• FCP Tip of the Day (3/7/10)

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    Tip of the Day!

    LiveType – Invisible by Default


    By default, LiveType makes its backgrounds invisible. Here’s how to change this.

    Background

    By default, LiveType backgrounds are invisible. This means that when you build a text animation in LiveType, anything placed on the Timeline below the heavy gray line will not export or render in Final Cut — though it will be visible within LiveType.

    This “visible but not visible” thing is enough to drive you nuts!

    Here’s where you control it:

    • Go to Edit > Project Properties
    • Look down to find the Background section. When Render Background is NOT checked, everything below the heavy gray line will not export or display when the LiveType project is rendered in Final Cut Pro.
    • When Render Background IS checked, everything below the heavy gray line will export and render in a Final Cut Pro project.

    Courtesy of Larry Jordan