Steve Martin

Steve Martin is the president and founder of Ripple Training. Steve has over 16 years of experience as an editor, producer and trainer. He has taught workshops at NAB, Macworld, DV Expo, and the American Film Institute. He is also a post-production consultant for Disney, Fox Sports and Canon to name a few, and is a lead instructor for Apple's Certified Training (ACT) program.

Brian Gary

An award winning writer, producer and director, Brian Gary is founder and CEO of Flying Chaucer Films LLC of Los Angeles and Flying Chaucer Productions LLC in New Orleans. Under those shingles, Brian Gary has created a wide array of content for television, theatrical release and the Web. Accomplished editor rounds out his filmmaker's skill-set and he lectures nationwide as a certified Final Cut Pro instructor.

Mark Spencer

Mark Spencer is a bay area-based producer, editor, teacher and writer. He runs a website dedicated to Motion users (www.applemotion.net). Mark is also an Apple-certified instructor teaching regularly at BAVC, Stanford University and MacWorld. Mark is the author of the Apple Pro Training Series book Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio, contributing author of the APTS Motion book, and author of the Motion Visual Quickstart Guide, all from Peachpit Press.

Andrew Balis

Anrew Balis is a cinematographer, editor, post production consultant and Apple certified instructor teaching classes in Final Cut Pro to industry professionals at Moviola Education. He is the author of Ripple Training's Color Correction in Final Cut Pro and Color Grading in Color DVD-ROM.


Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Motion Tip: Alpha Channels and Outlines

Mark Spencer | 03/16- 07:09 AM

Create an outline around any graphic or video that has transparency

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I recently saw a question about how to create an outline around a graphic in Motion. It’s not as easy as I thought it would be, but it’s not too difficult either. Here’s a method that is quick and flexible.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Reversing Keyframes in Motion

Mark Spencer | 02/16- 07:19 PM

And how to find some shy keyframes that prefer to stay hidden

Here’s a quick tip on how to reverse a keyframed animation, in particular for a shape style preset which doesn’t reveal its keyframes to you in the normal manner. In addition, we’ll look at how extend or shrink the timing of a keyframed animation with a special little tool in the Keyframe Editor.

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Monday, February 08, 2010

Motion and Motion Blur in FCP

Mark Spencer | 02/08- 08:46 PM

How to get motion blur to appear in embedded Motion projects

Having trouble getting motion blur to show up in your Motion project that is embedded in your FCP sequence? There are a couple of key steps you have to follow to make it work correctly - here they are.

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Friday, February 05, 2010

Motion and Transparency

Mark Spencer | 02/05- 01:19 PM

How to get your Motion project to have transparency in Final Cut Pro

I see a lot of questions on the forums about Motion and transparency - primarily when folks try to export a movie from Motion to place over a video clip in Final Cut Pro. Here’s a few things to check, to watch out for, and a suggested workflow to make everything play nicely together.

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Friday, January 29, 2010

Color Matching in Motion

Mark Spencer | 01/29- 12:09 PM

Having Trouble Matching Colors in Motion? Here’s the Trick.

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Motion graphics artists frequently need to match colors of design elements to colors of imported graphics, such as corporate logos. If you’ve tried to do this in Motion, you may have discovered a slight mismatch in the colors, which is frankly unacceptable. Here’s a short video demonstrating the issue and a way to fix it.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Changing the Color of LiveFonts in Motion

Mark Spencer | 01/24- 11:29 AM

In case you had given up trying…

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Have you ever been frustrated trying to change the color of a LiveFont in Motion? Here’s the trick to making it work. 

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Thursday, December 03, 2009

Reapplying Keyframes in Motion

Mark Spencer | 12/03- 01:11 PM

3 Ways to Copy Keyframes

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I’ve been getting a few questions about copying and pasting keyframes in Motion. While you can copy-paste, there are a few other options that may work better for you. This short video looks at three different options for taking keyframes applied to one layer and applying them to another.

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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Ripple Training Releases New Final Cut Pro and Motion Tutorials

Mark Spencer | 12/01- 02:09 PM

Comprehensive World-Class Training for Flagship Final Cut Studio Applications

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Final Cut Pro 7 Core Training: This 5 hour + tutorial is the culmination of our 10 years delivering Final Cut Pro training in both the classroom and on video. The result is Final Cut Pro 7 - Core Training which encapsulates our mission to provide no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point explanations that won’t waste your time, yet provide a thorough real-world context for understanding the big picture.

Motion 4 Fast Forward: The title of our tutorial is also our mission: to get you up to speed in Motion 4 faster than you thought possible, while empowering you with the skills and techniques necessary to confidently approach any motion graphics projects you or your clients can dream up. This tutorial has a 4 hour running time and includes over 80 project files. Motion 4 Fast Forward is available in DVD or iTunes Editions.

See a detailed table of contents and watch movie excerpts at Ripple Training.


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