FCP X Time Savers

[Bret Williams]

The strobe effect I’m talking about would better be named stutter. When applied to footage it makes it appear that it was shot at a lower frame rate and therefore a more stuttered look. Quick way to give smooth video a more artsy film cadence look or even a more stuttered, almost like it was shot as individual photos, look.

[Dave Gage]

[Charlie Austin] “Maybe because the BG is keyed in, so there are 2 sources.”

Sorry, I guess I didn’t explain it very well. These are clips of speeches of talking heads like Pres Obama that get cut at end of sentences or even mid-sentence. There is only one source, the original clip. It’s a very quick flash that happens between words, not the whole screen, just the subject.

Thanks,
Dave

[Bret Williams]

Those ears man! What kind of a pup? Pit? Boxer? Mutant?

[Bret Williams]

I’ve never seen that. I see blooms and flashes all the time. Never seen it not affect the background. You’d have to mask off the talent and I don’t see that happening.

[Dave Gage]

[Bret Williams] ”
I’ve never seen that. I see blooms and flashes all the time. Never seen it not affect the background.”

I’ll see if I can hunt down an example. It’s clearly a very simple transition, possibly one that just blooms or flashes the center of the frame.

If I don’t get this particular type transition happening, what would work for a quick non-intrusive transition between sentences? I’ve tried tons of things the last couple of years and have not been very happy with anything. Most transitions for this purpose are either much too much or too little which is why I like the quick flash look.

(By the way, your hood was brought up earlier. My first thought was the Green Arrow hood look a la the new CW “Arrow” show.)

[Bret Williams]

Sounds like you’re talking more about a lens flare with a blend mode.

[Dave Gage]

[Bret Williams] “Sounds like you’re talking more about a lens flare with a blend mode.”

I don’t think so. Here’s the best I could find in about a 20 minute search-
https://video.foxnews.com/v/3877306671001/tahmooressi-i-gladly-took-prison-beating/#sp=show-clips/primetime

It’s at about 11 seconds in. It’s not the best example (and a bit of a strange clip), but the first I could find. I did a freeze-frame and then screenshot and it appears that the “flash” is only affecting the highlights of the frame.

Thanks,
Dave

[Neil Mcclure]

Here in PAL land one of the annoying issues with the inbuilt fcpx templates is that they are all in NTSC frame rates i.e. 29.97 fps. Often thats not an issue, just speeds up the transition by a couple of frames. But sometimes it does matter. When I have adapted the effects I’ve had to convert them to ,motn files, alter them with mFPSconverter, change them back to .moti files etc etc…pain in the butt. Of course apple could care less…

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[Robin S. kurz]

[Dave Gage] “It’s at about 11 seconds in.”

Yes, that’s a simple BLOOM transition. Available by default in FCP.

If, as in that case, there is a lot of darker areas in the image, it will APPEAR to only apply to part of the picture, but it obviously is being applied to the entire frame. Only the effect, as you noted yourself, is most prominent in the lighter ares, to which e.g. his face belongs.

– RK

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[Scott Witthaus]

so, can I soften the edges on a crop in FCPX yet? 😉

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter