Presented: Sept. 26, 2012

Lines, Shapes, and Masks All Begin with a Path

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: 56:16
File size: 196 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Motion 5 is the driving force behind all the effects in Final Cut Pro X. However, Motion is a high-power effects package all on its own. In this session, go deep inside Motion to discover how to create lines, shapes, and masks. In every case, you begin with a path.

Watch as host, Larry Jordan, shows how to create paths (curved lines to which you can attach things like text or objects) to create effects which are more organic, less rectangular, and more interesting than what you can create in Final Cut. From that simple beginning he builds unusual shapes, animations, smooth curves, dashed lines, and a variety of masks. (A mask, by the way, is a area of transparency in an image; masks are how you hide parts of an image.)

Along the way, he demonstrates how to animate text along a curved line, animate shapes, and harness the power of paths to create extremely flexible mask shapes. He showcases the difference between Bezier and B-spline curves, when to use each, and shows you what you can create with them. This session covers a lot of different effects that are truly fascinating – and easy to create!

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Create a modify lines using the Paint Stroke tool
• Create curved and dashed lines
• Create open and closed shapes
• Animate text and shapes on a curved path
• Create a variety of non-rectangular masks
• Use both B-spline and Bezier masking tools

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This webinar is designed for all Final Cut Pro X or Motion 5 editors that want to go beyond the extremely limited masking available in Final Cut Pro X, or who want to create effects in Motion that aren’t available in FCP X. (You don’t need to own Final Cut Pro X or Motion 5 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
  • Finding the right path
  • The difference between Bezier and B-spline tools

• DEMO: How to draw and modify a line using the Paint Stroke tool
• DEMO: How to draw and modify a line using the Path tool
• DEMO: How to apply Shape styles to a path
• DEMO: How to convert a straight path into a curved path
• DEMO: How to animate a path using Behaviors
• DEMO: How to create curved paths
• DEMO: How to create a shape
• DEMO: How to edit the control points in a path or shape
• DEMO: How to apply and modify an Ink Bleed shape style
• DEMO: How to create shapes using the B-spline tool
• DEMO: How to apply a background to a shape
• DEMO: How to animate the edges of a shape
• DEMO: How to apply blend modes to a shape
• DEMO: How to animate a shape via wriggles and oscillations
• DEMO: How to animate text on a curved path
• DEMO: How to animate a shape on a curved path
• DEMO: How to animate a Bezier shape
• DEMO: How to animate a B-spline shape
• DEMO: How to animate ornamental drawings
• DEMO: How to create a mask from a shape
• DEMO: How to create an animated title tracking along a path for Final Cut Pro X in Motion 5

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