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Christmas Crap! – A Gift. ☃️

Posted by fcpxpert1 on December 21, 2016
Posted in: FCP X. Tagged: . 9 Comments
EDIT: Updated the MPAA tags to the current versions.

In the spirit of giving, I’ve zipped up 4 (Four!) 5 (Five!) exciting FCP X Generators as a lovely gift. Click the image to get ’em! A slate with 4 selectable/editable Audio Configs, some UHD Checker Grids, a published Motion Smoke Effect, and MPAA Red/Green Bands.

Some may actually be useful, so use them wisely! I hope everyone has a great Holiday, New Year, or whatever else you may be celebrating.

FYI,  requires FCP X 10.3 or later…

Also, if you are unsure how to install these items, click here and check out this video by Fox Mahoney. Check out his plugins too, they’re awesome.

But wait… There’s more! Clearly I need another hobby, but I made a Color Bar and Pattern Generator too. Click the image to get it. Enjoy!

Also… if you need a 1k tone to go with these, simply put an audio clip — any audio clip — underneath it in the timeline and drop the “Test Oscillator” filter on it… It’s in the “Specialized” audio effects group in FCP X. Instant tone!

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Random Freebies – 2K 1.85 Title Safe Overlays

Posted by fcpxpert1 on March 28, 2016
Posted in: Workflow. Tagged: . 6 Comments

I just made a couple 1.85 title safe .png checker overlays if anyone has any use for them. In FCP X, I use a combo of Digital Heavens Grid X, and Andy’s Safe Guides, both free and worth having. We wanted a “prettier” checker for some AE/PS stuff though, so I just rendered these out in 2K 16:9 (2048 x 1152). Grab ’em if you want, the nice thing is they can of course be used in any NLE or Photo/GFX editing software.  One has a 20 x 20 grid, the other has 10 x 10. Both have 1.85 crop boundaries, center cross, and title and action safe guides. Just click the image to load the full size version in a new tab and save them to wherever.

NOTE: These are SMPTE specs, not AES/EBU.

1.85 GRID CHECKER-20

1.85 GRID CHECKER-10

GeekCo® Share-O-Matic…

Posted by fcpxpert1 on February 13, 2015
Posted in: Workflow. Tagged: , , . 3 Comments


I was bored the other day so I wrote a little AppleScript to automate the process of sharing a bunch of projects to a single destination. Basically it hits CMD-E, return, return, down arrow for the number of times you specify. You have to put your Projects in a collection or something and select the first one. Then tell Share-O-Matic how many times to repeat the action and get out of it’s way. Literally. It won’t stop until it repeats those keystrokes the number of times you specify. Seriously, it’s literally unstoppable, and kind of terrifying. Also you can’t do anything else while it chugs away.

This is not a real batch exporter, it just queues all your Shares up for you. Start small and see how it works. It’s kind of useless if you only have a few projects, but if you have a lot, you can go have a cocktail while it presses buttons for you. 😉 However, If it destroys your computer and you lose all your work, I disclaim any responsibility. Use at your own risk. And feel free to share it if you find it useful.

Here it is: Click Me!Screen Shot 2015-02-14 at 12.20.26 PM

UPDATE: Seems like great minds think alike, as there’s apparently another similar script available here. It’s 20 bucks as opposed to free, and seems a little fancier than mine, but both appear to do exactly the same thing. He has a tutorial in which he makes a good point… If you’re sharing a lot of Projects, turn off the FCP X alerts in System Prefs when you run the script. Unless you want 100 alerts piling up for you to dismiss. 🙂