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1. ANIMO Description SUGARfx ANIMO is a tool to create dynamic animations in a fast effective and easy way without the use of key frames and right in the Final Cut Pro X editing timeline ANIMO includes a set of 2 master templates Animate and Reveal 4 Preset loader templates Animate and Reveal and 6 motion blur styles All of these templates provide a wide range of possibilities to add animation to a video layer text banners or combination of those elements ANIMO can be found in the Titles browser or under the ANIMO categories in the Themes browser Themes All aa 2D 3D SUGARTx ANIMO Motion Blur a O i 1 6 1 6 ANIMO Preset Loader Motion Blur amp Motion Blur amp 720 Motion Blur 16 Motion Blur 16 ANIMO SUGAREx 720 Binoculars a MB 24 MB 24 Bristol SUGARTx Motion Blur 24 Motion Blur 24 Bubble Buddy red Bulletin Board ANIMO Preset Loader Cinema CINEW PRESET PRESET PRESET PRESET LOADER LOADER LOADER LOADER Color Correction Coler Lab Animate Preset Animate Preset Reveal Preset Reveal Preset Loader F Loader V Loader F Loader V ANIMO Motion Blur Comic Book Creative Suite ANIMO SUGARTx Data Distort Documentary Dust amp Scratches Animate Master Reveal Master ANIMO was developed as title elements that can be placed on top of a section in the timeline to animate logos text or video clips in and out of the screen i Animo wor ROO 00500 Animate an
2. D Reven Master Animate Preset Loader prr Put shed Pundits Ban F Gull Gut Start A iret Oo Saree An Meal Fomin E Ome FE fanl Soa A me Ties ANS Moon Gr 60 m AM ibar Bur apna SLA Me B e B Mate Eb 8 AKIN Inicio B Testa SAGAR kicie Bae E Thad irt KTA ma j6 MB 16 Memon Maur ii Mooon Mar i8 Fam an lezl ATG total 1080p HD 26p Serwa The ANIMO elements The ANIMO elements are separated in 3 groups ANIMO SUGARfx These are 2 master templates that allow the creation of Presets for Animation or Revealing or they can also be used in the timeline if you prefer to have all of their parameters available in the inspector window There is a template for the animation of elements and another one for the revealing The Animate Master animates the element on top of the video layer in the timeline The Reveal Master animates the video layer and reveals whatever is underneath in the timeline ANIMO Preset Loader These are 4 templates two for the Animate and another two for the Reveal capable of loading the presets created by the Master templates and use them in the timeline when you want to use minimal parameters The templates offer a fixed build in and build out and a variable or flexible duration when their duration is stretched in the timeline This is a perfect solution for any kind of animation and timing requirements ANIMO Motion Blur These are 6 tem
3. Slam in Smooth out i Smooth Landing Bouncy Bounce in Bounce out Stop Bounce out Animate Using Text amp Background a hik ht Animate Using A drop down menu to select the type of element s to be animated There are 9 elements or combinations that can be used for the animation Behavior Refers to the type of animation curve of the animated element or how it moves from the in point to the resting position and to the end point Try out different behaviors on your animation and try to spot the differences between them Some are linear others have an ease in or ease out animation and others may bounce a couple of times before the animation stops Edit Button to enable the thumbnail representation of the animated elements in the Canvas window Use this button when positioning the initial and ending positions of the animation and use the OSC control points to make your adjustments visually The Rest position refers to the place in the animation where the animated element comes in and lands or pauses for just a few moments before doing its final animation going out Rest Start amp End This pull down menu contains a collection of Presets related only to the data in this section The Preset thumbnails are color coded The Red color presets are better suited when using the Animate template and the Green color for when the Reveal template is used Start amp End Position FF Bottom
