Directly in the viewer, you can manipulate the shadow’s skew, perspective placement, and softening using these on-screen controls. In the effects browser, type in “drop” then drag the drop shadow effect onto your graphic. The reason is, there is a drop shadow effect built right into Final Cut Pro that makes all other drop shadows pale by comparison. I generally do not create drop shadow for my graphics in either Photoshop or Pixelmator. And there’s one more cool thing I want to show you. Back in Final Cut Pro the graphic automatically updates and we now see the rainbow graphic in the Viewer. You’ll be asked if you want to replace the file. In the save dialog that appears, check the box next to Save copy as, then make sure Photoshop is selected from the menu.Īlso make sure the file name is the same as the original document, then save it into the exact same folder you created for the original document. I’ll select the clock graphic and change the gradient to a rainbow, then choose Save from File menu. Right-click on the file and choose Open with Pixelmator. Right-click on the layered graphic in the browser and choose Reveal in Finder. But what if you want to change the color of the graphic or make changes to the text style in Pixelmator and have those changes automatically update in Final Cut Pro? Ok, now you have the basic idea on how to work with layers. I want the text to fade in a few seconds later, so I’ll trim the layer, select the edit point and press Command-T. Let’s fade in the clock by selecting the edit point and pressing Command-T to add a cross dissolve. You can move, scale and rotate any element to your liking. To manipulate the layers, press Shift-T, then click on a graphic in the canvas. A timeline opens revealing the 3 separate layers I created in Pixelmator. To view and edit the graphic, double click. Layered photoshop files appear with a badge that looks like a stack of paper. In Final Cut Pro, import the graphic and choose Leave files in place, then import. In order to work with the layers in Final Cut Pro, you’ll need to choose Photoshop, then click Next.īefore saving, click the New Folder Button and name it “My Graphics” or something similar, then name and save your document into it. Now let’s export the document from the File menu. I’ll change the fill color by clicking the color swatch next to gradient, then choose this teal-green gradient preset. I’ll click the Shapes tool then choose this clock shape.Īs with the text tool, click once in the canvas to add the shape, then Shift-drag to scale it while maintaining its’ proportions. You can apply a style preset by clicking any of these color swatches. Use the Style palette to change the text properties like adding a fill color or stroke. Select the text tool from the tool palette, then click anywhere in the canvas.ĭouble-click to edit the text then move it anywhere you’d like. If you want the background transparent, drag the opacity slider in the layers palette all the way to the left. Here, I’ll enter 1920 x 1080 and click OK.īy default, Pixelmator creates a white background layer. Start by creating a new document, choose a Custom preset and enter the resolution to match your video project. While this is not a Pixelmator tutorial per se, I want to show you how easy it is to build a layered graphic file for use as a title in Final Cut Pro. As you’ll see in this episode, it’s simple to use and plays very nicely with Final Cut Pro X. But lately I’ve been building my graphics using a 30 dollar app called Pixelmator. Photoshop is the grandaddy of image editing applications. Welcome to Final Cut Pro X in under 5 minutes.
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