Below are links to download the 4 fonts recommended for CrumplePop Revealer.
These are really excellent fonts that are have been made freely available for personal use by their authors. If you are using these fonts commercially, please support the authors of the fonts by purchasing a license for the fonts. It’s inexpensive and makes more fonts like these possible.
Below are links to download the 7 fonts recommended for CrumplePop Hand-drawn, CrumplePop Photo, and CrumplePop Notes. You do not need these fonts in order to use CrumplePop ShrinkRay or CrumplePop Reflector.
Justy1
(Note: If you try downloading the Fluorine font above, and it just opens in TextEdit, then you need to download the latest version of Stuff Expander. This is a free download and you can get it here.)
(Note also: Some users have reported having problems installing the Justy1 font on MacOS 10.4.11. If you are having this problem, you should throw away your copy of the Justy1 font and download this version of Justy1 instead. This is a repaired version of Justy1 that solves this problem.)
CrumplePop effects are a fun, quick, and easy way to add high-quality elements to any Final Cut Pro project. CrumplePop effects are based on Master Templates, so you can just drag and drop a template onto your timeline, adjust some parameters, and the template does the rest.
You need Final Cut Pro 6 or later to use CrumplePop effects.
No. Unfortunately, Final Cut Express does not include support for Master Templates. You need Final Cut Pro 6 or later to use CrumplePop effects.
Yes.
CrumplePop Hand-drawn, CrumplePop Notes, CrumplePop Photo, and CrumplePop Freemeo are 1080p24 (1920×1080). However, since they are static elements, they can be dropped into almost any FCP timeline, in any codec, and they will work fine.
CrumplePop Reflector, CrumplePop ShrinkRay, and CrumplePop SplitScreen, which perform sophisticated motion graphics effects, support a much broader range of codecs, listed here:
dvcprohd 720p24
dvcprohd 720p25
dvcprohd 720p30
dvcprohd 720p50
dvcprohd 720p60
dvcprohd 1080i50
dvcprohd 1080i60
dvcprohd 1080p24
dvcprohd 1080p30
hdv 720p24
hdv 720p25
hdv 720p50
hdv 720p60
hdv 1080i50
hdv 1080i60
hdv 1080p24
hdv 1080p25
ntscdv 480i60
paldv
xdcamex 720p24
xdcamex 720p25
xdcamex 720p50
xdcamex 720p60
xdcamex 1080i50
xdcamex 1080i60
xdcamex 1080p24
xdcamex 1080p25
xdcamex 1080p30
xdcamhd 1080i50
xdcamhd 1080i60
xdcamhd 1080p24
xdcamhd 1080p25
xdcamhd 1080p30
CrumplePop effects work great with ProRes. Just use the codec that matches the format that your clip was shot in, before you transcoded to ProRes. So for instance, if you shot in HDV1080i60 and then transcoded to ProRes, you will use the HDV1080i60 version of our effects.
Once you have purchased and downloaded CrumplePop Hand-drawn, you take these six folders:
crumplepop_boxsie
crumplepop_clean
crumplepop_linedpaper
crumplepop_maskingtape
crumplepop_shadowboxsie
crumplepop_utilitytape
and drop them in here:
Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>Templates
Then, inside of Final Cut Pro, they will appear under the Effects tab under Master Templates.
Then Download the 7 fonts required by CrumplePop Hand-drawn and install them on your Mac. Then restart Final Cut Pro.
You say to install this stuff in the “Templates” folder, but there is no “Templates” folder! You lied!
There are a couple reasons why you might not have a “Templates” folder:
1) You don’t have Motion installed. You will need to install Motion in order to use CrumplePop effects, or any other Master Templates for that matter.
2) You just don’t have a “Templates” folder. For some reason, certain people just don’t have a “Templates” folder. The solution? Create one! It’s easy — just go here:
Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>
and create a folder called “Templates” (with a capital “T”). Then drop your CrumplePop effects into this new “Templates” folder you just created. Simple as that!
Rendering is too slow! It takes forever. What’s going on?
There are two reasons why CrumplePop effects might be rendering slowly for you:
1) You have a slow Mac. If you are on a G5 or a single-core Intel Mac, things might take a while to render.
