Hey guys, hows it going.
This is Serge, and welcome back to my channel.
Today, we’ll learn how to re-create
this cool sunglasses transition effect in Final Cut Pro.
Once again,
all this can be done right in Final Cut Pro,
without having to download or install any plugins.
Let’s jump right into Final Cut Pro
and take a look at how this is done.
Down in our project,
we have two clips in our timeline,
with the clip used for the transition
connected above the timeline.
Skim the connected clip,
and find the frame you want to use for your transition.
Place your skimmer over this frame,
and create a freeze frame,
by holding down the option key
and pressing F on your keyboard.
Delete the first clip,
and ripple trim the freeze frame clip
until it’s about 15 frames long.
Move your connected timeline
and line up the cut between your freeze frame
and your video clip
with the cut between the bottom two clips.
With your playhead over the freeze frame clip,
select it,
press Command 5 to open the effects browser,
and select the masks category.
Select the Draw Mask effect,
and drag it over to apply it
to your freeze frame clip.
Up in the inspector,
change the mask shape type to B-Spline.
In the viewer,
zoom in on your clip,
and reposition it so it’s over the subjects sunglasses.
Apply control points in the viewer
to outline one of the lenses.
Try to be as accurate as possible here.
Since we’re using the B-Spline shape type,
we’ll get a nicely curved mask between our control points,
which works perfect for round objects,
such as sunglasses.
Add as many control points as necessary.
Click on the first control point to close the mask.
Over in the inspector,
select the Invert Mask checkbox,
and adjust the feather slider to soften the shape.
If your control points are in the way,
you can turn them off by clicking this little pen icon.
Reposition the viewer over the second lens,
apply another draw mask effect to your clip,
and repeat the same steps as we did before.
Once done,
your bottom clip should be showing
though the sunglasses lenses.
Next step, is to add a zoom effect to our freeze frame clip.
With your playhead over the clip,
and the clip selected,
from the dropdown menu select Crop,
and Ken Burns.
Leave the End box the same size,
and adjust and reposition the green start box
until it fits in one of the lenses.
Zoom in on your clip to make sure
the green box is completely inside one of these lenses.
Click done.
So here’s what we have so far.
We start with our bottom clip,
and if I go through one frame at a time,
you can see the top clip
zooms out to cover the bottom clip,
with the bottom only showing through our mask cutouts.
Next, let’s change the colors of our bottom clip
to match the color of the sunglasses.
Place your playhead over the unmasked part
of the sunglasses clip,
and select the first bottom clip.
In the effects browser,
scroll up and select the Color category,
and drag and drop the Colorize effect over your clip.
In the inspector,
click on the Remap Black to square,
select the eye dropper tool,
and over in the viewer,
click on one of the darker shades on your subjects sunglasses.
Do the same to the Remap White to square,
and select one of the lighter shades in the sunglasses lens.
Move your playhead over the bottom clip,
and in the inspector,
bring the intensity up to about 90,
to more closely match the colors in your clip
to the sunglasses lenses.
Now, we don’t want the entire clip
to be colorized like this,
so let’s keyframe this effect.
Place your playhead at the start of your freeze frame clip,
and with the bottom clip still selected,
in the inspector,
add a keyframe to the intensity slider.
Move your playhead back about 10 frames,
and bring the slider all the way down to zero.
So, now, our clip starts out with normal colors,
and changes color right before the transition.
Looking good so far, but still,
when we go from the freeze frame to the video clip,
it’s still a little bit jarring.
Let’s work on that next.
Place your playhead at the start of your freeze frame clip,
select the clip,
and in the inspector,
add a keyframe to the fill opacity of both masks.
Press the down arrow key
to go to the end of your freeze frame clip,
and bring both opacity sliders all the way down.
This gives us a nice smooth transition between the two clips.
To finish this effect off,
let’s add some directional blur to our freeze frame clip,
and a little bit of lens distortion to our bottom clip.
First, place your playhead in the middle of the freeze frame clip,
select the clip,
and in the effects browser,
from the blurs category,
click and drag the directional blur effect to your clip.
Leave the blur direction to the side,
and bring the amount up to about 50.
Add a keyframe here.
Move to the start of your clip,
and bring the amount down to zero.
Do the same for the end of your clip.
Next, from the Distortion category,
select the Fisheye effect,
and apply it to your bottom clip.
Set the amount to about 5.
Place your playhead at the start of your freeze frame clip,
and add a keyframe here to the amount slider.
Move your playhead back about 10 frames,
and bring the amount down to zero.
We’ll let this render out,
and this is what our end result looks like.
You can now do the same thing to the end of your clip,
except this time reverse the direction
of the Ken Burns effect
to transition from your sunglasses clip,
back to the second clip in your timeline.
So what do you think?
This effect takes a little bit of time,
but the end result looks really cool.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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