RippleTraining – Warp Speed Effects in FCP

You’ll learn how to quickly create picture in picture effects, animated split screens, screen replacements, and more; all from right inside of Final Cut Pro X.

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RippleTraining – Warp Speed Effects in FCP

• Work with Layered Graphics
• Use Keyframes more Efficiently
• Learn how to Retime Your Effects
• Create and Work with Adjustment Layers
• Save and Share Effects Presets

 

Who this Tutorial is for:

Editors who are already familiar with the basics of Final Cut Pro X (for example, editors who have completed our Final Cut Pro X Core Training); or editors who use it infrequently and want to gain more confidence and speed.  Users who are new to Final Cut Pro X should purchase our Final Cut Pro Core Training or Final Cut Pro Essentials Training Bundle before working through this tutorial.

Software Version: Final Cut Pro 10.4 or later

Run Time: 2 hours 17 minutes

Project Media Included: No project media included. This tutorial is designed to teach you techniques and workflows that you can apply to any type of editing or compositing/effects project in Final Cut Pro X.

Type of Tutorial: Workflow Specific

 

Warp Speed Effects in Final Cut Pro 10.4

1. Tips for Working with Stills

• Adding Photos to an Event
• Photo Smart Collections
• Controlling Still Image Duration
• Spatial Conform Options

2. Animating with Ken Burns

• Ken Burns on Video

3. Image Editing Applications

• Photoshop Tips
• Affinity Photo Tips
• Pixelmator Tips
• Preview Tips
• Comparing Image Editing Apps in FCP X
• Alpha Interpretation

4. Working with Layered Graphics Files

• Extracting Layers
• Animating Layers
• Animating with a Mask
• Filling in a Background

5. Quick Time-lapse Movies

6. Creating Stills from Video

7. Compositing with Blend Modes & Masks

• Blend Modes
• Combining Blend Modes & Masks
• Increasing Density
• Using the Difference Blend Mode
• Blend Modes, Masks, & Effects

8. Transforming, Cropping, & Distorting

• Making Transformations
• Creating a Picture in Picture Effect
• Combining Transformations & Masks
• Cropping Applications
• Distorting Applications

9. Animating with Keyframes

• Flying Objects On & Off the Screen
• Changing Animation Timing
• Moving an Animation Path

10. Saving Keyframed Animations

• Resetting Parameter Values
• Smooth & Linear Keyframes
• Pasting Attributes
• Saving an Effects Preset
• Sharing Effects Presets
• Completing the Animation

11. Creating a 4-Up Display

• Using Clip Skimming
• Scaling Pitfalls
• Working with Anchor Points

12. Zooming into a Billboard

• Combining Ken Burns & Keyframes
• Replacing a Shot & Keeping Attributes
• Adjusting the Ken Burns Effect
• Keyframing Distortion
• Copying a Single Keyframe Value Between Clips

13. Animating & Masking Effects

• Creating Keyframed Color Corrections With Effects
• Limiting Effects with Masks
• Color Masking Effects
• Refining a Color Mask
• Using Animated Effects
• Build a Composite with Effects

14. Retiming Masks, Effects, & Keyframes

• Conforming a Clip with Automatic Speed
• Creating a Freeze Frame
• Isolating the Foreground with a Draw Mask
• Adjusting a Mask
• Stacking Effects on the Background
• Adding Effects to the Foreground
• Animating Foreground Effects
• Adding & Animating a Title
• Creating Speed Ramps
• Smoothing Speed Ramps with Optical Flow

15. Adjustment Layers & Motion Blur

• Building an Adjustment Layer with Motion
• Turning on Motion Blur