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for OSC Control, I want to link text position x and y to twirl center X & Y respectively.
But when it is linked to position X & Y it don't respond inside fcp but when link to text offset X and Y respectively, it seems working.
Please Help to clear why the text position X & Y not responding in OSC.
Thanks
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[Edited by Moderator]
Mac mini (M1, 2020)
Ok -
In Final Cut Pro, no matter how you prepare an OSC in Motion, you cannot grab the OSC when it's over text (within the Text's bounding box)
unless you change the "tool" to one of these:
When the mouse is in the Viewer area, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to change to tool - just remember to switch it back when you mouse back over the storyline so you don't make an accidental unwanted edit.
You linked the OSC position (Center) to the Text's Offsets... this does not have the effect you might think it does because moving the OSC changes the values of the Offsets **with respect to the center of the OSC's bounds** (the color solid it is attached to), and not the real position of the Text.
The Text's "position" is set at the point on the Baseline (of the first line in case of multi-line texts) where the text aligns (left edge, center or right edge). Admittedly, this creates many annoying challenges (especially centering text with an OSC...). This "baseline position" is essentially an "Anchor point" around which the text will be animated or controlled — which is why it needs to be considered when rotating the text with an OSC.
One way to offset the OSC from the baseline position is to go into the Link behavior controlling Text Position Y and instead of using -0.5, just offset this value slightly so that the OSC is just *over* the text bounding box, so that the Link's Y Offset is -0.54 or so (depending on text size); or for one-liners, you could go the other way and have the OSC just under the text bounding box so that Y Offset is -0.475 or so. [Font Ascents and Descents are almost always different amounts.]
Offseting Y Offset is still going to cause issues with Rotating the text because the rotation is offset from the OSC control... but it's usually something most people can live with.
You basically have a choice: you can change tools in Final Cut (making the OSC design straightforward and easier) or you can try offsetting the OSC far enough from the text so that the text bounding box does not interfere and put up with the "visual disparity" when rotating and/or resizing the text. It's a "design" decision.
Ok -
In Final Cut Pro, no matter how you prepare an OSC in Motion, you cannot grab the OSC when it's over text (within the Text's bounding box)
unless you change the "tool" to one of these:
When the mouse is in the Viewer area, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to change to tool - just remember to switch it back when you mouse back over the storyline so you don't make an accidental unwanted edit.
You linked the OSC position (Center) to the Text's Offsets... this does not have the effect you might think it does because moving the OSC changes the values of the Offsets **with respect to the center of the OSC's bounds** (the color solid it is attached to), and not the real position of the Text.
The Text's "position" is set at the point on the Baseline (of the first line in case of multi-line texts) where the text aligns (left edge, center or right edge). Admittedly, this creates many annoying challenges (especially centering text with an OSC...). This "baseline position" is essentially an "Anchor point" around which the text will be animated or controlled — which is why it needs to be considered when rotating the text with an OSC.
One way to offset the OSC from the baseline position is to go into the Link behavior controlling Text Position Y and instead of using -0.5, just offset this value slightly so that the OSC is just *over* the text bounding box, so that the Link's Y Offset is -0.54 or so (depending on text size); or for one-liners, you could go the other way and have the OSC just under the text bounding box so that Y Offset is -0.475 or so. [Font Ascents and Descents are almost always different amounts.]
Offseting Y Offset is still going to cause issues with Rotating the text because the rotation is offset from the OSC control... but it's usually something most people can live with.
You basically have a choice: you can change tools in Final Cut (making the OSC design straightforward and easier) or you can try offsetting the OSC far enough from the text so that the text bounding box does not interfere and put up with the "visual disparity" when rotating and/or resizing the text. It's a "design" decision.
In Final Cut, TEXT ALWAYS takes precedence when you click a mouse within its bounding box. In order to access an OSC that's within the text bounding box area, you must change the "Tool".
The tool selection is exactly the same as the ones you use for the storyline/timeline. The default (arrow) is the Selection tool — its keyboard shortcut is A. You also cannot use the Zoom tool because that also has an effect in the Viewer, but all the others: R [range], T [trim], B [blade], P [position] and H [hand] tools are available to use to gain access to an OSC located over text. (It takes some getting used to...)
Thank you for the knowledge you shared really appreciated 🙏
Can you once have a look to 👉 screen recording
Appreciated 🙏
Understanding Text Position Parameter And Text Offset In Rigging
