I've tried exactly what you are suggesting using and animate to cut out the text but I still have to motion effect that to match the fluid motion speed because the background shows through under the text. That was a basically okay work around. But that doesn't address why the shape is not sticking when it's there in the beginning and end keyframe with no movement.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kedor wrote:
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> As long as the lwr 3rd has no transparency, I'd use 2 layers...
>
> On the top layer crop to your lwr 3rd, and let it remain the source speed.
> Just edit it back in to extend the time as needed. Then use the motion
> effect on the bottom layer to extend the time.
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> MK
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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:18 PM, John Moore wrote:
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> >
> > I have a graphic with lwr 3rd text info. When I use fluidmotion to adjust
> > speed I get some understandable warping of the text line. Fine I go into
> > fluid motion edit and draw a box shape around the text and it's now okay.
> > This places a keyframe in the otherwise keyframeless effects timeline, God
> > I just love advanced keyframing with not start and in keyframe NOT!!!. I
> > render the effect and see the warpy stuff in other places in the duration
> > of the fluid motion effect. I figure it's this whacked out keyframe model
> > we live with now. So I add a beginning and end keyframe and delete any
> > other keyframes. I highlight both keyframes and then draw the box shape
> > again figuring this will place the box in the same position the whole
> > effect. Wrong I still see text warping in various points of the effect
> > duration. When I go back to fluidmotion edit and use the selection arrow I
> > can see the box and the first and end keyframe but when I go to the
> > offending warpy area no matter what I do swipping in selection tool I
> > can't find the supposed to be stationary box I've drawn. If I draw a new
> > box shape it works as expected but WTF? I had the start and end keyframes
> > highlighted when I drew the first box. Why isn't it just there like it
> > would be when I draw a shape for blurring in paint tool. It's really an
> > awkward interface and slow to update which doesn't help. Oh where oh where
> > is my fluidmotion edit shape going? Or what am I missing in how to
> > approach this. It's not like the box doesn't remove the warping when I
> > draw it but why isn't that effect happening for the entire duration like I
> > would normally expect?
> >
> > John Moore
> >
> > Barking Trout Productions
> >
> > Studio City, CA
> >
> > bigfish@...
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