Presented: August 12, 2010

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, training webinar discussing issues related to video post-production; often focused on Apple Final Cut applications. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 59:55
File size: 105 MB (ZIP file)
Format: Quicktime movie (1280 x 720)

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This is another in Larry Jordan’s Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro series. Creating effects is the coolest part of working with Final Cut Pro — providing you know how. Otherwise, it’s an exercise in frustration. In this one-hour tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to create some very interesting effects using the tools that Final Cut ships with.

Filled with step-by-step, real-world examples, this session covers motion effects, text effects, generators, and shows what the filters in FCP can REALLY do! This also explains hard-to-understand concepts of keyframes, composite modes, and nests. Learn how to use Final Cut Pro to bring your imagination to life!

NOTE: This tutorial supports features found in Final Cut Pro version 5 or later. All effects are created using features found inside Final Cut Pro, no third-party software is used. This session does not show how to create effects inside the application Motion. Here’s a tutorial showcasing 3rd-party effects in detail.

Audience Level

This session is helpful for the self-taught or infrequent user, as well as an experienced user who wants to understand how to create effects in general, and not just provide a “cookbook” of steps.

Other Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro Titles

• Match Your Storage to Your Media (Solving Hard Disk Issues)
• Set-up, Optimize, and Trouble-shoot Final Cut Pro
• Edit and Trim Faster! In Final Cut Pro
• Make Things Move: Motion Tab Secrets in Final Cut Pro

Content Outline

• • Introduce the three effects groups inside Final Cut – text, motion, filters.
  • Show how to create text effects.
  • Show how to create motion effects.
  • Show how to create filter effects.
  • Show how the groups work together to create more complex effects.
  • Define keyframes and show how to use them.
  • Show how to improve rendering of scaled or rotated images.
  • Define composite modes and show how to use them.
  • Define nests and show how to use them.
  • Define generators and show how to use them.

• DEMO: Create and modify a text clip
• DEMO: Create a multi-color text effect
• DEMO: Use composite modes to add texture to a text clip
• DEMO: Use a partial transition to wipe to a split-screen effect
• DEMO: Warp images using the Distort tool
• DEMO: Use keyframes to modify an image over time
• DEMO: Create a nest, then modify a group of images with keyframes
• DEMO: Change the anchor point to provide variety in scale and rotation
• DEMO: Create non-standard sizes for QuickTime movies
• DEMO: Soften skin tones with blurs and composite modes
• DEMO: Create a traveling matte – video inside a shape
• DEMO: Create a vignette – darkening the edges of an image
• DEMO: Create a better sepia-toned image
• DEMO: Show where to find the Bars and Tone generator
• DEMO: Add “punch” to landscapes using gradients and composite modes
• DEMO: Create a starship time-warp (OK, I couldn’t resist!)