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Creating Animated Lower Third
Hey all:
I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this. I want to create a lower third graphic to use under name keys. Basically I want a custom shape (sort of a rectangle with a beveled edge) with thin outline of a different color. I have a jumpback track that I want to use as the lower third. I’m thinking I should be able to do this with Photoshop and Final Cut but am not entirely sure of the best way to go about it. (I’m going for something similar to the CNN bar. It’s a transparent blue with some motion to it.) This seems like it should be fairly easy to pull off but I can’t fiiigure out the best way of doing it.
Jay
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4 Replies
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Use LiveType, there’s a whole library of cool shapes and fiddly stuff.
Drawing pills in FCP is a challenge.
Do yourself a big favor and buy Monahan’s bookd, “Creating Motion Graphics in FCP.” It’s a bit dated but his basic advice and techniques are timeless.Why can’t you just use the Jumpback?
If you know Phtoshop, there are dozens of prebuilt shapes there, too. Open the FCP manual to the PS section (very long) and follow the advice for image size, pixel ratio, saving with alpha, flattening.
bogiesan
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LiveType will give you everything you need. animated text and animated lower third backdrops.
If you have Motion, that has even more.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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An easy way to make a lower third directly in FCP is to find some b roll, use a gausian blur to distort the image to your liking then crop it to the desired size then do the same with a solid color, cropping the solid color to a thin line then place one line on top of the lower third and a copy of that line on the bottom to create a border. I do it all the time and it takes 5 minutes and looks great.
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Great advice christopher
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