4. where the in and out points are at the beginning and at the end of the animation Parameters The Master Templates provide all of the parameters needed to create a custom animation or reveal They can also be used to save Presets that can be saved later or loaded when a Preset Loader template The parameters of the Master Templates have similarities but they are related to the task they are supposed to perform ANIMO SUGARTx SUGAR Right Left Presets Animate Master Reveal Master SUGARfx Logo User Manual Get access to the User Manual by clicking on the SUGARfx logo Presets This menu will contain all of the built in Presets as well as the ones that you save There are also buttons that provide the capability to Open or Save new Presets When saving Presets keep in mind that only those parameters with a dot in their parameter name will be saved in the Preset information TIP Make sure that you name the Presets according to what they do or what they are good for Here is where you can choose the elements to be animated as well as the behavior of the animation Color Bkad Same Video Same Video amp Background Custom Video amp B Custom Video Robotic Smooth in Linear out Stop amp Smooth Out Happy Smooth In amp Out Animation Style Tma T T oe te M k T foro Behavior Smooth Overall foo z Quick in Push out Edit v Quick in Quick out Giean Siar
5. Left 7 Open Save As Start amp End gt Rest Position 0 pr Y 0 px RestScale oh 1000 PIVOT POINT Display PP Pivot X db PivotY _ dy Reveal does not have a Rest Rotation option Rest Position gt Centered Rest Rest Position Rest Scale Rest Rotation Display PP Pivot X Pivot Y e Rest Position The exact position where the animated element s will be on screen This is the first stop when coming from the Animation In point when using the Animate template or the Start amp End position when using the Reveal template e Rest Scale This parameter takes the animated element s and scales it potentially losing resolution if the scale is too large For better quality results it is recommended that you change the size or the scale of the animated element s in their own parameters and use this scale as the quick or the last resource if the size that you want cannot be achieved otherwise e Rest Rotation Sets the resting rotation of the animated element s Not available for the Reveal template Display PP Displays a red circle in the Preview window that indicates the Pivot Point location The Pivot Point is the point of reference that will be used for animation The Pivot Point offset becomes more obvious when a rotation change is part of the animation Note The Pivot Point is shown in the thumbnails as the point where the lines are crossing e Pivot X Offsets
6. Rotation Controls the rotation and perspective of the animated element e Depth Sets the position in Z space e X Horizontal Sets the orientation along the horizontal axis e Y Vertical Sets the orientation along the vertical axis These parameters control the accurate placement of the animated element s in the out point of the animation sequence Out This pull down menu is a collection of Presets for this section only Use this to save or recall setups that can be used in combination with other setups in other sections e Position Sets the exact position for the out point of the animation These are the numerical values that correspond to the out position of the OSC displayed in the Canvas window when the Edit button is enabled When using the Animate template this is the destination point of the final animation When using the Reveal template this is the destination point of the initial animation e Scale Sets the scale of the animated element e Rotation Controls the rotation and perspective of the animated element Animation Out Reveal Out Clean Start gt Clean Start Out Out Open Position Position 1 48 px Y Scale Scale Rotation Rotation Depth Depth tenes ROTATION e5 X Horizontal X Horizontal g Tin Y Vertical Y Vertical e Depth Sets the position in Z space e X Horizontal Sets the orient
7. T Size l Baseline Line Spacing Outline T Coor W Width Edit wh Edit Text This button enables the use of the Final Cut Pro Text editor By default the editing of text in Final Cut Pro X is not enabled in order for the other OSC handles to work properly therefore if you need to edit your text and style further you need to enable this button When enabling the Edit Text button make sure that you click away from the ANIMO element in the timeline and then come back to select it This way all of the parameters and options of the Final Cut Pro X built in Text Editor should be available for editing Do the same process when disabling the Edit Text button Note Final Cut Pro X sometimes does not display these parameters in the template parameters list when the Edit button has been used several times or when the template has been duplicated in the timeline however they are all still available in the Text tab of the application and they can be modified when the Edit Text button is enabled This section provides a random wiggle effect that may be dialed up to be added to the current setup to spice up the animation Keep in mind that because these parameters add a random behavior to your animation you may need to re position the in and out points because there is a high probability that those parameters will change from their original setup Also when the Edit button is enabled the thumbnail guides may be offset also
