- My name's Tom.
This is the Enthusiasm Project,
and today's I'm going to show you how to create
quick and easy title graphics for your videos
using the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate.
So by the end of this video, you're going to be able
to use Procreate to design your very own unique custom
titles and graphics.
Now I made another vide about creating animated titles
with Procreate that I'll link to right here.
That's a slightly different process.
It's very quick and easy, but that's to make titles
that are animated.
So in this video, I'm going to show you how to make
not animated titles and graphics.
Kind of like this one right here,
which was super quick, super easy.
I throw it at the beginning of all of my videos
and then I actually just use a really quick transition
to make it look like it comes in and goes out.
But it's just a really simple iris transition.
I first started using Procreate to create my titles
about eight months ago, and since then,
I haven't used a single typed out title
on any of the videos on my channel.
Not that there's anything wrong with that,
I just like the customized look you can get with Procreate.
This isn't a sponsored video or anything.
I just think it's a really great, really powerful app,
and it costs something like $5.
So it's super worth the price that you pay for it,
and adding in the handwritten titles, hand-designed titles,
really gives your videos a sense of personality
and uniqueness that is kind of hard to achieve
if you're just using the same things
that everyone else is using.
So jump right in to Procreate on the iPad,
and I'll show you how to create your own custom titles.
And the first thing that you'll notice,
at least on my iPad, is that my Procreate
is basically just titles.
There's things for presentations.
There's things for videos.
It's pretty much one of the only things
I actually use Procreate for, and I absolutely love it
for that.
So to design these titles, I'm going to create
a new document.
For me, the size isn't an issue because I'm using
Final Cut Pro.
If you're using Final Cut or Premiere,
you can freely position and transform objects.
So I just select screen size, and that's the canvas size
that I'll work with.
Now when it comes to brushes, I usually use
the monoline brush which is in the calligraphy collection.
And the reason for that is because as you're drawing
and outlining your letters, the other brushes
kind of keep your really rough edges.
So for example right here, you can really see
that there's some roughness happening there.
In order to avoid that, I use the monoline brush
because it just kind of automatically corrects
and makes it very easy to very smooth, very simple lines.
And again, this tutorial is specifically all about
speed and efficiency.
So there are ways that you can create your layers,
and you can play with them, and you can add
all kinds of stuff and make them very detailed.
This is for a scenario where you're making a video
and you realize, "Oh my gosh, I need to put a title here,
"or a little drawing or something really, really quickly,
"and I need to go from designing it to having it
"in Final Cut Pro in one or two minutes."
The same amount of time it would take to do it
with the built-in titler.
So in order to do that, I usually start
with a white brush.
I make the background layer transparent,
then I just outline the shapes of my letters.
And I've made a few drawing tutorials.
If you've watched any of those, the biggest piece
of advice I give is when you're trying to do lettering,
do not write the letters, but draw the shapes
of the letters.
It's a totally different way of doing things,
and it really helps you to understand the shape
and design of your letters.
And so there we go.
We've got this really simple title.
In order to get it into Final Cut,
all we need to do is share it as a PNG.
A PNG file will protect the transparent background.
And then I should just send it to my MacBook Pro.
It'll pop up on my MacBook, and then I can just
throw it into Final Cut.
Now I'll maximize Final Cut Pro, and here's the title.
Now, just like anything else, you can adjust the timing
of the title, you can click on transform to adjust
the position of the title, and then as much as I hate
to admit that I do this, a lot of times when I do
these titles, especially since I use white,
I actually do add a drop shadow.
I've had an aversion to drop shadows ever since
I was in high school and I first learned Photoshop
and I went drop shadow crazy.
Once I realized the error of my ways,
I stopped using them as much, but they really do
come in handy for pulling your text out
from the background.
Now I've got my title that'll pop up
when I want it to in the video.
If I wanted to add some more animations,
I could key frame this.
I could even go into transitions and add a cross-dissolve
to make it fade in or fade out whenever I want it to.
If I ever add transitions to my titles,
I usually make them as quick as possible
so that way they're not distracting,
but it really gives it an extra layer of texture.
And that's pretty much it.
The same basic process would work the same
in Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, basically any editor.
You can get as advanced as you want.
You can change colors, you can change positions,
and it's a really quick way to have titles
rather than just going into your titler, grabbing a title,
and creating something that doesn't look nearly as unique.
And obviously, there's nothing wrong with built-in titlers.
You can do fantastic work with them.
But this is just a really cool thing,
especially for the kinds of videos I make,
maybe the kinds of video you make,
that really adds an awesome personal touch.
So that's pretty much it.
It's a very simple, very easy process.
That's the whole point is that by doing this method
it's not going to take you anymore time
than it normally would to set up titles
in your editor.
The steps I laid out would be the same
whether you're using Final Cut Pro, or Premiere,
or pretty much any other editing software.
If you're using something that's a little bit more limited,
something like iMovie, where you can't freely position
objects around the frame, than it would be important
to make sure your files are the size of your screen,
1920 by 1080 or whatever resolution you're filming in.
So that way as soon as you put it into your editor,
everything is automatically positioned where you need it.
But if you're using one of the more advanced editors,
like Final Cut or Premiere, then you should be able
to freely position your graphics wherever you want them,
and that really cuts down on time
and increases your flexibility.
And I feel like it's important to mention
that while Procreate is a really affordable app
at $5 or whatever, I know that the iPad Pro
and the Apple Pencil are not inexpensive things.
You don't have to have these tools to do this method.
You can do this without the Apple Pencil.
You can use a regular stylus.
You can use your finger.
You don't need an iPad Pro.
You can use your phone.
Anything that runs Procreate you can do this method on.
This is just what I use because it's become very, very easy.
For me personally, the Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro,
especially with an anti-glare screen protector on it
is the closest digital thing I've found to paper yet.
And that feels so good to draw on and to use,
so it's my favorite combination.
So that's it.
It's really simple, really easy.
I very much hope it was helpful.
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