Mastering Titles in Final Cut Pro X - iTunes/iPad Edition
Final Cut Pro X comes with a huge assortment of titles and title-based effects that can be modified in an infinite variety of ways. Mastering Motion's Titles in Final Cut Pro X is a tutorial designed to teach you fast and efficient ways to locate, apply, modify, composite and animate visually compelling titles for your next project.
Mastering Titles in Final Cut Pro X is presented in 5 lessons with a running time of 85 minutes. The tutorial also includes media files and free text plugins for following along in your own copy of Final Cut Pro X. To view the Table of Contents click here
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Who is this Tutorial for?
Mastering Titles in Final Cut Pro X was designed for users who are already fluent in Final Cut Pro X. This tutorial assumes you are comfortable with Final Cut Pro X's user interface and the basics of working with Events and Projects. Users who are new to Final Cut Pro X should purchase Apple Pro Video Series: Final Cut Pro X before working through this tutorial.
Table of Contents
The Basics
- Tutorial Goals
- Reviewing the Project
- Understanding the Titles Browser
- Adding a Lower Third Title
- Why Dragging Titles is Inefficient
- Adding Titles with Ranges and Keystrokes
- Looping Title Playback
- Soloing Titles
- Editing Titles in the Viewer
- Modifying Titles in the Inspector
- Modifying Text Attributes
- Saving Text Styles
- The Title Inspector vs. the Text Inspector
- Exploring Themes
- Using a Theme in a Project
- Replacing Titles
- Title Animations and Trimming
- Adding a Transition to a Title
- Replacing Titles and Maintaining Edited Text
Using the Custom Title
- Adding the Custom Title
- Modifying the Custom Title Text Attributes
- Using Title Safe
- Unique Parameters for the Custom Title
- Creating a Type-On Effect
- Understanding the Spread Parameter
- Animating Multiple Parameters
- Animated Text in 3D Space
- Using Blend Modes with Titles
- Combining a Blend Mode and Custom Animation
Building Title Composites
- Using a Compound Clip in an Event
- Exploring Some Titles
- The Basic Title
- Modifying the Ink Title
- Using the Keynote Title
- Changing Position and Scale of Drop Zone Content
- Building Your Own Title Composite
- Using a Generator for a Title Background
- Using Auditions to Preview Multiple Generators
- Enabling Audition Keyboard Shortcuts
- Adding Effects to Generators
- Copy Effects to Other Auditions
- Using the Continuous Title
- Auditioning Titles
- Using the Energetic Title
- Duplicating and Overlapping Titles
- Applying Effects to Titles
- Animtating Title Effects with Keyframes
- The Quick Flash Spin Effect
- Using Transitions to Animate Titles
Modifying Titles in Motion
- Getting Motion
- Getting Started
- What to Modify in Motion
- Opening the Source Title in Motion
- Working in Motion
- Understanding Build Markers
- Adding a Color Theme in Motion
- Understanding Widgets
- Designing in Context
- Clearing the Placeholder
- Applying the Customized Title in FCP X
Using the Ripple Titles
- Setting up the Project
- Previewing the Ripple Titles
- Working with the Spin Reveal Title
- Filling Text with a Custom Gradient
- Opening User-created Titles in Motion
- Working with the Extruded Title
- Working with the 3D Title
- Understanding the Variance Parameter
Minimum System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials (Mac)
- Mac OS X version 10.5 or Higher
- 2 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor or Better
- 1 GB or more of RAM
- 16 MB of VRAM
- iTunes 9 or later
- QuickTime 7.6.6 or later
- DVD ROM drive for Burning Backups
- 1280 x 800 screen size or better
Minimum System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials (Win)
- 32 Bit Editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista
- 32 Bit Editions of Windows Vista or Windows 7
- 2 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor or Better
- 1 GB or more of RAM (2 GB Recommended)
- DirectX 9.0 Compatible Video Card with 32MB of VRAM
- QuickTime Compatible Audio Card
- iTunes 9 or later
- QuickTime 7.6.6 or later
- Supported DVD-R Drive for Burning Backups
- 1280 x 800 screen size or better