8. Video amp Background to the animation of a Text Animation Style Custom Video layer as a whole and not Text the animation of the text Animate Using Text amp Background Text amp Backgroun characters ak Smooth Overall Text and Custom Video Behavior Third Select the animation behavior The behavior changes the timing of the animation and how it behaves when landing or departing Try several of them and try to see their subtle differences Fourth Tweak the appearance of the element Scroll down in the parameters list and change the masking options the text font color palette etc before you go any further Background Matte style CIRCULAR Circular Default 7 Shapes Open Save As Customize your element as much as you can You can also change the In and the Out animations easily by selecting a new animation preset for these individual sections of the animation Animation In gt Clean Stari In gt 1 Animation Out Comer Bottom Left 225 Out gt 2 Open Other adjustments The Rest Position If you are using the Animate template then the middle part of the animation is where the animated element needs to pause or rest for a moment this is the Rest Position This position is very important and you may want to make sure you set this rest position first before setting up anything else so that the animated element lands in the right section of th
9. ation along the horizontal axis e Y Vertical Sets the orientation along the vertical axis This section handles the style of the Background and Matte being used There are three styles of gradients mattes one is the Circular and the other 2 are Rectangular with a variation on the direction of the gradient RECTANGULAR Vertical RECTANGULAR Horizontal Style CIRCULAR Se Background Matte Circular Default Shapes Open Diameter Width hy Style Select the style of background matte to be used Note Notice that this parameter does not get saved in the Presets and must be selected when a specific preset is loaded Shapes This pull down menu is a collection of Presets for this section only When a preset is selected make sure that the correct style and the default palette have been previously selected so that when you make the selection the image on the screen looks similar to the preset thumbnail LULES BOD on BEE en DEN ree BED ruuna DE Peete os DEEE LL D E T EET Facts 0s CL EE BOB ar A i EEN mun e Diameter Width This parameter controls both the Diameter when a DEET ra Circular matte has been selected or the Width when a Rectangular style has ALL TEI been selected SESS wm BSS es Use the following parameters when a Rectangular Style has been selected pa ae BOY race ns BEE romt BE ax E T mnz CLL Dii Dai Cl i S l i T E Go Background Matte s
10. because of the random nature of these Effects settings Dissolve Enables an automatic dissolve in and out for those times when the in and out points may be visible at the beginning or end of the animation sequence Blur Enables an automatic blur effect for the duration of the animation sequence Wiggle Presets A collection of previously saved Presets to add random behavior to the animation Dissolve Wiggle Presets Wiggle XY Wiggle Angle Speed Offset j 5 fx Delay e Wiggle XY Adds a horizontal and vertical wiggle effect affecting the position values of the animated sequence The higher the value the more prominent the effect is e Wiggle Angle Adds a wiggled random rotation to the animated sequence The higher the value the more prominent the change in rotation becomes e Speed Use this control to accelerate or slow down the random effect e Offset Use this control to change the random value fx Delay Use this to determine when in the animation the wiggle effect should start The value goes from 0 to 100 0 being the beginning and 100 being the whole length of the animation therefore when using a value of 0 means that there is no delay and the effect should start when the animation sequence starts Technical Support Our Technical support team is available to answer your questions via e mail and should respond as soon as possible Support sugarfx tv Help The Help file or the PDF v
