In this video,
we’ll take a look at how you can use an iPad
and an Apple pencil to add animated hand written titles
or sketches to your video in Final Cut Pro.
Hey guys, what’s up.
My name is Serge, and welcome back to my channel.
For this demo, we’ll be using the new 2020 iPad Air
and an Apple Pencil to make our titles,
but you don’t really need either one of them.
You can do the same thing using your iPhone,
and instead of an Apple Pencil, just using your fingers.
Of course, if you do have an iPad and an Apple Pencil,
you will get much better results.
What you do need, is a sketching app that supports layers.
The one I’ll be using for this example,
is the Adobe Photoshop Sketch app.
This can be downloaded for free from the app store,
as long as you have an Adobe account.
If you want to use something else, like ProCreate,
the steps will be very similar.
First, let’s take a look at how you can add a simple,
hand written title, with no animations.
Open the Adobe Sketch app on your iPad,
a make a new project.
Since we’ll be using this for video select the HD Screen canvas.
First thing we want to do,
is delete the stock white background layer
to make our background transparent.
Tap on the background layer, and select Delete.
Next, select your brush type,
and adjust the color and brush width to make it look the way you want.
Use your finger, or if you have one, an Apple Pencil
to write out your title.
When done, in the top right corner, hit the share button,
and select Image.
Air drop this image to your Mac.
Now, in Final Cut Pro, click the Import button,
and navigate to your Image.
This will usually be located in your downloads folder.
Import this image into Final Cut Pro,
and layer this clip above your timeline.
Since we deleted the background layer,
the background of our title is transparent,
so this is all you have to do.
Next, let’s take a look at how to add an animated title.
The Adobe Sketch app doesn’t have a built in recording function,
so to record the animation,
we’ll use the screen recording feature of iOS 14.
To enable this, open your iPad’s settings
and select Control Center.
Add screen recording to your included controls.
Go back to the Sketch app,
make a new Sketch,
and once again, select HD Screen.
Delete the background layer.
When we use the screen record function,
we can’t use the transparent background like before,
so to make it easy to remove in Final Cut Pro,
we’ll make a black background.
You can either import a black screen as an image,
or use the iPad’s camera to take a black picture.
Hit the add layer button,
select Image Layer, and Take a Photo.
Cover your iPad’s camera, and take a picture.
Resize this layer to cover your entire canvas,
and click done in the top right corner.
Add a Sketch layer, and select your brush style.
Make the color of this brush white.
Tap the layers icon in the top right corner to hide your layers,
open Control Centre, and start a screen recording.
Write out your title, and once done,
stop the screen recording.
Air drop this video clip to your mac.
Import this clip into Final Cut Pro,
and layer it above your timeline.
Trim off the start and end of your clip,
and retime this clip to speed up or slow down your animation.
Use the crop tool to crop off any on screen controls,
until all you have left if the black background.
To remove it, from the blend mode dropdown menu, select Add.
If you want to change the color of your text,
open the effects browser, select the Color category,
and drag and drop the colorize effect over your clip.
In the inspector, click on the remap white to box,
and select the color you want for your text.
If your text looks a little faint,
bring the intensity slider all the way up to 100 percent.
This same method can be used to add text,
scribbles, and even full custom drawings to your video.
And, like I mentioned before,
you can do this same effect using your iPhone
and just writing the text out with your finger.
But if you have an iPad and an Apple pencil,
this is much easier,
and you will probably get much better results.
If you enjoyed this video,
make sure to check out the rest of my channel
for more Final Cut Pro tutorials.
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Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you in the next one!