users. Final Cut Pro X, Logic Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4, and MainStage 3 are available for just $199.99 for educational use.

  • Final Cut Pro X updated to 10.3.2, Motion to 5.3.1 and Compressor to 4.3.1

    A round of updates to the Pro Apps for January. All three video applications get bug fixes and one very important change of behaviour in Final Cut Pro X 10.3.2.

  • Full House in Barcelona for Europe’s Premiere Event Showing the All-New Final Cut Pro X 10.3

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    The Final Cut Pro X series of live events grows at an amazing pace! This time Ronny Courtens tells us about the recent sold-out event in Barcelona.

  • War on Keyframes - Speed up Your Workflow in FCPX Now!

    Keyframes in video are as old as analogue Digital Video Effects (DVEs) from the 1980's. ADO Anybody? So as we lost 'tracks' in Final Cut Pro X to a better method way of working, can we also lose the dreaded keyframe as well? Tony Gallardo explores...

  • Recreating the Rio Olympic Kinetic Sculpture in 3D with Apple's Motion

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    When Anders Utterstrom watched the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics from Rio, he had an idea. Could he recreate the Anthony Howe kinetic sculpture that accompanied the flame? Time to start experimenting with Apple's Morion and 3D objects!

  • Convert your Final Cut Pro X timelines into Motion projects with a free web app

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    Up until now there were two ways to get your FCPX timelines into Motion. Buy an application or painstakingly export each clip out and rebuild it layer by layer in Motion. Not any more. A new web application does the hard work for you. for free.

  • We built a pool! Publishing animating Motion textures to Final Cut Pro X

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    Want moving textures in Final Cut Pro X? Plugin building expert Fox Mahoney shows us how to construct a moving water texture in Motion and publish it to FCPX. Great knowledge that will extend the capabilities of 3D text even further. Link to the free finished moving water texture generator plugin also included!

  • The Final Cut Pro X OSC library of controls: Mysteries of OSCs, Part 3

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    We are very pleased to bring you one of the best Final Cut Pro X plugin construction tutorials you will find online. We are yet to see the building of FCPX On Screen Controls documented in such a detailed manner. Fox Mahoney puts a lot of knowledge and experience into this article that needs to be bookmarked by all plugin builders, developers and advanced users. Plus he's very kindly uploaded the free HUD demo template!

  • The big fat Final Cut Pro X Summer tutorial round up

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    It has been a while since we have done a tutorial roundup - we really should do them more often as more and more seem to be produced for FCPX. So here we go with a whole raft of interesting things to learn about Final Cut Pro X. Get a coffee first!

  • Controlling shapes: The mysteries of OSC in Final Cut Pro X revealed, Part 2

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    If you ever want to build an adjustable line or shape in Motion for use in Final Cut Pro, there is only one way to get the On Screen Controls to work. In the second part of the series on OSCs, our resident Motion expert, Fox Mahoney shows us how to control shapes in plugins for FCPX. He's also very kindly included a link to the completed template! 

  • The mysteries of OSC in Final Cut Pro X revealed, Part 1

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    We have all used the On Screen Controls in Final Cut Pro X to control plugins- but how are they built? In this first part of a series of articles, Fox Mahoney takes a look at how OSCs work and how to incorporate them into effects.

  • Tutorial: Passing Time on the Final Cut Pro X Storyline

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    This is a long article, but the project itself is fairly simple. I hope you are able to stay with it and develop a project for which you can be proud and learn something new while putting it together. The font is already made and free. All you have to do is put the pieces together! While you put this together, I hope you will appreciate how all the parts fit together perfectly; there’s no need for dealing with anchor points or other issues with alignments. Using font “icons”, vectors, text, etc. is a great, and easy way to build 3D animated illustrations.

  • Free Tutorial: The third dimension in Apple's Motion -and beyond

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    In this latest tutorial from Motion guru Fox Mahoney, he takes a deep look into the advanced 3D features using fonts in the application. This is pushing Motion's 3D capabilities to the limit.

  • How to generate subtitles in Final Cut Pro X by using Motion generators

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    We give a very warm welcome to Fox Mahoney as he joins our roster of talented writers. He probably knows more about fonts and 3D in Motion than anybody outside of Cupertino, so we are very happy that he has agreed to let us in on a few secrets. His first tutorial is building a custom Motion generator to automatically generate subtitles in Final Cut Pro X.

