• Apple Final Cut Pro

  FCP X Shady Beginnings

  Posted by Brendan Gibbons on July 10, 2011 at 12:24 pm

  FCP X effect preset enabling you to boost the drop shadow over 4 times the normal strength.

  FCP X BG Shady Beginnings

  Handy for when you want a really nice soft and blurred drop shadow, but normally the shadow becomes too light if you blur it too much.

  This preset takes the normal drop shadow and allows you to choose different levels of shadow strength.

  Apply as a shadow to a Picture in picture effect (make the clip a compound clip first), or add to any text effects as well.

  All the normal shadow controls are there as well:

  – Color
  – Opacity
  – Blur
  – Distance
  – Angle

  Screenshot:

  

  Extract to a folder of your choosing inside /user name / movies / motion templates / Effects
  (e.g extract to a new folder called “Custom Effects”)

  Cheers,

  Brendan

  Nick Toth replied 15 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

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  Geoff Dills

  July 10, 2011 at 1:31 pm

  Thank you for sharing Brendan. This works brilliantly.

  Best,
  Geoff
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  Brendan Gibbons

  July 10, 2011 at 1:58 pm

  No worries.

  I think this whole new way of creating effects etc in motion and making them available and edititable in fcp is fantastic.

  Cheers,

  Brendan
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  Nick Toth

  July 10, 2011 at 2:31 pm

  I guess I’ll take my pathetic little shadow and go home….

  Nice job! 🙂

  NT

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