11. d Reveal ANIMO comes ready to do two types of animations Animate Animate takes care of moving the animated element on top of the video layer underneath You can use a custom video clip a text message a graphic element color backgrounds or a combination of elements The Animate element The Animate template is placed on top of the video clip in the timeline and the Presets are readily available for a quick and easy setup of the animation a E Animo DEV TEST 7 7 Tithe Text Video AD E Animate Proset Loader 2 Animate Pr 0000 03 01 Pubtshed Parameters bih y Aromation Style Ammas Ueirg Teut A Backgrowd Ea p Pent Soe Rest Aotanon asd ksa kahbe tH a OTs Avex ce pa AMO Motor Bar ANMO Preset Loader K i i aes Preset Avavate Preset cater Loader 2 ANAO SUDA Eat Ararato Brotet BAGAR u thud vOut Reveal Reveal does exactly what its name means it animates the video clip on your timeline to reveal other elements underneath such as another video graphics text color backgrounds or a combination Reveal can be used as a custom transition placed on top of 2 video clips or other creative uses The Reveal element Video clips in the timeline The Reveal template is placed on top of the 2 video clips in the timeline and the Presets are readily available for a quick and easy setup of the animation Final Cut Pro Tite Text VWeeo ho
12. ding parameters do not get saved in the Presets and must be modified when a corresponding preset is loaded This section is useful only when the Same Video or Custom Video has been selected as one of the elements to be animated Note Notice that these parameters do not get saved in the Presets and must be modified when the correspond ing preset is loaded Custom Video This is a drop zone where the Custom video gets loaded to be used as an element to be animated You can also use images with embedded alpha logos or animations Position Controls the placement of the video image within the Matte shape Scale Controls the scale of the video image within the Matte shape Custom Video Custom Video No source Position X Opx Y Scale The most common and most useful parameters for Text editing are available here to avoid going to the Text editor in Final Cut Pro X unless you need complete customization of your title Note Notice that the text parameter do not get saved in the Presets and must be selected and modified when a specific preset is loaded Color Sets the color of the Face of the text If you need to add an Outline or other parameters you need to do so in the Final Cut Pro X Text editor Font The font selection and style Size Sets the size of the text message Baseline Controls the vertical placement of the text paragraph Title ThA vidit inb Basic Text Shadow onien h Font Helvetica
13. e and drop it on top of the area in the timeline where you want to create your animation Quick Start Tutorials When you select a Preset Loader you can have access to a quick tutorial by clicking on the SUGARfx logo Help or follow this basic procedure to use the ANIMO elements in your timeline First Browse the general Presets From the pull down menu see if there is anything that sounds similar to your desired animation Published Parameters Clean Start Reveal Bottom to Top Animate Using Drop in amp Roll out to the Left L3 gay Drop in amp Roll out to the Right FAT Dropin amp Roll to Left L3 FAT Dropin amp Roll to Right L3 fay Fall in amp Drop down Fall in amp Fall out Fall in amp move up fx Fall in amp Roll out Falling all the way Fanning Down Left Fanning Left fx Behavior Edit You can select a Preset and see how it animates in the timeline and then select another one until you find something that you like Note Some presets are better suited for the Reveal Green color label rather than the Animate template Red color label so you have to select and see if it actually feels right depending on the Preset Loader that you have selected Second What do you want to animate Go to the Animation Style section and choose from the menu the element s that you want to use for the animation Color Bkgd Same Video The Text animation refers Custom
14. e screen not covering any faces or any other important parts of your underlying video You can use the OSC control or the parameters in the inspector window of the Master template to set this up numerically OSC controls and Guides ANIMO provides 3 specific points to modify the beginning or the origin of the animation the Animation in point the Resting point and where it is going to go out of the screen the Animation out point You can easily see the OSC control points in the screen if they are within view and you can modify their location by moving them with the pointer right on the screen If some of these points happen to be off screen then you need to click on the Edit button to enable the bird s eye view helpful guides on the screen and the OSC controls The Edit view displays a thumbnail representation of your work area with a couple of blue rectangles that represent the in and the out locations and the orange rectangle that represents the resting location The shape of the color rectangles indicate the maximum area of an image or video that can be animated Any image background text or video larger than that will be cropped to fit this area Move the Timeline indicator to see the how the animation moves over time using this view This view also shows the OSC controls and allows the accurate positioning of the in and out points anywhere in and off the screen The rectangular blue color shapes indicate
