Chapter 9. Creating Dynamic Effects

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Lesson Files

Lesson Files > Lesson_09 > Animating_Effects.fcp

Media

Surf Video

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 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

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The video medium is engaging because it moves. If you want your effects to be compelling, they need to be dynamic. Whether 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, Final Cut Pro can facilitate it.

The mechanism for these effects is called animation, or keyframing ...

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