Hey guys, whats up.
This is Serge, and welcome back to my channel.
In this video,
we’ll take a look at how to create
the camera whip transition
seen at the start of this video.
All this can be done in Final Cut Pro,
without having to download or install any plugins.
Let’s take a look at how it’s done.
In my timeline I have a project,
with clips transitioning from a cold winter scene
to a tropical beach holiday.
Let’s start with this clip of a woman
sitting by a window,
and use the whip transition
to transition between the rest of these clips.
Place your playhead at the start of your clip,
make sure the clip is selected,
and from the dropdown menu,
select the transform tool.
Next, in the top of the viewer,
zoom out on your clip
until there’s a black border around your image.
For my example, I’ll select 50 percent.
Over in the inspector, using the Scale All slider,
resize your clip to about 120 percent,
and reposition the clip in the viewer,
until the wire frame touches the bottom left corner.
Add a keyframe here by clicking
the keyframe button in the top left corner of the viewer.
Move your playhead to the end of your clip
by using the down arrow key,
and back one frame with the left arrow.
Reposition your clip in the viewer
so the wire frame touches the top right corner.
So our clip will move from bottom left
to the top right corner.
Next, to add a whip at the end of the camera pan,
hold down the command key,
and click and drag your end keyframe
until the handle touches the first keyframe.
This will retime your pan,
so it starts out slow and speeds up,
or whips right at the end.
To make this look a little more convincing,
let’s add some directional blur to our clip.
Place your playhead 5 frames
from the end of your clip,
open the effects browser,
and from the Blurs category,
add the Directional Blur effect to your clip.
Click and drag the direction arrow
to face the same direction
as the motion in your clip,
set the amount to zero,
and add a keyframe here.
Move your playhead to the last frame in your clip,
and bring the blur amount up to about 100.
Let’s repeat these steps for our next clip.
Place your playhead at the start of your next clip,
select the clip,
and change the scale all slider to 120 percent.
For a seamless transition,
we’ll keep our clips moving in the same direction.
So, we’ll start with the clip in the bottom left corner,
add a keyframe,
move to the end of the selected clip,
and drag it over to the top right.
Command click on the first keyframe in the viewer,
and drag out on the handle
until it reaches the second keyframe.
Command click on the second keyframe,
and drag it straight out
until it reaches the first keyframe.
This way we have a whip at the start
and at the end of the clip.
Next, add and keyframe some directional blur
to the start and end of the clip.
So far, your clips should look something like this.
Repeat the same steps for the rest of your clips.
You can also add a gentle curve to your movement,
by command clicking the keyframes in the viewer,
and instead of just dragging the handle
straight to your opposite keyframe,
move it up or down a bit.
This will form a curved red line in your viewer.
The center of your clip will follow this line.
This is useful if you want to change the direction
of the motion in your clip,
but still retain the continuity.
And to bring it all together,
add some background music,
and sound effects to your clips.
The finished product should look something like this.
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