Today, we’re going to learn 5 cool music video effects
and transitions you can do in Final Cut Pro.
But these aren’t just for music videos.
You can use any of the effects learned here
for basically any type of project you’re working on.
Let’s jump into Final Cut Pro and get started.
First up is the screen pump effect,
and this one is super easy.
What you’ll wanna do is skim your clip in the timeline,
find the frame where you want to add the effect,
and press M on your keyboard to add a marker there.
Press the left arrow key two times to go back two frames,
and select the transform tool.
Add a keyframe here.
Move your playhead back to the marker,
head up to the video inspector,
and increase the scale of your clip to about 120 percent.
Move two more frames ahead,
and change the scale all value back to 100 percent.
Now, for this effect to look even better,
try adding a bit of motion blur.
Select the clip in your timeline,
and press Control V to show your keyframes.
Move your playhead back to the first keyframe,
open the effects browser,
and select the blurs category.
Grab the Zoom Blur effect, and add it to your clip.
With the playhead on your first marker,
move the center of this effect to the focal point of your clip,
and bring the amount slider all the way down to zero.
Add a keyframe here to the amount slider.
Move your playhead to the second keyframe,
and bring the amount slider all the way up.
Move your playhead to the last keyframe,
and bring the amount back down to zero.
Repeat these steps as many times as you need,
and render out your clip for this cool effect.
Next up is the strobe effect.
Normally, you achieve this with lights when filming,
but you can also do it in post.
Add an adjustment layer above your timeline,
and with the adjustment layer selected,
head up to the video inspector and select the color inspector.
Bring up the overall exposure of your clip
to make it nice and bright,
and if you need to,
adjust your shadows and highlights to add more contrast to your clip.
Press B on your keyboard to switch to the blade tool,
zoom in on your timeline,
and blade your adjustment layer on every frame.
Do this for the for as long as you want the strobe effect to last.
Press A to switch back to the select tool,
and if necessary delete the remainder of your adjustment layer.
Hold down the Command key,
and click on every second segment of your adjustment layer to select them.
Delete all your selected clips, for this cool strobe effect.
Our next effect is actually a custom transition,
more specifically a camera whip transition.
This is an awesome way to add some dynamic movement
to a boring cut.
First, what you’ll wanna do is zoom out on your viewer window
until you have some blank space around your clip.
Set your playhead at the start of your first clip,
make sure the clip is selected,
and click on the transform button.
In the video inspector, change the scale all value to about 120 percent,
and move your clip until the wire frame
is almost touching one of the edges or corners.
Add a keyframe here to your transform parameters.
Move your playhead to the end of this clip
and back one frame so you’re still seeing the first clip in the viewer,
and use the on screen controls to move it
to the opposite side or corner.
This makes your clip move from point A to point B.
Now, to add a whip to this movement,
hold down the Command key,
and click and drag on the end keyframe
until the handle touches the first keyframe.
From the effects browser,
grab the Directional Blur effect,
and add it to your clip.
Move your playhead to about 10 frames before the end of your clip,
adjust the direction of this effect to match your movement,
bring the amount slider all the way down to zero
and add a keyframe.
Move your playhead to the end of this clip,
and bring the blur amount all the way up.
Here’s our result.
Next up is the double exposure effect,
and this one is also super simple.
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Now, back to Final Cut Pro.
To add a double exposure effect to your clip,
all you have to do is layer two clips in your timeline,
with the second clip connected above your first one.
Select the top clip in your timeline,
and head up to the video inspector.
Open the blend mode dropdown menu,
and depending on your clips,
select one of the options other than Normal.
Try out a few different options,
and see what looks best with your clips.
In my example,
the Multiply blend mode looks really good,
but yours might be different.
And as always, I saved the best for last.
The last effect, I learned from Kyler Holland,
and he calls it the Fade Away effect.
For this you’ll want a clip with movement,
and even though it’s not necessary,
a clip shot at a higher frame rate will look quite a bit better.
Skim your clip,
and with the skimmer at the start of the movement,
press Command B to blade your clip.
Move your playhead about 10 to 15 frames ahead,
and blade your clip again.
Select the middle segment,
hold down the Option key and drag up to make a copy of it.
Do this two more times to make three copies of your clip.
Select the top copy,
press Command R to bring up the Retime Menu,
and set the speed to 2X.
Leave the middle segment to play back at normal speed,
and set the bottom copy to 50 percent.
Select the end handle of each clip,
and press Command T to add the default cross dissolve transition.
Render out your timeline, for this awesome Fade Away effect.
If you’re new here, and found at least one of these tips helpful,
make sure to check out the rest of my channel
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and I’ll see you back here next week.