2) You have been affected by a bug in FCP7. Certain users are reporting extremely slow rendering times for Master Templates (including ours) in FCP7. We’re currently investigating who is affected and why. You can follow an online discussion of this issue here and here. A benchmarking analysis conducted by www.barefeats.com concluded, “For reasons that remain a mystery for the moment, the newest (summer 2009) version of Final Cut Studio is significanty slower than previous version — at least where Compressor and Motion are concerned. Hopefully, this will be addressed by Apple’s software engineers in a future point release.”
How do I install CrumplePop Photo?
Once you have downloaded CrumplePop Photo, you take this folder:
crumplepop_photo
And drop it here:
Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>Templates
Then download and install the three recommended CrumplePop Photo fonts (links are included in the download).
What can CrumplePop effects do for me?
Busy editors usually don’t have the time (or the skill!) to design custom graphic elements for each project. Most often, you want something that’s fast, looks good, and doesn’t require a trip outside of Final Cut. CrumplePop effects are designed to let Final Cut editors put together extremely nice looking graphic elements quickly and easily. At the same time, CrumplePop effects give you a lot of creative freedom– you can arrange elements however you like, in any configuration. The end product is really yours.
Who makes CrumplePop effects?
CrumplePop effects are made by 612 Authentic Media. We are a small production shop located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. CrumplePop came about because we wanted a versatile way to add hand-drawn elements to our projects, but didn’t have the time or the budget to create them from scratch every time. So we partnered with Entropy Design Lab, an amazing Minneapolis graphic design firm, to create a collection of beautiful, useful elements for CrumplePop Hand-drawn, our first product.
Will CrumplePop Hand-drawn work with my HD/SD/NTSC/PAL/ project?
CrumplePop Hand-drawn Master Templates are 1080p24, but they should work in almost any Final Cut project. Since CrumplePop Hand-drawn is a collection of independent graphic elements, it is not tied to any particular frame size. You can drop a CrumplePop Master Template onto any timeline– HD or SD– and simply scale it up or down from within the Motion tab inside Final Cut Pro. If you have an SD timeline, for example, and you drop a CrumplePop Master Template onto it, it will look sort of gigantic. No problem– just scale it down to whatever size you like from within the Motion tab in the Final Cut Pro viewer. If you run into a serious format incompatibility (and you shouldn’t), then you can always go into the Motion source file we have provided, modify your template, and save it out as a new Master Template in the format you need. This should not be necessary in the vast majority of cases, however.
When I use CrumplePop Hand-drawn with my PAL project and render in ProRes, I get messed up green frames and/or render errors. What’s going on?
There seems to be a problem in FCP with the combination of Master Templates + ProRes + PAL. We suggest the following workaround for SD: Create a DV50 PAL 48Khz sequence, and do your CrumplePop Hand-drawn work in DV50 PAL instead of ProRes PAL. If your project is HD, you can replace ProRes with 25fps XDCAM or DVCProHD.
Why are there 353 freaking templates in CrumplePop Hand-drawn? Isn’t that a lot?
The whole point was to give busy editors as many options as possible. So in addition to providing you with a variety of different shapes (strips, squares, speech bubbles, etc.), we created versions of each template with several different fonts. So rather than making trips back and forth from FCP to Motion, you can just browse the available shape/texture/font combinations, pick one that complements your project, and drop it on the timeline.
What if I want to customize the templates? For instance, what if I want to change the font color?
If you know how to use Motion and want to customize the templates, you can do so. We have provided a set of original Motion files that you can open up, modify, and then save out as Master Templates of your own.
What are the system requirements for using CrumplePop effects?
You need Final Cut Studio 2 or better to use CrumplePop effects.
How do I install CrumplePop Hand-drawn?
Once you have purchased and downloaded CrumplePop, simply drag the CrumplePop folder into User>Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>Templates. Download the 7 fonts required by CrumplePop and install them on your Mac. Then restart Final Cut Pro.
Why do I have to download all these fonts separately? This is so dumb!