15. ersion of this User Manual is available when you open the FxFactory application and press on the Help button under the icon of the theme element Support Please visit our web site http www sugarfx tv for possible answers to your technical support issues or visit our YouTube channel at http www youtube com sugarfxtv where you may also find a tutorial that will help you find the answer to your question Known Issues 1 Potential disappearance of the Text parameters from the plug in interface The Text can still be edited simply by enabling the Edit Text parameter and going to the Text tab and adjusting them in there We believe this is Final Cut Pro X misbehaving and it rarely occurs 2 The Ul in the plug in does not respond when the Edit button is enabled but it seems to happen only when several copies of the same instance in the timeline have been duplicated To solve this problem simply drop a fresh ANIMO element in the timeline again and it will behave as expected This is an intermittent phenomenon and again we believe this is caused by the publishing engine between Motion and FCPX There are no more issues that we are aware of at the time of release of this product
16. g images demonstrate the rendering quality of each of the templates Motion Blur 16 a n Fixed F and Variable V speed No motion blur The ANIMO Presets come with a Fixed Speed F and Variable Speed V templates The fixed speed template has the in and out animations fixed and they can be recognized because they have a couple of parameters to use the Build In and Build Out animation Build in Build out The Fixed Speed refers to the situation when you need to change the duration of the ANIMO Preset in the timeline The duration can be changed but the beginning and ending animations remain unchanged or fixed only the middle part is stretched or changed to fit the new duration NOTICE When changing the duration of a Fixed Speed preset avoid using the 2 second duration because the Preset may display a black frame in the middle of the animation If that occurs simply change the duration to one frame earlier 1 29 or one frame later 2 01 The Variable Speed refers to the elements that just like the Fixed Speed elements their duration can be changed in the timeline but their beginning and ending animations will also change their speed depending on the length of the new duration These templates do not have the Build in and build out options in the parameters Begin End Begin End This graphic shows the same element duplicated in the timeline and one of them has been changed in its duration The ani
17. mation for the longer element takes more time to complete therefore the overall speed of the Begin and End animations will be slower How does it work Tis nal ii Fh D harma Mimi arii Rabb shed Parere 4 Piven Eis M Firem Bis M p ME jG MB pi MB DS ore i AMPED Foevel Load PRESET Cues LAD LEADER Gani ake maena Fr D Se bi a AMAD AiAi riya O K deere Wanie Serre Mabe ammi The idea is very simple You have the option to Animate or Reveal when using ANIMO so before you start using the ANIMO templates answer the following questions 1 Do you want to animate elements on top of your video clip or do you want to animate the video on the timeline to reveal other elements underneath The answer will tell you what to use the Animate or the Reveal templates 2 Do you want to use and load the built in Presets or do you want to create Master your own setups to save them as custom presets The answer determines what element category to use the Preset Loader with minimal parameters or the Master template with all parameters available 3 Would you like to add Motion Blur Is rendering time and quality important The answer determines if you need to use a Motion Blur template and when the higher the number of the template is the higher the quality and so the rendering time will be proportionately higher Go ahead and select the ANIMO element of your choic
18. n Palette 01 Color Paltettes gt Colori Ph a Color Mv b Colors Hr a Color 4 Color Palettes The full collection of color palette presets available e Color 1 4 The color wells Keep in mind that when using the Rectangular background matte style the Color 1 and 2 correspond to the inside gradient and Color 4 for the Outline while the Circular style background matte uses all of the 4 color palettes and their position in the circle can be controlled easily by adjusting the value of the location of each Circle Circle 1 4 The shadow is an optional section that only appears on screen when the Matte size is smaller than the full size of the screen Shadow Choose Preset Shadow Presets Amount dy l i Reveal Mask None Color _ Rounding as Blur 7 Distance df Angle Shadow Presets Collection of most common shadow and glow effects e Amount Controls the opacity of the shadow effect e Color The Color of the shadow Use light colors to simulate a glow instead e Blur Blurring or softening of the shadow e Distance Controls the distance of the shadow depending on the direction angle Angle The direction of the drop shadow Reveal Mask Enables the type of mask used for the video clip when it is being revealed Rounding The amount of rounding affecting the Rectangular and Square selected in Reveal Mask Note Notice that the Angle Reveal Mask and Roun
