Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro : Apple Final Cut Pro Tutorial

A Creative COW Apple Final Cut Pro Video Tutorial

Filters as Transitions Apple Final Cut Pro 6

Shane Ross
Los Angeles California USA
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Final Cut Pro has a lot of great filters, and Creative Cow leader Shane Ross found a number of them that he thought would look great as transitions. It turns out that really do! In this video tutorial, he shows you just how easily you too can build truly unique transitions with filters..

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Re: Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Nicole Brors

Thanks for the tutorial! Super simple concept that produces some really snazzy transitions.

Re: Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Brad Minskoff

This was an extremly helpful tutorial! What are some other Filters that will create a transition.
Thank you,
B

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

If you have FCP 5.1, it comes with a package of FXPlug plugins called the MOTION INCENTIVES. You get this when you register your copy of Motion. With FCP 6, this comes standard. It is unavailable on previous versions.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Samuel Ferguson

Where did you get the Glow Video Filter folder from?

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

Light Rays...I kept the theme going.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Mark Kemp

Thanks Shane, I found the quality pretty good..;-) sorry I meant the one before the light rays effect.. the effect is still on the final cut project and then you go into the light rays.. I have been seeing this dazzle effect on peoples work, motion 2 does have it but its not as good.. maybe its in motion 3??

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

Mark....that is LIGHT RAYS...the transition that I mention at the beginning. It just plays back super quick, as it is a 20 frame dissolve...and of course the low quality playback of the tutorial doesn't help.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Mark Kemp

Shane, brilliant thanks very much.. i will use this allot ;-) i have to ask.. as i have been scratching my head for a while with this one.. How did you do the last transition Dazzle effect?, its the last transition.. before you end..

thanks for your help.

mark kemp

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

This is a question for the forums, not a comment on a tutorial.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by KC Allen

I LOVE it when I'm validated! I was looking to do this very effect for a project last year, and I did it in exactly the way Shane Ross did it! He did it a lot faster than I did, and I learned a couple of short cuts, but the overall workflow was the same. Mine was used as part of an introductory sequence, a title area montage, and it looked awesome.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

I don't like nesting...and avoid it whenever possible. But, feel free to do it that way. Seems like it would work.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by BRAD BOIM

How about nesting both sides of the transition and applying the effect once with 4 keyframes?

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Abraham Chaffin

There was a glitch in the way Internet Explorer was handling the mov file but this has been resolved now.

BTW Great tutorial Shane!

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by FCPRob

Thanks to whomever fixed the clip. I can now see it and it was worth the hassle. Thanks Shane.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Shane Ross

Rob, what version of Quicktime do you have installed? The tutorial is encoded H.264, so you need at least QT 7.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Tim Wilson

I just looked at it again, playing just fine. And Shane, awesome tutorial.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by FCPRob

I hear audio but the viseo never appears. See product info in 3 horizontal panels.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by FCPRob

I can hear the tutorial but the video isabsent. All I see are horizontal panels for product info.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by FCPRob

I can see the two tutorials from Aharon on Weather Replacement as well as a few others, yet I cannot SEE this tut! I'm using Quicktime 7.3

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by George Bazhenov

Brilliant! I used this technique - sort of, that is. I just keyframed the lowest line in the Motion tab, the Mix, from 0 to 100 and then from 100 to 0 again. It would probably take me another couple of years to figure out that all the remaining parameters could be keyframed, too. Thank you Shane.

Build Unique Transitions with Filters in Final Cut Pro
by Kim Rowley

Great idea Shane! Simple and effective - both creatively and easy on the wallet Thanks!