Chapter 8. Dynamic Effects

Lesson Files

 

Lesson Files > Lesson 08 > AnimatingEffects.fcp

Media

 

HoopinUSA

Time

 

This lesson takes approximately 120 minutes to complete.

Goals

 

Animate objects and parameters over time

  

Keyframe motion parameters in the Canvas

  

Keyframe motion and filters in the Viewer

  

Modify and manipulate keyframes in the Timeline

  

Save and reapply keyframed effects

The video medium is engaging because it moves. If you want your effects to be compelling, they need to be dynamic. When you want an object to move across the screen, or a title to appear or disappear over time, or if you want an effect to occur gradually, you need to instruct Final Cut Pro to make such changes.

The mechanism for these instructions is called animation, or ...

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