  • Testing Automatic Duck's Xsend Motion: Sending sequences & clips from FCPX to Motion

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    You can't have failed to notice that Wes Plate from Automatic Duck has just released Xsend Motion. Ronny Courtens has taken it for a thorough test drive for FCP.co. What transfers and what doesn't when you send media from Final Cut Pro X to Motion? (and back!)

  • The big fat post NAB Final Cut Pro X tutorial roundup

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    It has been a quiet week for Final Cut Pro news, so that gives us the ideal chance to catch up on the latest free FCPX and Motion tutorials. One thing we have noticed from the last time we did a tutorial roundup is that there are a lot, lot more tutorials being produced.

  • Get fire, smoke, water and fluid effects with the FCPX & Motion plugin Bedlam

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    Announced whilst we were all busy with NAB, this new $49 plugin from Reelpath generates fluid simulations in Final Cut Pro X and Motion.

  • Automatic Duck announce Xsend Motion - get Final Cut Pro X timelines into Motion 5

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    Where did 'Send to Motion' go when Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5 were released? That's not a problem now as Automatic Duck has announced an upcoming application that will move clips from an FCPX timeline into Motion.

  • Building 3D robots with Motion plugins for Final Cut Pro X

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    If you don't visit our busy and friendly Forum, you should do, there are some very clever people pushing the software to its limits. One of them is Norb and his 3D robots.

  • On the road with Final Cut Pro X and a Jellyfish, the new budget shared storage system

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    The Jellyfish and Final Cut Pro X go on the road for a real broadcast job. Cutting edge portable shared storage on a budget, but with all of the performance you need. How did it cope with the strain of continuous records and multiple edit clients? Peter Wiggins takes the new cnidarian for a mission critical swim.

  • Updates to Final Cut Pro 10.2.3, Motion 5.2.3, Compressor 4.2.2 and Pro Video Formats 2.0.4

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    The wait is over! There are updates to all the three main Apple video applications and an update to the Pro Video Formats as well. Yes, it looks like the timecode bug in the dashboard of FCPX has been fixed!

  • The top ten tips for good looking typography in Final Cut Pro X

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    Yes, the 3D text in Final Cut Pro X is amazing, but it is not a one-click solution to getting good looking text. We take a look at ten tips that should help to make your words on screen look good and avoid some common mistakes.

  • Add 3D text and particles to tracked objects with DriveX from Coremelt

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    One great thing about the recent FCP EXPO was the ability to talk directly with software developers in the FCPX ecosystem. We managed to get Roger Bolton from Coremelt cornered in a cubicle where he told us more about the recently released DriveX.

  • Auto adjusting backgrounds in Motion, ClipMic Digital and Frame.io with Final Cut Pro X

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    Three lots of Ripple tutorials this week as the FCP.co office had a bit of a holiday last week. (The truth is we were editing flat out!) Two MacBreak Studios and a five minuter from Steve Martin.

  • Creating 3D items from symbol fonts in FCPX and default locations and presets in Compressor

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    This week we look once again at the amazing 3D text capabilities in Motion and we also refresh our Compressor skills by looking at presets and default locations.

  • An introduction to motion tracking concepts

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    The use of tracking for placing titles in scenes has become very popular. Final Cut Pro X editor Matt Holder gives us an introduction to the different types of motion tracking and how the techniques can be used to put 3D text or graphics into a scene.

  • It's Final Cut Pro X free effect friday for June!

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    Quite a lot to get through on this #freeeffectfriday in June. Some cracking FCPX templates to download and use and one amazing Motion project which has to be seen (and heard) to be believed.

  • Free FCPX plugin & template roundup on #freeeffectfriday

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    If there is one request we hear over and over again at FCP.co towers, it's "Please bring back Free Effect Friday." So we thought why not! A bunch of free Final Cut Pro X plugins for you to download.

  • Discovering extra 3D symbols and tracking 3D text in Apple's Motion 5.2

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    Two new tutorials from Ripple this week. Both are in Motion and both feature the new 3D text tool, extra symbols and placing 3D text into a scene.

  • A double dose of 3D text tutorials in Motion and Final Cut Pro X

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    This week we have two tutorials on the great new 3D text that is available in Final Cut Pro X and Motion. The Ripple boys explain all.

