Final Cut Pro X Guru: Titles and Effects

Course details

Learn how to use the templates and presets that ship with Final Cut Pro X to build your own titles and effects. Professional video editor and instructor Nick Harauz takes an in-depth look at animating 2D and 3D titles as well as working with the motion, speed, stabilization, and stylistic effects. At the end of this course, you'll have a solid foundation for working with the titles and effects that come with Final Cut Pro, so you can make your projects as professional as any Hollywood production.

Learning objectives
Working with 2D and 3D titles
Working and saving 3D styles
Distorting and cropping clips
Working with stills and the Ken Burns effect
Changing clip speed
Stabilizing clips
Adding and animating effects
Saving effect presets
Creating titles and effects in Apple Motion

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

Working with 2D Titles

Exploring the Titles sidebar
Changing a title's basic format parameters
Changing a title's style attributes
Replacing a title
Working and saving 2D styles
Adding and duplicating lower thirds
Working with credits
Finding and replacing title text
Working with placeholders
Working with custom text for animation
Working with knock out text

Working with 3D Titles

Working with a basic 3D text template
Working with a single material
Understanding substances
Working with lighting and environment
Working with multiple materials, part 1
Working with multiple materials, part 2
Working with custom 3D for animation
Working and saving 3D styles
3D 360 text

Working with Motion, Crop, Distort, and Transition Effects

Adjusting transform settings
Adjusting crop
Working With stills and Ken Burns
Exploring the transitions library
Applying multiple transitions
Adding and customizing transitions
Reorient tool

Working with Speed and Stabilization

Exploring the retime editor
Speeding up and slowing down a clip
Reversing a clip
Working with speed presets
Creating hold frames
Creating variable speed changes with Blade Speed
Stabilizing a clip
Working with high frame rate footage

Adding Effects from the Browser

Skimming and previewing effects
Adding effects to clips
Changing effects parameters
Saving effect presets
Assigning effects to keyboard shortcuts
Keyframing an effect in the Inspector
Working with keyframes in the Timeline
Adding masks
Applying multiple effects and switching effect order
Working with stylistic effects and blend modes
360 effects

Working with Generators and Themes

Working with generators and themes, part 1
Working with generators and themes, part 2
Bringing a generator from motion to FCPX
Creating your own generator in Motion, part 1
Creating your own generator in Motion, part 2
Testing the Motion generator in Final Cut Pro

Working with Audio Effects

Looking at built-in audio controls
Making automatic audio adjustments
Adjusting Pan
Working with EQ
Working With pitch
Designing spaces
Working with distortion and delay effects

Conclusion

Next steps