Presented: Sept. 19, 2012

A Grab-Bag of Simply Great Effects!

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 47:48
File size: 175 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Looking for ways to create effects in Final Cut Pro X? This video training is chock-full of ’em! From simple text effects and generators, blend modes and blurs, to corner pinning and green-screen keys – you’ll find tons of ideas in this webinar that you can use immediately to improve the look of your own projects.

Watch as host, Larry Jordan, provides step-by-step instructions on creating better titles, formatting fonts, working with generators, blur effects, and much more.

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Access and modify video generators
• Modify text and text effects
• Use blend modes to enhance a variety of effects
• Soften skin tones
• Corner pin a clip to create an extreme perspective effect
• Create, modify, and improve a green-screen (chroma-key) effect

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This webinar is designed for all Final Cut Pro X editors who are looking for ideas on how to improve their effects using just FCP X. (You don’t need to own Final Cut Pro X to watch this training.)

BONUS FEATURE!

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime movie for easy navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

Content Outline

• • Agenda
  • Helpful 3rd-Party Plug-ins
  • Use Blend modes to share textures between clips
  • Overview of essential EQ audio filters

• DEMO: Modify a background generator
• DEMO: Apply the Gaussian Blur effect
• DEMO: Add text to a background
• DEMO: Apply blend modes to text
• DEMO: Modify text attributes
• DEMO: Modify text styles
• DEMO: Use the Text Style menu
• DEMO: Animate titles
• DEMO: Apply a grad filter to landscape video
• DEMO: Use blend modes to soften skin
• DEMO: Use Spatial Conform for odd-sized images
• DEMO: Corner pin video to put it on the side of a building
• DEMO: Overview of key audio filters for EQ
• DEMO: Create a chroma-key
• DEMO: Fix problems with poorly lit keys
• DEMO: Get rid of garbage in the frame

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