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how to feather a rectangle shape in FCPX and add drop shadow?
I am in the middle of my 30 day free trial of FCPX 10.0.8 and one simple graphic element has me stumped.
In FCP 7 I could make a rectangle with the shapes generator, fill it with color, feather the edges for softness AND add a drop shadow to edges of the box. It was part of a custom lower third…I was creating a text box with a colored background and the actual lower third text was another element on a video layer above it.
In FCPX I found the shape generator…but couldn’t find a way to simultaneously “feather” the edges AND add a drop shadow to the edges of the rectangle box I created.
Is there a third party plug-in that will allow FEATHER and DROP SHADOW to the edges of a TEXT BOX? Without having to go to MOTION…which doesn’t have a 30 day trial. Was hoping to accomplish this within FCPX or with a compatible plug-in that I could try during my 30 day free trial.
I love that look of the box I had in FCP 7…and thought it would be very easy to replicate it in FCPX. Hopefully someone can help out with some advice.
John
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4 Replies
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I would definitely recommend having Motion for that. Here’s an example of a free Motion effect you could find that does exactly what you want:
https://www.fcp.co/forum/9-free-fcpx-plugins-and-templates/2164-free-fcpx-shapes-effects
Or you could simply edit the existing Shape Generator in Motion and publish its feather parameter for FCPX- also free once you have Motion.
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Could accomplish probably what you want with a solid and the crop and feather effect, or the mask effect, then add the drop shadow effect.
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Thanks, Brett…I did try the combo of tools you suggest (the solid with crop and feather, then mask, then drop shadow), but on my first pass I could not seem to quite replicate the same look and feel of what I had in FCP 7 in terms of a feathered text background box with drop shadow. However, I will give it a second try to see if I can produce a better result.
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Thanks, James…I did check out the link you shared and this is precisely the kind of all in one tool that would allow me to achieve the effect that I want…provided I have Motion. It seems like getting that software is a no brainer if one is committed to FCPX.
Happy to see that what I want to do is within my reach!
John
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