Hey guys, what’s up.
My name is Serge, and in this tutorial,
I’m going to show 4 ways you can use the luminance levels
in your clips to create 4 different luma fade transitions.
The first couple methods are nice and simple,
actually using the cross dissolve transition built right into Final Cut Pro.
First, to demonstrate this,
let me show you this transition on two gradient clips.
First one with white on top and black on the bottom,
and the second clip with black on top,
and white on the bottom.
When you add a cross dissolve transition to your clips,
the dissolve is linear,
with the first clip fading out
and next clip fading in at the same time.
Now, if we select the transition clip in the timeline,
up in the inspector window
we can modify the look of this cross dissolve.
For the first method, from the Look menu, select Shadows.
What this does, is replaces the highlights in our first clip
with the shadows from the second clip first,
then replaces the shadows from the first clip
with the highlights from the second clip.
Let’s try this on two video clips.
Add the cross dissolve transition,
select it in the timeline,
and in the inspector window, change the Look to Shadows.
I’ll also ripple trim this transition clip out a bit to highlight the effect.
This is the original transition,
and the same two clips with the Shadows cross dissolve.
Method 2 is very similar,
except this time, we’ll change the look to Highlights.
This does the exact opposite of the last look,
replacing the shadows first, then the highlights.
Let’s apply this to our next two video clips,
change the look to Highlights,
and stretch it out to make it last a bit longer.
Once again, here’s the default cross dissolve,
and the same two clips with a Highlights cross dissolve transition.
That was the easy way of achieving this effect,
but not really a true luma fade.
For the next two methods,
we’ll use the actual luma keyer,
and as you’ll see, the results will speak for themselves.
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Now, back to Final Cut Pro.
Place your playhead between your two clips,
and go back one or two seconds.
Press command B to blade your clip,
and drag it straight up to place it above the timeline,
over the start of your second clip.
Press Command 5 to open the effects browser,
and in the Keying category, select the Luma Layer.
Drag and drop this effect over your top clip.
With your playhead at the start of this clip,
in the inspector, drag your top luma slider all the way to the left.
Add a keyframe here.
Press down arrow to go to the end of this clip,
and back arrow to go back one frame,
drag both your top and bottom luma sliders all the way to the left.
Your top clip should be completely transparent.
What this does, is fade out the highlights in your top clip first,
followed by midtowns & shadows, for this cool Luma Fade effect.
And for out last example,
instead of fading out our first clip,
we’ll use the luma keyer to fade in our second clip.
Place your playhead between your two clips,
& bring it back about 1 to 2 seconds.
Grab your second clip,
and snap it to the playhead above your timeline.
Move your playhead to the end of your first clip,
and with the top clip selected,
press Command B to blade it.
Drag the second part of this clip down into your timeline,
and delete the gap clip.
Move your playhead to the start of your top clip,
select it, and add the Luma Layer effect.
With your playhead at the start of this clip,
drag the bottom slider all the way to the right,
and add a keyframe.
Down arrow to move to the end of this clip,
and back arrow to go back one frame.
Grab the top slider,
and use it to move both control points all the way back to the left.
The highlights in your top clip will fade in first,
followed by midtowns & shadows for this cool effect.
You can also do this the opposite way,
and fade in your shadows first,
followed by midtowns & highlights.
Let’s select our top clip,
and reset our luma slider parameter.
Move your playhead to the start of this clip,
and before making any adjustments,
select the Invert checkbox.
Grab your bottom slider,
and drag it all the way to the left to reveal your bottom clip.
Add a keyframe.
Move your playhead to the end of this clip and back one frame,
and drag both the bottom and top sliders back to the right.
This makes your shadows fade in first,
followed by midtowns & highlights for this cool effect!
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or in the comments below.
Thanks for watching,
and I’ll see you back here next week.