In order to respect the designers of the excellent free fonts used in CrumplePop Hand-drawn, we ask that you download the fonts from their page. We’re working on getting permission from the font designers, so in the future we can include the fonts in the CrumplePop Hand-drawn download itself. Until then, it takes only an extra minute or two to download the fonts individually, and it keeps everything legit. Please note that the fonts are free for personal use. If you are using them in a commercial project, you should purchase a license from the font author.
How do I use CrumplePop Hand-drawn?
Once you’ve installed CrumplePop Hand-drawn (see above), you’ll be able to find the CrumplePop Hand-drawn templates under the “Effects” tab, under “Video Generators>Master Templates”. Simply choose a CrumplePop Hand-drawn template with a look that you like, and drag and drop it onto your timeline. Then double-click it in the timeline and type in your text.
When I drop a Master Template onto the timeline and apply a transition filter to the beginning of the clip, I can’t make the transition last longer than 1 frame! What’s going on? Garrrr!!!!!
This is very easy to avoid. The In point is simply at very beginning of the Master Template clip, and it needs to be moved forward a bit. Before you drag your Master Template onto the timeline, double-click on it to bring it up in the Viewer, just like you would with any video clip. Then set your In point in the middle of the Master Template clip, rather than at the very beginning. For instance, you could set the In point 20 seconds into the Master Template clip. This will give Final Cut enough elbow room to apply the transition to the beginning of your Master Template clip on the timeline.
When I double-click on a Master Template, it just comes up as a black or blank whiteframe. I can’t see the Master Template at all!
There are three different things that may be causing this.
1) Old Version of FCP. You are using an older version of Final Cut Studio. People have been able to fix the problem by running a Software Update and updating Final Cut Studio to the newest version. You can find more info on this problem here. This problem does occur with newer versions of FCS and Leopard, but it is very rare, and Apple has not yet acknowledged it as a known issue.
2) Magic Bullet. You have Magic Bullet plug-ins installed (for instance, Magic Bullet Looks or Colorista). Users are reporting that Magic Bullet plug-ins cause Master Templates in Final Cut Pro 6 and 7 to show up as black or white blank frames. To fix this problem, remove Magic Bullet plug-ins from your plug-ins folder and restart. You can find info on uninstalling Magic Bullet Plug-ins here. Another good option is to turn off your Magic Bullet plugins using the FCS Maintenance Pack.
3) Second Monitor. In rare cases, Final Cut will display Master Templates as blank white frames in the viewer. One of our users has reported the following fix for this problem. He was running FCP on an 8-core Nehalem Mac Pro running Leopard, with two monitors:
1 - Shut down completely
2 - Unplug monitor #2
3 - Restart
4 - Open FCP, let load completely
5 - Plug in monitor #2You HAVE to restart and unplug - that’s the key. You cannot cold unplug.
Final Cut Pro is acting really weird and unpredictable all of the sudden — how do I fix it?
Sometimes the Final Cut Pro preferences files get corrupted, and you need to trash them. Try using this free utility: FCP Rescue.
When I try to install the font justy1, FontBook reports that the font is “missing opentype data”, and says not to install the font. What should I do?
Some users have reported having problems installing the justy1 font on MacOS 10.4.11. If you are having this problem, you should throw away your copy of the justy1 font and download this version of justy1 instead. This is a repaired version of justy1 that we created to solve this problem.
Do you have any suggestions for how to use CrumplePop Hand-drawn?
There are a few simple things you can do to make CrumplePop Hand-drawn way awesomer:
1) Drop Shadow. Almost all of the CrumplePop Hand-drawn templates look great with drop shadow. It’s very easy to apply: After you’ve dropped a CrumplePop Hand-drawn template onto the timeline, double-click on it to bring it up in the viewer. Click on the “Motion” tab. There, check the box next to “Drop Shadow”. That’s it! You might want to dial back the opacity of the shadow a bit, so it’s less dark. You can also change the color of the drop shadow– this can give you some cool options.
2) Page Peel. Did you watch the CrumplePop Hand-drawn example video? It contains lots of Page Peels. Page Peel is an effect that is built in to Final Cut Pro, and it just happens to work great with CrumplePop Hand-drawn. You can use Page Peel to peel your template right off the frame. Adjusting the duration of the Page Peel effect to about 7 frames makes it nice and snappy.