  • April Final Cut Pro X plugin roundup

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    Although April is the month full of NAB news, the plugin developers out there have still been pumping out products. We take a look a the new plugins for FCPX. There just might be a coupon code as well!

  • FCPWORKS publish their presentation videos from NAB 2015

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    In case you hadn't heard about them or can't get to Las Vegas this year, FCPWORKS has been taping their Final Cut Pro X presentations. Just in is their keynote speech from Sam Mestman

  • New MacBreak Studio featuring Final Cut Pro 10.2, Motion 5.2, Compressor 4.2

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    Ripple Training has just published a new episode featuring Final Cut Pro 10.2, Motion 5.2, Compressor 4.2

  • Apple update Final Cut Pro X to 10.2, Motion to 5.2 and Compressor to 4.2

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    Apple has released updates to Final Cut Pro X to version 10.2, Motion to version 5.2 and Compressor to version 4.2.  A lot of new eye-candy, some much needed new features and some large speed gains. Their 15th update to FCPX is still free and available for download now.

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  • Wrapping streaks and light reveals in Motion and round tripping with Resolve and FCPX

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    A slightly different lineup this week, We have a new MacBreak Studio and Motion 5 minute episode, but this time they are accompanied by a Resolve tutorial.

  • The Mac Pro and Final Cut Pro X one year on. What has changed?

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    The Mac Pro and the 10.1 update to Final Cut Pro X are now over a year old. So using the same jobs as benchmarks, how far have we come with the combination?

  • Syncing up rushes with audio & making multiple take voiceovers in FCPX and a rack focus effect in Motion

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    In the first new MacBreak Studio of the year, the FCPX topic of conversation is syncing audio. Plus we have multi take voice overs and how to make a rack focus effect in Motion.

  • Linking animations and making snow in Motion & a custom greetings card template in Final Cut pro X

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    How does one link an animation in Motion? This week's MacBreak Studio explains all. In a seasonal mode, Mark Spencer shows how to add snow to a scene in Motion and we get a customised Christmas card from Steve Martin.

  • Audio only crossfades & RED workflow in FCPX and exploding text in Motion

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    A complete mix of tutorials from Ripple this week. Heavyweight RED workflow from Steve and audio crossfades and exploding text with Motion from Mark.

  • Storyboarding using placeholders in Final Cut Pro X Part 2

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    Following on from last week's part one tutorial on storyboarding, Steve and Mark take a longer look at placeholders in this second tutorial.

  • Two new plugins from MotionVFX- mLUT and mCharacter 2

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    Two new sets of plugins from MotionVFX. One click movie look colour grading with mLUT and many creative animation options with mCharacter 2.

  • Storyboarding and graduated filters in FCPX plus making 3D style photos in Motion

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    This week's three Ripple tutorials range from storyboarding and getting a graduated filter effect in FCPX, to taking a photo into Motion and animating layers in 3D.

  • Mike Matzdorff, evil text in Motion and matching voice in FCPX

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    It's a Tuesday, so its time for a roundup of the set of tutorials from Ripple Training. No Steve in this week's Macbreak Studio, Mike Matzdorff is the guest.

  • Custom timed cross dissolves and auditions in FCPX and animating a logo to music in Motion

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    How to have a range of custom timed cross dissolve in Final Cut Pro X, making auditions the same length and animating a logo in Motion to music. Yes, time for the Ripple trifecta of tutorials.

  • Toggling colour corrections, smooth slow motion and replacing signs in Motion

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    This week's Ripple trio of tutorials (or should that be triple Ripple!) will show you a very handy assignable shortcut, how to replace a sign in Motion and the trick to getting silky smooth slow motion in FCPX.

  • Moving proxy media, video in text and tracking a person in Motion

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    Time to catch up with this week's set of Ripple tutorials. An extra lesson on media managing, text in video and how to track a person in Motion.

  • Catching up with Ripple Training's weekly tutorials

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    We got a bit busy over the last couple of days with the publication of our Tour de France article, so time to catch up with Ripple's three weekly tutorial videos.

  • The new features in Motion 5.1.1

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    You might have guessed that there aren't that many as Motion hasn't really had a good update since the launch of FCPX. The MacBreak Studio guys explore...

