Punched out Text on Blurred Layer

Hello there!

I am looking for a way to generate this kind of text layer. I want the clip to be blurred and the text to be clear.

Any ideas on how to build this in Motion 5 and/or Final cut?



Thank you!

You'll need three copies of the same video clip on top of each other (Opt-drag the main Storyline clip upwards).

Then apply Gaussian Blur to the middle one, with a mask.

Apply text or graphic above top one, select that and the top copy of the video clip, create a new Compound Clip.

Open the Compound Clip, set the text or graphics clip's Compositing mode to Stencil Alpha (or Stencil Luma).

In my example below, I also duplicated the text clip above it self.
Set the "Face" opacity to 0%.
Set the "Outline" color and thickness.