3) Send us your CrumplePop Hand-drawn examples! If you’ve done something rad with CrumplePop Hand-drawn, email us at gabe@crumplepop.com and we’ll embed your video on this page, with a link back to you.
How do I use CrumplePop Photo?
CrumplePop Photo is an effect that lets you create high-quality Polaroid-style photos on the Final Cut Pro timeline. We say “high quality” because they’re good up to 1920×1080, and they retain smooth edges even if they are rotated. CrumplePop Photo is a suite of Master Templates, and each template gives you a different look. Each template comes in three different fonts, with choices for “Center”, “Stretch”, “Fresh”, and “Faded”. Here’s what these things mean:
Center: When you drop an image into the image well of the Master Template, only the center portion of the image will be displayed. If your image is smaller than the picture frame, your image will appear at its normal (too small) size.
Stretch: This will stretch your image to fill the picture frame. If your image is bigger than the picture frame, it will get squashed to fit. If your image is smaller than the picture frame, it will get stretched to fill up the picture frame.
Fresh: Any template with “fresh” in the name will retain (more or less) the original colors in your source photo.
Faded: Templates with “faded” in the name will apply a color treatment to your source photo to make it look like an old Polaroid. Try it! It’s awesome.
So in review, the template called “center_faded_pointy.HD” will center your image, make it look like a faded old photo, and use the “Pointy” font.
Note: If you don’t want any text at the bottom of your picture, just delete the “your text here” that appears by default in the template’s text field.
Super bonus: You can drop video into a CrumplePop Photo effect, too! Take any video clip in FCP, and drop it in the effect’s image well, just like you would with a photo. It will display your video in the picture frame, with faded, etc. effects. It rocks.
(Final CrumplePop Photo technical note: If you are serious about dropping video into CrumplePop Photo, remember that the frame rate of the CrumplePop photo effects is 24p. If your video is in another format, say, 30p, you will need to open up the .motn source file in Motion and save out a new template in 30p. You’ll need some very basic Motion skills to do this, which are beyond the scope of this FAQ.)
How do I install CrumplePop Reflector?
1) Look inside the folder called “CrumplePop Reflector”. This contains CrumplePop Reflector in 32 different codecs. You can install all of of these if you like, but it’s better to install just the ones you need, to reduce the load time of Final Cut Pro. For instance, if you only use DVCProHD 720p24, you can just install crumplepop_reflector_dvcprohd_720p24.
2) So let’s say you just want to install CrumplePop Reflector for the DVCProHD 720p24 codec. It’s very easy. Just drag the folder called crumplepop_reflector_dvcprohd_720p24 and drop it here:
Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>Templates
If you don’t have a folder there called “Templates”, just create one. You’re done.
If you don’t know which codecs you’ll be using, you can choose to install all of the codecs. Just drag the CrumplePop Reflector folder and drop it here:
Library>Application Support>Final Cut Studio>Motion>Templates
That’s it! Just restart Final Cut Pro and you’ll be able to see CrumplePop Reflector under Effects>Master Templates.
Luckily, it’s very simple. Just use the setting that matches your source footage. So if you shot HDV 1080i60, then choose the HDV 1080i60 version of the CrumplePop effect and drop it in your ProRes SQ sequence. No need to transcode, and there is no rendering penalty.
Put another way, as long as the resolution, framerate, and PAR of the CrumplePop template match that of your source footage, you’re good to go.
I am using SplitScreen with 1920×1080 clips. I drop in a smaller 1280×720 clip just for fun, replacing the original 1920×1080 clip. Then I change my mind, and replace it again with a 1920×1080 clip. But it still displays my 1920×1080 clip as 1280×720, so it looks way too small and totally wrong. I can’t get my 1920×1080 clip to display at the right size any more! What’s going on?
This is a bug in FCP/Motion. It affects all Master Templates, not just SplitScreen. Luckily, there is an easy way to force FCP to display clips in drop zones at the proper size:
1) Select the SplitScreen clip that is giving you problems.
2) Cut it to remove it from the sequence (CMD-X).
3) Paste it back in exactly where it was before in the sequence (CMD-V).
This will reset the wells to display your footage at the proper size.
You can email Gabe at gabe@crumplepop.com.
