How can we achive this in FCPX

Hello,

The effect which comes in at .07 sec in below link of screen opening or closing



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You could crop the image from top and bottom (inspector >transform >crop) by dividing he clip height by two - for example 1080 for UHD, which is 2160 in full on the first keyframe and typing "0" (zero) on the last keyframe. I made an "opening" of that and saved it as an effects preset named "curtain opens", here . Unzip it and move it to /Users/robinsaini/Library/Application Support/ProApps/Effects Presets/
Open FCP X and look in >effects >masks.

So it actually works exactly the same as in Premiere, only that I can easily share this with you and additionally you will see a preview of he effect on a selected timeline clip if you skim over the curtain opens thumbnail ...

Thanks a ton super hero Axel.

was wondeirng if you shave some more effects like these which you made ur self ?

robinsaini wrote: Thanks a ton super hero Axel.

was wondeirng if you shave some more effects like these which you made ur self ?

The transform tools are absolutely basic. Learn them. There are tons of free youtube tutorials about them, and there are books and ibooks.

The effects within FCP X are actually published Motion effects. You should buy Motion, if just for the opportunity to right-click on any FCP X effect (title, transition, generator) and open a copy in Motion.

I give you an example in order to hint you at the power behind this and make you try yourself. It's no rocket science, you get into this within hours. Choose a clip on your timeline with people, faces. Then go to >effects >color >tint. The whole image is tinted dark purple by default, but you can change the tint color in inspector. Note that there also is a slider protect skin. Set it to 100%. Now the faces are excluded from the tint.

How is that? The range of colors and brightness values of typical caucasion skin is keyed (the complexion of other ethnics varies only slightly, if i.e. your subjects are black you'd have to adjust the key. The free FCP X ibook in the AppStore has a detailed chapter on keying) and a matte is generated to define the image areas that should not be tinted.

I opened a copy in Motion , changed the layer order so that the tint affected the "Clone Skin" layer instead of the rest, changed the tint color to "porange" ( =pink-orange, Stu Maschwitz' description of healthy skintones) and saved the effect as Hautfarben (german for skintones). Unzip and move the AXS-folder to >user >Movies > Motion Templates >Effects. Open FCP X, and you'll find it under >effects >AXS >Hautfarben. I set the amount-slider to 50% to give you an idea of what the filter does in the preview, you might want to dial it down to make a more subtle change.

What does it? It tints skin with skin. By adding the same color, it brightens faces and evens out other nuances to some extend. It's not a secondary correction, it's a secondary cosmetic effect. It's useful for wedding videographers in particular.

It's secondary not only because it only affects parts of the image. It should only be applied after the image is well color balanced. If you shot the clips in tungsten light but your WB was set to daylight, the whole image will have an orange cast from the start. And because of that it will look terribly orange after Hautfarben.

This is a task for combining effects to a custom effects preset. A wrong WB setting can be adjusted in FCP X by selecting the clip and typing alt cmd b (for balance). This command works best with an overall, unintentional cast, not good for mixed color temperatures or i.e. sunset. Use it to balance your faces shot first (this is therefore also a lesson on the importance of the effects order in inspector), then apply Hautfarben. After this, go to the bottom of the inspector and save effects preset. Call it balance and skintone if you like and let it live in the Color category.

BTW: you can delete AXS by putting the folder to the trash, no risk.

I don't mean to suggest you shouldn't color correct shot by shot, with primary and secondary corrections. The results will be better. You just see that making your own effect templates is blindingly easy. I was motivated to make this one after I saw this . Others make effects and SELL them. Don't fall for this. You've got FCPX!

Axel wrote: … The range of colors and brightness values of typical caucasion skin … (the complexion of other ethnics varies only slightly…

… just a side-note:
In this wonderful tut (for beginners) about Colour Correction, Master Larry Jordan explains, humans have all the same color, just different luminance values (don't tell Breitbart) - not too obvious on first sight, but a fun-fact for every party small talk …



the segment about skin tones starts around 24:15…

Karsten Schlüter wrote: Master Larry Jordan explains, humans have all the same color, just different luminance values (don't tell Breitbart) - not too obvious on first sight, but a fun-fact for every party small talk …

Funny also: in the posterframe for the tutorial, Larry has what is called an apoplectic complexion (in a german drama by Büchner, a doctor tells he general he looked like he was about to suffer a stroke, could he have his tongue for taxidermy?). He is very pink.

Maschwitz calls skin one of the "memory colors" - colors you spontaneously realize as right or wrong, healthy or ill, no matter how badly they are influenced by color temperature, reflections, lights and shadows. But, as a matter of fact, they are influenced by all kinds of things, always. And they actually NEVER are "porange".


(Steve Bannon hasn't seen this, nor did his orange underling. How do we know? There are 24 likes, but no dislikes yet ...

THERes a wipe transition that can do this. You need to change the parameters from the default, but it’ll only take a few seconds.