19. plates to help you add motion blur to any element in the editing timeline ANIMO Motion Blur M g MB 8 MB 16 Motion Blur 8 Motion Blur 8 720 Motion Blur 16 MB 16 MB 24 MB 24 Motion Blur 16 Motion Blur 24 Motion Blur 24 720 720 Use these templates only when you need to have Motion Blur in your animation Be aware that these templates add motion blur to everything under it so it has to be used with caution Blur levels and quality The numbers in the templates 8 16 and 24 refer to the quality or number of repetitions from previous and next frames in order to create the motion blur effect The 720 number in parenthesis refers to a higher aperture of the motion blur hence increasing the effect when the element is moving across the screen Motion Blur animation helps blend or soften the quick movement of the animation by creating a blur effect Same animation without Motion Blur The Motion Blur effect helps the viewer see the animation in a more pleasant way and there are times when some animations may benefit from using it Rendering Time Whenever a Motion Blur is applied to the template the rendering time will increase HEENA To save rendering time you can use the Motion Blur 8 but if the movement is fast and you need better quality you may need to use the Motion Blur 24 for better sampling BE AWARE THAT THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF MOTION BLUR THE MORE TIME IT TAKES TO RENDER The followin
20. the Pivot Point location in the horizontal or X axis e Pivot Y Offsets the Pivot Point location in the vertical or Y axis When using the X or Y offset of the Pivot Point the Edit guides may also show a slight offset in the in and out positions TIP Use the Pivot Point offset to create advanced and unique type of animations Some Presets with the name Jump or Swing in their description may be using offset values in these parameters These parameters control the accurate placement of the animated element s in the in point of the animation sequence In This pull down menu is a collection of Presets for this section only Use this to save or recall setups that can be used in combination with other setups in other sections Animation In Reveal In Clean Start gt Clean Start In in Open Position s 1 48 px Y l Position Scale l Scale Rotation Rotation Depth a Depth 3B AOTATION X Horizontal X Horizontal Y Vertical Y Vertical e Position Sets the exact position for the in point of the animation These are the numerical values that correspond to the in position of the OSC displayed in the Canvas window when the Edit button is enabled When using the Animate template this is the starting point of the initial animation When using the Reveal template this is the starting point of the final animation e Scale Sets the scale of the animated element e
21. tyle CIRCULAR Circular Default Shapes Open Diameter Width d E Rectangular Height Outline Width Round Corners Mask Rotation Blanding i Paintin JA W GOE Pe l Ei LLL E e Height Controls the height of the Rectangular style matte e Outline Width Controls the width of the outline The color of the Outline corresponds to the Color Palette number 4 e Round Corners Adds rounding to the corners of the matte shape e Mask Rotation Changes the orientation of the matte shape e Blending Controls the smoothness or blending of the gradient colors only when using a Rectangular background matte shape The color of the gradient corresponds to the Color Palette numbers 1 and 2 Use these parameter when a Circular Style has been selected Circular Circle 1 b Circle 2 A Circle 3 Circle 4 e Circle 1 4 Controls the location of the colors in a circular gradient Each value goes from 0 to 100 being 0 zero the center location of the gradient and 100 all the way out to the edge of the circular shape Each Circle number corresponds to the same Color Palette number and the gradient or color bands can be controlled easily by changing the location value of each circle Color Palettes The Color Palettes form part of the Background Matte section however this part of the section also has its own set of Presets where you can load create and save your ow

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