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Need Help with final cut pro X problem

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jfreak623

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This has been driving me crazy for the longest time and I'm finally trying to find an answer for it. Can someone tell me WHY in final cut pro x if I place a transition on a logo ABOVE a layer it effects the bottom layer as well?? Is there a workaround for this? Drives me crazy cause if I wanted that transition on the bottom layer I would add it to there.

Here is what I am doing. I am bringing a logo in with Bloom Transition but it is applying this effect to the layer below it and I dont want it to. HELP!
 
Could it be that your logo has a transparent background, and the transition is showing through?
 
have you tried compound clips as a workaround (make a compound clip with the logo and its background) ?
 
It looks like it's the way the bloom transition works(and most of the moving ones). As if it 'blooms' between whatever video is before the transition(even if they're not on the same storyline).

I was able to make a work around by adding one of the 'Custom' generators (the solid color) and setting the opacity to 0%. That made it so the bloom was happening to the completely transparent black solid generator first, rather than the background video.

So it seems as if it's the way the transitions are designed to work, even if it may not be the most sensible or expected way.
 
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I recommend you to go to Premiere. I was using FCPX since later this year and to edit was a pain. I started to work for a company using Premiere and it is just a bless, in two minutes you are editing pretty close to FCP 7 but with many advantages.

I like the features of FCPX but the timeline and the file management is a disaster.
 
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