122: FCP X: Create Better Effects Using Blend Modes

122: FCP X: Create Better Effects Using Blend Modes

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Blend modes, which Final Cut Pro 7 called “composite modes,” combine images based upon their gray-scale or color values. Which sounds weird until you start to play with it. Think of blend modes as “sharing textures between images.” What makes blend modes so exciting is that they are easy to apply, yet open up a world of creative possibilities.

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Presented: May 14, 2014

Amazing Effects that are Easy to Do!

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar explaining subjects related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 47:48
File size: 244 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Blend modes, which Final Cut Pro 7 called “€œcomposite modes,” combine images based upon their gray-scale or color values. Which sounds weird until you start to play with it. Think of blend modes as “sharing textures between images.” What makes blend modes so exciting is that they are easy to apply, yet open up a world of creative possibilities.

In this video training, join host, Larry Jordan, as he shows you how blend modes can take your effects to an entirely different level. You can use them to add texture to text, enhance images, or make images look totally surreal.

During this webinar, you’€™ll learn how to apply and remove blend modes, what different blend modes can do, then see more than a dozen examples showcasing how to use blend modes in a variety of projects.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This intermediate-level webinar is designed for editors who have a basic understanding of Final Cut Pro X, but want to further explore effects. (This video training plays as a QuickTime movie. You don’t need to own any other software to watch this movie.)

BONUS FEATURE!

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

CONTENT OUTLINE

  • Explain the differences between opacity and blend modes
  • Explain the differences between different blend mode categories
  • DEMO: Show what Screen does
  • DEMO: Show what Overlay does
  • DEMO: Show what Multiple does
  • DEMO: Illustrate Difference, Exclusion, and Subtract
  • DEMO: Show how changing gray-scale or color values of a clip changes the results of a blend mode
  • DEMO: Illustrate Color Burn and Linear Burn effects
  • DEMO: Apply a “grad” filter to an outdoors scene and explain why this helps
  • DEMO: Alter the amount of gradation in the filter
  • DEMO: Show the effect of color grad filters on the same outdoor scene
  • DEMO: Show how to use the Gradient generator in Final Cut Pro X
  • DEMO: Illustrate other gradient effects
  • DEMO: Add texture to text
  • DEMO: Add an image inside text
  • DEMO: Add an image over another image
  • DEMO: Add an image inside an image, and on top of another image
  • DEMO: Explain the difference between Stencil and Silhouette Alpha
  • DEMO: Create a three-layer video inside image on top of video effect
  • DEMO: Keyframe the movement of an effect
  • DEMO: Create a blend mode effect using compound clips
  • DEMO: Add and modify drop shadows to a blend mode effect

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