If you’ve downloaded my effects filter, unzip the file and follow the Read Me document. When it’s saved again, the changes are updated to the filter in FCP X. You can subsequently open the Motion project from there to modify the effect. Once everything is set-up, you simply save the effect to a desired location in the Motion Templates folder. ![]() This starts in the ‘off’ position, because I didn’t want a color cast to be applied when you first add the filter to a clip. In the case of this filter, I’ve enabled everything and left it at a neutral or default value, with the exception of Tint. For example, whether a button starts out enabled or disabled. You can also determine the starting state when you first apply or preview the effect. To make the most sense, I followed a straight sequence order, top to bottom. Note that the order in which you click the publish commands will determine the order of how these commands are stacked when they show up inside FCP X. To publish, simply click on the right side edge of each parameter line and you’ll find a pulldown selection that includes a publish/unpublish toggle. In my case, I decided to publish every parameter in the stack. Items that are published, such as a slider, will show up in the inspector in FCP X and can be adjusted by the editor. The next step in the process was to determine the state of the filter when you apply it and which parameters and sliders to publish. I decided to combine Brightness, Contrast, Color Balance, Hue/Saturation and Tint, which were also stacked in that exact order. Since I was creating a color correction filter, all I needed to do was select the existing Motion filters to use from the Library browser and drag-and-drop the choices into the composition. This will default to a blank composition ready to have things added to it. Once you launch Motion, the starting point is to open a new Final Cut Effects project from the Motion project browser. ![]() A couple of these individual filters already exist singly within FCP X, but Motion has a lot more to choose from. But that’s the whole point and why this function has so much potential. ![]() So all I’ve done is combine existing Motion filters into a single combined filter with zero modifications. I have nowhere near the skills of Mark Spencer, Simon Ubsdell or Alex Gollner when it comes to using Motion to its fullest. Let me point out that I am no Motion power user. So as an experiment, I built my own color correction filter for use with FCP X – and you may download here and use it for free as well. ![]() However, a lot of folks don’t like its tab/puck/swatch interface and would still rather work with sliders or color wheels. Apple’s own color board works well and with 10.2 has been broken out as a normal effects filter. There are certainly a number of really good color correction/grading filters already on the market for FCP X. I decided to build a color correction filter that covered most of the standard adjustments you need with the usual types of footage. This has become very easy to do in the newest versions (FCP X 10.2.1 and Motion 5.2.1). This means that if you learn a bit about Motion, you can create your own custom effects or make modifications to the existing ones supplied with FCP X. These are Motion Templates and they form the basis for the creation of nearly all third-party effects filters, both paid and free. One nice aspect of the symbiotic relationship between Final Cut Pro X and Motion is that Motion can be used to create effects, transitions, titles and generators for use in FCP X.
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