Chapter 3. Final Cut to Motion and Back: Building an Animated Title Sequence

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Send clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion

Transform layers in the Canvas

Apply blend modes

Manipulate layers in the Layers tab and Timeline

Animate text with behaviors

Change Motion projects embedded in Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a nonlinear editing application with titling and motion graphics capabilities; Motion is a motion graphics application with nonlinear editing functions. These overlapping features present an opportunity and a potential for confusion: Some motion graphics tasks can be tackled completely within Final Cut Pro, some can be started ...

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