RippleTraining – Warp Speed Motion for FCP X Editors

We show you how to make your own custom effects, transitions and animated backgrounds in Motion…

RippleTraining – Warp Speed Motion for FCP X Editors

• Customize Built-In Titles & Themes
• Create New Effects & Transitions
• Build Looping Backgrounds
• Quickly Replace Screens
• Remove Unwanted Objects

Who this Tutorial is for:

Final Cut Pro X editors who want to add professional motion graphics and visual effects to their projects with a minimal investment of time. A basic understanding of Final Cut Pro’s UI is required in order to work with the published Motion projects. Users who are new to Final Cut Pro X should purchase our Final Cut Pro X Core Training or Final Cut Pro Essentials Bundle before working through this tutorial.

Software Version: Motion 5.4 or later, Final Cut Pro 10.4 or later.

Run Time:  1 hour 36 minutes

Project Media: This tutorial includes project media files and the final versions of the titles, transitions, effects, and generators for following along in Motion 5.

Type of Tutorial: Workflow Specific

Warp Speed Motion 5.4 for FCPX Editors

1. Working with the Project Media

2. Expanding the Title Collections: Publishing Projects

• Starting out in Final Cut Pro X
• Publishing Motion Templates
• The Publishing Process
• Using Published Templates in FCP X
• Editing & Formatting Template Text
• Sharing Templates

3. Modifying a Template: Publishing Parameters

• Published Parameters
• Understanding Themes
• Using Motion to Add Published Parameters
• The Project Layer
• Locate Template Elements
• The Parameter Publishing Process
• Renaming Published Parameters
• Colorizing an Image
• Reordering Published Parameters
• Working with Published Parameters in FCP X
• Renaming a Template

4. Modifying a Template: Rigging Widgets

• Using Transforms
• Understanding Blend Modes
• Introducing Rigs
• Rigs Defined
• Introducing Widgets
• Rigging a Checkbox Widget
• Setting the State of a Rigged Parameter
• Publishing Widgets
• Rigging Multiple Parameters to a Widget
• Creating a Slider Widget
• One-Step Parameter Rigging
• Fading Text On & Off
• Testing Published Widgets
• Testing in FCP X

5. Creating a Lower Third: Using Photoshop Files

• Using Layered Graphic Files
• Working with Final Cut Title Projects
• Animating Graphic Layers
• Saving a Title Template
• Animating Text with a Behavior
• Fading Out All Layers
• Working with Drop Zones
• Copying an Animated Parameter
• Adding Build In & Build Out Markers
• Publishing Drop Zone Controls
• Rigging a Drop Zone to Make It Optional
• Testing the Template in FCP X

6. Creating a Transition: Using Particles & Masks

• The Final Cut Transition Project Type
• Creating a Particle Emitter
• Modifying Emitter Parameters
• Removing Source Image Color
• Creating & Animating a Mask
• Converting an Image to a Drop Zone
• Choosing Parameters to Publish
• Overriding the Default Transition Duration
• Testing the Transition in FCP X

7. Creating Custom Effects

• Using the Final Cut Effect Project Type
• Using a Reference Clip for the Effect Source
• Building Effects with Filters
• Working with On-Screen Controls
• Publishing Filter Parameters
• Publishing On-Screen Controls (OSCs)
• Removing the Reference Clip
• Animating Effect Parameters with Keyframes in FCP X
• Creating an Animated Background
• Adding Optional Blur
• Creating a Glow Effect

8. Creating a Looping Animated Background

• The Final Cut Generator Project Type
• Creating a Gradient Background
• Working with Shapes
• Creating & Modifying a Replicator
• Animating a Replicator
• Publishing Replicator Parameters
• Making the Background Optional
• Working with the Loop End Marker Type
• Using the Background Generator in FCP X
• Turning a Generator into a Transition

9. Visual Effects: Screen Replacement

• Creating a Motion Project from a File
• Setting up Shots for Tracking
• Using the Match Move Behavior
• Checking Tracker Placement
• Exporting a Tracked Shot
• Replacing a Tracked Shot
• Turning a Tracked Shot into a Drop Zone for FCP X

10. Blurring Faces, Logos, & License Plates

• Tracking & Blurring Faces
• Using the Circle Blur Filter
• Using the Track Parameter Behavior
• Mimic Source Transform Option
• Adjusting a Track
• Tracking & Blurring a License Plate
• Cloning, Masking, & Blurring
• Tracking a Mask
• Identifying Good Track Points
• Working with Multiple Match Move Behaviors

11. Removing Dust, Dirt, & Objects

• Removing Dust or Dirt on a Camera Lens
• Masking a Clone
• Replacing Pixels
• Removing an Object from a Shot
• Cloning & Masking Redux
• Tracking the Masked Clone

12. Adding Particles to a Shot

• Previewing & Applying Particle Emitters
• Tracking an Emitter
• Customizing an Emitter
• Masking & Tracking the Finger
• Rotoscoping
• Exporting a VFX Short for FCP X
• Adding Sound Effects to Visual Effects in FCP X

13. Painting on a Title

• Writing on Text with Paint Strokes
• Using the Bezier Tool
• Animating a Paint Stroke
• Workflow for Adding Strokes
• Working with Control Points
• Copying Write-On Behaviors
• Adjusting Animation Timing
• Shape Styles
• Revealing Text with Paint Strokes
• Back to the Bezier Tool
• Animating the Paint Stroke Mask
• Using an Image Mask
• Breaking Glyphs into Segments