Re: Point controls, parameter groups, and templates (oh my!)
Re: Point controls, parameter groups, and templates (oh my!)
- Subject: Re: Point controls, parameter groups, and templates (oh my!)
- From: Paul Miller <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:36:46 -0500
2. I can't publish groups to FCPX. This makes it kind of confusing if I have a slider called "Amount" in the "Blur" group - it only shows up as Amount. Amount for what? This is likely to confuse users. But I hesitate to rename the slider as "Blur Amount" though since the "Blur" is redundant back in Motion (and FCP 7), where it sits happily inside the Blur group. I realize having groups of parameters may also confuse users, but having overly verbose parameter names could annoy other users (and me). I remember back when earlier FCP versions didn't have groups and I had to prefix everything with the group names. But now FCP 7 (and Motion) support them and I'll have to add a bunch of messy code to make it work both ways.
Suggestions?
No suggestions other than what you've mentioned above. I think others have filed bugs against this, but I suggest you do, too.
I realize this isn't what you're asking for, but you can give the parameter a different name when you publish it. Double-click on the parameter name in the Projects "Published Parameters" tab in Motion. You can also drag-reorder the parameters in the Published tab, to give you more control over how the parameters appear in FCPX.
Oooo, nice to know - thanks Paul & Darrin!
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