creating a custom intro

how difficult is it to make an overlay as in this video?

can this be done in final cut or are you creating in another program?

thanks

That's a job for Motion. You'd crate them, save them as templates (Title templates) and then publish what you want to change on a regular basis (colors, text, etc).

how difficult is it to make an overlay as in this video?

In Motion, this is indeed basic… IF you're able to do the art-work in some 'Paint' app (Photoshop, Pixelmator, Affinity, et al) which allows to export as psd/Photoshop file. Then, the elements which should get that 'glitz' bar…



… should be on a separate layers (here: the blue curves and the red box), animate the 'shining bar' - done.
Publish the text parts (North Fork…), which allows to individualize those elements .

Same for the lower-third …

Finally, you'll have under the Generator tab this intro, and in the Inspector you can customize it to each project.

… no beginners task, but no rocket science…

Thank you came up with an almost perfect Motion 5 tag line; "No beginners task, but not rocket science." Very good line!

so your saying i can create this entire intro in motion app?
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Yes, you create a custom template. It could be either a title or generator. And be right there in FCPX any time you needed it. Motion is a heck of a lot of fun to learn and use.

owenpga wrote: so your saying i can create this entire intro in motion app?
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well, what I said, was, one can easily animate a pic made in some Painting app ...
if YOU can do it, I don't know …