iCreate - UK (2019-09)

Final Cut Pro X

Create a surreal title sequence

A

n effective title sequence should grab your audience’s

attention and give them a flavour of what your

programme is about. In the title sequence of Netflix’s

time travelling thriller Dark, kaleidoscopic effects are used to

turn ordinary footage into a montage of disturbing imagery.

Traditionally a kaleidoscope was a child’s toy that used a

cardboard tube and a series of mirrors to create repetitive

patterns. By applying a kaleidoscopic video effect to clips of

people you can create nightmarish organic shapes. Architecture

under a kaleidoscopic lens produces striking ambient shapes

that can add interest and texture to your projects. In this

walkthrough we’ll demonstrate how to add creative reflective

effectstoyourclips,adjusttheirdefaultsettingsformorestriking

resultsandanimatetheeffectsusingkeyframes.

Apply and modify a range of effects to create stylised and eye-catching footage

Kaleidoscopic effects

Getcreativeusingmultiplereflections

Segmentangle

Thiscontrolhandleincreases

ordecreasestheamount

of mirroredsegments

appliedto theclip.A higher

valuewillproducemore

abstractgeometricshapes

andpatterns.Youcanalso

changethenumberof

segmentsusingtheInspector.

Effectsbrowser

TheTilingcategoryof the

Effectsbrowsercontains

thepowerfulKaleidoscope

effect.Thisbreaksupthe

clipintomultipleoverlapping

reflectionsthatcreatesurreal

shapesandpatterns.

Offsetangle

Thiscontrolhandleenables

youto rotatetheangleof the

Kaleidoscopeeffect’smirror

segments.Youcanalso

changethevalueof theOffset

anglein theVideoInspector’s

Kaleidoscopepanel.

Keyframes

By clicking on the diamond-

shaped ‘Add a keyframe’

icon you can rotate the

Kaleidoscope effect’s Offset

Angle to add more movement

to the clip (see steps 7 and 8).

Creating a kaleidoscopic intro sequence for your movies is

a great way to capture and entrance your audience...

Choose a workspace

When working with effects in Final Cut Pro

it’s worth choosing a suitable workspace.

After adding clips to the timeline go to

Window>Workspaces>Color & Effects. This gives

you easy access to the Effects browser where you

can choose an effect. It also displays the Video

Inspector where you can modify the look produced

by the chosen effect.

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