  • The big fat Final Cut Pro X and Motion tutorial roundup for July

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    The Summer so far has been slightly quiet for FCPX news if you discount the 10.1.2 update, so an ideal time for a tutorial roundup. Lots of tips for Motion and Final Cut Pro X and one NSFW tutorial that had us laughing.

  • Final Cut Pro X and the ESPN FIFA World Cup Project

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    Producing a promo for the largest sporting event in the world takes some organising of footage, especially when the client wishes to build multiple virtual video walls. Joe Castellano edited the ESPN spot using FCPX and Motion before the final promo was finished in Flame.

  • Making 3D scenes in Motion with mObject

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    In this week's new episode of MacBreak Studio, the guys take a look at building 3D objects in Motion using mObject. They have also announced a live round table chat this Thursday featuring some well known FCPX experts.

  • Fly around a webpage by using the 3D camera in Apple's Motion

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    It's been a week of tutorials here on FCP.co and we thought that we would end it with a great Motion demo from Doug Suiter. Want to fly around a webpage? Now you can.

  • BCC 9 plugins from Boris FX at NAB 2014

    In the last of our video reports from NAB 2014 (Not bad seeing as we were not planning to do any due to lack of staff!) we talk to Peter McAuley from Boris FX who introduces us to BCC9.

  • Nodes 2 plugin creates connected motion graphics and abstract particle universes

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    The new Nodes 2 plugin from Yanobox was announced at the Supermeet in Las Vegas last night. Create complex visual animations in Final Cut Pro X, FCP7, Motion, Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro.

  • Censor faces with a click with the Secret Identity plugin from Dashwood Cinema Solutions

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    Some hot news that's not off the NAB show floor. Automatically track and censor faces within FCPX, Motion, Adobe After After Effects and Premiere with the new Secret Identity plugin. We are impressed, very impressed.

  • Win one of MotionVFX's mObject Pro Bundle packs each worth $399 #fcpx

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    On a rather slow news day and after a long walk around BVE yesterday, we thought it would be a great time for one of FCP.co's legendary giveaways. We have teamed up with MotionVFX to give away 5 copies of their mObject Pro Bundle, each worth $399.

  • Ripple Training release 'Getting started in Motion 5'

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    Hot on the heels of their new creative editing lessons, Ripple Training has just published a new 'Getting Started with Motion 5' set of tutorials. They are also offering 25% off until March the 3rd on this product as well.

  • Bring 3D objects into Motion and Final Cut Pro X with mObject from MotionVFX

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    We have been teased with test renders and snippets of news about this plugin for a few weeks. It's been well worth the wait as mObject brings amazing 3d textured objects and text into Motion and then into Final Cut Pro X.

  • Stressing the graphics cards in the new Mac Pro with VJ and live performance tools

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    So just how good are the dual GPUs in the new Mac Pro? We asked audio visual performer Jim Warrier to take them to their limits by running visual performance benchmark apps. The faster they go, the faster FCPX and Motion will go too.

  • Making text dance in Motion on MacBreak Studio

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    Following on from the last Motion tutorial where we explored behaviours with text, this week it's time to animate text to music.

  • Wrapping text around an object in Motion

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    In a very quiet week for FCPX news, it's good to see the MacBreak boys continuing to release tutorials. This time they wrangle text around an object.

  • Creating random text animations in Motion5

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    Better late than never. Not even out of timezone communications and the search for a stable wifi connection can stop us publishing this week's MacBreak Studio. It's all about text animations in Motion5.

  • A new episode of MacBreak Studio and five more FCPX and Motion tutorials from Andy Neil

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    If there was such thing as a #FreeTutorialTuesday, it would be today. Not only do we the have latest episode of MacBreak Studio, we also have more free Final Cut Pro X and Motion tutorials from Andy Neil. Turn the Gaggia on!

  • Free advanced tutorials on Motion from Andy Neil

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    If you're a fan of Motion then you are in for a treat. Andy Neil has published some of his full length tutorials on YouTube. This means of course that you get his great in-depth instruction on building graphics for free!

  • Making particles dance in Motion on MacBreak Studio

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    Maybe this week's episode of MacBreak Studio should be titled 'Making particles dance in Motion with Steve Martin!' A great tutorial showing the power of emitters and behaviours.

