Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 5.0 (Win 64-bit for CS5 or CS5.5) User Manual

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Effects and parameters that are not supported are not translated, and are therefore lost.
Please keep this in mind as you prepare to migrate from your Avid editing system to
After Effects.

The following table shows what is translated from Final Cut Pro to After Effects.

Effect and Parameter Support from FCP

FCP Effect/Parameter

After Effects Translation

Opacity (Motion Tab)

Opacity

Scale (Motion Tab)

Scale

Rotation (Motion Tab)

Rotation

Center (Motion Tab)

Position

Distort (Motion Tab)†

Corner Pin

Crop

Rectangular Mask created

Speed

Stretch

Time Remapping

Time Remap Keyframes set

Freeze Frame††

Time Remap Keyframe set

Strobe

Posterize Time filter applied

Distortion > Flop set to

Horizontal

Transform Effect applied, Scale set to -100, 100

Distortion > Flop set to

Vertical

Transform Effect applied, Scale set to 100, -100

Distortion > Flop set to Both Transform Effect applied, Scale set to -100, -100
Dissolve

Opacity Keyframes

Dip To Color Dissolve

Color solid created with Opacity animated from 0 to 100 to 0

Matte - Color (Key frames

not supported)

Solid Layer

Composite Mode

Transfer/Blending Mode

Basic 3D

Rotations set Rotations in AE, Center and Scale set Position

and Scale in Transform effect

Audio Level and Audio

keyframes

Audio level keyframes created

Audio Dissolve

Audio level keyframes created

† Support for distort does not include “Aspect Ratio.”
†† Freeze frames cannot be applied to Nested Sequences.

The following table shows what is translated from Motion to After Effects.

Effect and Parameter Support from Motion

Motion Effect/Parameter