Final Cut Pro HD | H•O•T Hands-On Training [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

Open Chapter 09 Lesson 2. You'll find it inside the Lessons folder on the FCP HDHOT DVD included with this book. Double-click Seq Snowboard Final to load it into the Timeline.

2.

Blaine Albios created an opening Photoshop graphic specifically for you to use at the beginning of this sequence. I've already imported it, so go to the Browser and twirl down Graphics, then double-click Snowboard Title to load it into the Viewer.

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Whoops! What happened? It didn't load into the Viewer, it loaded directly into the Timeline! That's because imported Photoshop graphics that contain layers are treated as sequences, with each layer acting as a separate video track. Best of all, the alpha (transparency) channel information is retained by Final Cut.

3.

This time, drag the graphic from the Browser to the Viewer to load it into the Viewer.

4.

You are going to replace the first shot in the sequence with this graphic, so Ctrl+click the first clip, Gray sky red sun, to read the duration on the third line: 3:04. Then, delete the Gray sky red sun clip.

5.

Now, go to the Viewer and change the duration of the graphic to 3:04.

6.

Drag the graphic from the Viewer into the space at the beginning of the Timeline where the first shot used to be.

7.

Now, you could stop there. But, since this graphic came in layers, take advantage of an opportunity to create some simple animation to finish off this exercise.

Double-click the graphic to open it into the Timeline as a sequence.

8.

Select the top three layers (Board, Feet, and Swoop), then type +20 and press Return.

9.

See how all three layers moved downstream 20 frames? Now select the top two layers and move them downstream another 20 frames. Then, move the top layer an additional 20 frames.

You should now have a staircase effect at the beginning of the graphic sequence.

10.

Add a 20-frame dissolve to the beginning of each track.

11.

Click Seq Snowboard Final on the Timeline to make it active. Add a 10-frame dissolve between the graphic and the first video shot. Render everything and play the sequence.

This technique is a very simple, but effective, way to create a feeling of animation for images like maps and complex drawings.

12.

One other thing before you finish. All imported graphics default to a duration of 10:00 seconds. You can change this default setting by choosing Final Cut Pro HD > User Preferences, clicking the Editing tab, and changing the Still/Freeze Duration to whatever you like. I usually leave it at 10 seconds, unless I am importing an image sequence for animation, in which case I'll change this setting to one or two frames.

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That's it. You're done. Save your work and take a break. Quit Final Cutthis wraps up this chapter.