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Free Tutorial - Reflection Effect

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Due to requests from folks who have watched my Motion Fast Forward DVD, I created this tutorial on how to do the popular and soon-to-be-passé reflection look.
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Motion Update Fixes Leopard Template Issue

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Today Motion 3.0.2 (and some other FCS goodies) appeared in Software Update - several brave souls who have installed it say it fixes the issue where templates didn't work in Final Cut Studio under Leopard. The full update is intended to clean up a variety of Leopard-related issues. Btw, you won't see the update until you install QuickTime 7.3. Here are the release notes.
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Free Video Tutorial: Painting in Motion

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A little hokey (IMHO Happy) but a well-produced short overview on how to use Motion 3's new paint feature to make a quick animated lower third.
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Tutorial: Using Motion Templates in Final Cut Pro

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A good tutorial by David Basulto, in both written and video form (free), showing how to apply and modify a Motion lower third template in Final Cut Pro. Per the entry below, don't install Leopard if you want to using Motion templates in Final Cut Pro!
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Free Video Tutorial on Motion's Filters

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This tutorial is from izzyvideo.com. It's a very simple overview, but useful for first time Motion users - any version.
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Parlez-Vous Français?

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If you do, you'll want to check out this Motion site, that has a couple of templates and tutorials.
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Motion 3 at MacBreak: Motion Custom Template Thumbnails

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Love making your own Motion templates but hate that ugly folder icon in the template browser? Here's a quick tip on how to create your own custom icon.
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