  • How to track points in Motion, all the gotchas, but none of the pain

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    It seems simple to track a point in Motion and attach an object, right? Wrong, it's not as simple as you think and there are many gotchas along the way. Hopefully this MacBreak Studio will save some of the pain encountered when you try to link things together.

  • Using the quantize behavior in Motion on MacBreak Studio

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    When Mark and Steve recorded this MacBreak Studio, they probably didn't realise it would get eclipsed by the Mac Pro and other announcements from Apple yesterday. Some good Motion tips on behaviors in this episode.

  • Using the Clamp behavior in Motion to control animation

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    Behaviors in Motion can be very powerful to make animations without keyframes. But did you know that you can control behaviors with behaviors? This week's episode explains all.

  • Using the colour correction filters in Motion

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    When we think of colour correction with the Apple Pro Apps, the colour board in Final Cut Pro is normally the first thing that springs to mind. Motion however has a lot of built in filters that go beyond the board's capabilities.

  • Building an Etch A Sketch in Motion5 on MacBreak Studio

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    The guys did it with a Spirograph and now by request they present how to build an Etch A Sketch in Motion5. A lot of giggling going on in this one!

  • Speeding up FCPX & Motion renders on a Mac Pro with a new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 GPU

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    So you are editing on an ageing Mac Pro and you want to speed up your Final Cut Pro X & Motion renders. That's exactly what FCP.co reader Andrew Smith did by installing a new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680.

  • Using the link behaviors in Motion for animating graphics

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    A new studio, a new set, a new table! What hasn't changed are the great tips from Mark Spencer and Steve Martin in this week's episode of MacBreak Studio.

  • 30 more logo animations for FCPX with mLogo3 from MotionVFX

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    MotionVFX has just released another pack of 30 logo animations for Final Cut Pro X. There is also a bundle deal for all three packs of logo animations to save you money.

  • Blowing away text in Motion on MacBreak Studio

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    Published slightly later than usual, this week's MacBreak Studio features a tutorial on how to blow away text in Motion 5. Many great ideas to try out in this new episode.

  • CHV release Text FX V2 for credit rolls, sub-titles and text animation effects

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    When Final Cut Pro X was launched, there was no place for the FxScript plugin architecture that featured in FCP7. CHV Plugins has just released Text FX V2.0.0, a completely redesigned pack of text effects for Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5.

  • It's a very colourful Free Effect Friday for Final Cut Pro X on FCP.co

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    It's a long holiday weekend for many, but that doesn't stop the free effects for Final Cut Pro X coming. This week on #freeeffectfriday we have a colourful range of new free plugins to download.

  • Packt Publishing release the Apple Motion 5 Cookbook

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    PACKT Publishing have published the Apple Motion 5 Cookbook. Written by Nick Harauz, it's billed as '110 recipes to build simple and complex motion graphics in the blink of an eye.' We take a good squint.

  • MotionElements launches a new Motion template channel

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    A new entrant to the Final Cut Pro X ecosystem, MotionElements from Singapore has launched a new Motion Template channel to add to their microstock stock footage & template site.

  • MotionVFX publish mLogo2 a second set of animations to display your logo

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    Run out of ways on how to present a client's logo to make it look sexy? MotionVFX has just released a second pack of logo animations for Final Cut Pro X and Motion5.

  • Building a cosmic zoom in Motion 5 on MacBreak Studio

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    Many feature films have cosmic zooms, in this new episode of MacBreak Studio we learn how to construct that signature trip through the Z dimension.

  • Creating cinemagraphs with Final Cut Pro and Motion

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    What are cinemagraphs? In this article we show you a recent broadcast feature made up entirely of cinemagraphs and we also look at how they are made using FCP and Motion.

  • Animating text in Motion 5 using a custom made behavior and keyframes

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    You would think that from the title of the article that this new episode of MacBreak Studio is covering the basics on behaviors. You would be wrong as it gets complex and very interesting very quickly.

  • Budget lens flares and anamorphic streaks with the $49 Flarelight plugin from PHYX

    flarelight PHYX

    Light flares and anamorphic streaks are very popular. This new plugin from PHYX won't break the bank at $49, but it will get you those light effects on your video.

  • What is better when animating in Motion - Behaviors or Keyframes?

    Macbreak motion behaviors keyframes

    It's back to basics again in this episode of MacBreak Studio. Mark and Steve take a look at using behaviors to animate an object instead of keyframes.

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