MacBreak Studio: The Shape Source Secret

 

Back on MacBreak Studio, I share with host Brian Gary the meaning of "Geometry" in Motion and how to create some cool custom effects. Click either image above to watch.

Comments

[Sheesh]

Great camera... great set... great content... AND NOT A WHITE-BALANCE ANYWHERE IN SIGHT. WTH??

[Russ]

Mark,
Thanks for a great tutorial..very interesting.
Your Motion fast forward tutorials look really great on my iPad and very useful when doing my training.
Next..Mastering Motion's camera..Looking forward to it!!!!
Thank you.
Russ

[Garry Morris]

Hi Mark,I enjoy your tutorials very much,They are a great help in my learning process,("they say your never to old")
have a great thanksgiving, regards Garry

[Jeff C]

Hi Mark,
Great tutorial.

I've a question -slightly off topic - but it is to do with shapes.

How do I get the free 'shapes', you give for subscribing, into my Motion software. The files don't show up when I look using Motion's File Browser, but they are in a folder on the mac.
I've even tried copying them into the folder where the default shapes are stored, and tried /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Library/Shapes folder (and re-starting Motion) but even that doesn't work.
What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Jeff
ps I'm using Motion 3

[Mark Spencer]

Jeff, the shapes work in Motion 4. You can change them to Motion 3 by opening them in TextEdit and changing the "4.0" near the top to "3.0" and then you should see them in the File Browser.

[Jeff C]

Thanks. That worked a treat.
Thanks again for the free shapes.

[paul]

Hi Mark,

Sorry for beating an old horse, but I understand I can grab the spiral shape in the file browser in motion, that's no problem for me, it shows up there... but can I install the shape in the motion shapes folder? I've tried but it does not show up when I restart motion.

[Mark Spencer]

One way: In Motion, drag it from the File Browser to the Canvas, then drag it from the Layers tab to the Shapes folder in the Library.

[paul]

thanks Mark, that's why you get paid the big bucks! you rock....

[Darrell]

Is it possible to turn an 'analyze motion' tracking path into a 'shape' to use as an animation path?

[Mark Spencer]

No but not sure why you'd want to - you can have any object follow the path just by using the tracking behavior - or you could copy-paste the generated keyframes to another layer.