Imovie style effects in FCP

how does one go about creating imovie style effects in FCP
like aged film, or rain, or film look
do i need to buy third party filters?

Graeme Nattress (www.nattress.com) has a very well regarded group of filters that will do "film look" as well as imitating aged film. Not sure what rain look is.
Or, edit your project in FCP, export a .dv file and run it through iMovie with whatever effect you'd like to apply.
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Just wondering if anyone know how I can use keynote effects on fcp. Or how I can get transition plugins that Keynote program is using to use in fcp.

Hi MooVee,
Afraid that Keynote and FCP are two different beasts, so there's no plug-in infrastructure or the like to share transition styles.
You can, however, generate clips in Keynote and export them as QuickTime movies into Final Cut. I use Keynote as my primary titling tool, as it's so fast and easy to use. For creating titles, be sure that your Master has a Transparent (None) background, and your slide the same. Then create your title animation, and Export it as a QuickTime movie with the "Include transparency" checkbox ticked, and using the Animation compression settings. This will give you a QT clip with an alpha channel that you can add to your FCP timeline.
I sometimes monkey with the size of the Keynote master to match the video size, and bring in still screenshots form the video to put in as a compositional reference (deleting it, of course, when I export the movie). But as you know, you can ultimately adjust the placement of the video in FCP, so it's not always necessary.

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Yeah, I checked that out but it was only a few frames.
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Apple gave iMovie '08 users the possibility to re-download a copy of iMovie HD. That offer was discontinued in 2009
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Once you have a Trailer in your Project Library, you can use the File>Convert to Project command to allow to edit it's various elements' like cutting out the credits.
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I have a clip that i need to make look really boring and dull. Other than changing it to black and white is there any other effect in FCP i can use to make it look muted and dull? Cheers.

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Is it possible to recreate this effect on FCP or Motion?

Hi there, I'm attempting to recreate this multi luma key effect on FCP but it is proving diffucult? Are there any methods for this to work on either FCP or Motion?
Thanks in advance,
http://youtu.be/Gctf0n8b3F4?t=13s

Yeah - it's possible, but not without some trickery.
First download and install this:
http://sight-creations.com/fxexchange/LumaFill.zip
if you need installation instructions, go here: http://sight-creations.com/install4fcpx/ (this is an Effect).
You need greenscreen media. Apply the Keyer to the greenscreen footage. After the Keyer, apply Luma Fill. Select the Drop Zone source well and click on the clip you want to place inside the "person" (or whatever's left of the green screen). (The drop zone source can be from the event browser OR from the storyline [or connected clip -- and you can "hide" clips underneath the storyline.])
Place a generator or another clip (or clips) beneath the clip to serve as a background.
Adjust the Luma Fill with the Levels control -- drag the White Point down towards the black to "open it up". Or adjust the gamma (grey/middle control) upwards to create a mix (and try some of the other parameter controls as well.)
[this greenscreen footage also has tracking marks... ]
You can also use this effect (without a keyer) on "plain" (non-greenscreen) media and with or without drop zone media -- it's a cool way to add a mix of Black & White over whatever you place the clip. [Add drop zone media for a 3-way mix.]
[stockfootage from BottledVideo.com and HollywoodCameraWork.us (greenscreen media)]
PS - if FCPX "freaks" a little (doesn't show the effects in the video pane) simply select the transform icon under the left corner of the view, then click the Done button (that's all you need to do -- the effects should reappear in the Video inspector.) I didn't notice any adverse effects beyond that.
HTH

Filters, styles, effects not showing in pse12

I have a pse12 in win 8 pc. When I open editor, the filters, styles, effects are not showing up. Pls help. Thanks.

Hi, you are posting in the wrong forum, and will do better asking in the Elements forum
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To be clear, are you saying you can see the menue bar, and that you are not seeing what you'd expect to see under Filters?
Or can you not see the menu bar and/or the toolbar and other panels? In Photoshop you can toggle through three different screen modes with the f key, and turn panels off and on with the Tab key.
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Is capturing in iMovie before transfer to FCP affect clip quality?

Capturing in iMovie detects all the start/stops. Then, importing in FCP is a fast and easy way to get all start/stops. But, does the resulting video quality just as good as if the capturing had been done entirely in FCP ?
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#20 Using iMovie to Capture for FCP edit
Shane's Stock Answer #20:
iMovie handles the media differently from FCP, specifically where audio is concerned. So it is not a recommended workflow. Here's why...
iMovie captures using DV Stream (.dv) standard which does not use timecode. That is a big disadvantage over the way that FCP captures in that you can't go back and recapture the material at a later date if you need to revisit a project.
The DV/NTSC specification (the one FCP uses) also calls for seperate tracks for audio and video, even if you capture it as one clip. iMovie' DV stream format is muxed audio and video, which means that they are tied together (I can't get into specifics because I ain't no engineer or programmer). FCP is a bit more demanding and captures the seperate audio/video tracks, either in a single media file or as seperate video and audio files. With FCP you could capture video only or audio only because each is defined by the DV specs. while with iMovie you can't.
Also, if you drop the iMovie footage into the timeline, your will get the RED render bar forcing you to render the footage in order to see it...
Shane

How do i import an imovie sound effect into itunes

how do i import an imovie sound effect into itunes?
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IMovie effects in FCP

I recently purchased iLife 08 and wanted to use some of the effects (transitions) in FCP. Is this possible?

No, they aren't compatible.
But what are looking for?
Maybe something else is available that is.

A Better Way to "Preview" Effects in FCP?

Okay, in Motion (which I've recently started using), you can browse various effects (filters, behaviors, etc.) in the Library Pane and see a helpful little thumbnail movie, along with a verbal description, which gives you a good idea of what kind of "effect" that particular Effect is going to have.
I'm told (though I've not used either app myself) that both iMovie '08 and Adobe's Premiere have a similar mini-preview function to help you choose the right filter and/or transition.
So my question is (before submitting another Feature Request to the FCP team): what is the closest thing to this much appreciated function in the current version of Final Cut?
I'm currently working on a project which demands a very wide variety of different (and sometimes even intentionally cheesy) filters and transitions. So I seem to spend a lot of time in my Browser's Effects tab searching for "something different", or wondering "what the heck does this one do?" -- and often having to actually drop the effect and/or transition into a Timeline (and then reading e-mails while it renders), just to get a sense of what it actually does.
So...
— Has anyone created some sort of "FCP Effects Previewer" that mimics the kind of function already built-in to Motion?
— Is there a website somewhere with easy-to-search little examples of every Final Cut filter and transition?
— Or has anyone even a created a pdf with clear verbal descriptions and accompanying screenshots of same (or even just simple diagrams to illustrate all the different wipe transitions)?
So far my Googling on this topic hasn't been very successful, but I'd appreciate any tips on where to look.
Thanks,
John Bertram
Toronto

Hi again.
FWIW, it was Motion which I've only recently started using. I've actually been working with FinalCut since version 4.5, though so far not for "paying clients" (in other words, just for my own indie film work, plus some pro bono projects for friends in theater and business presentations). So in that sense my work as a "professional" editor is mostly pre-NLE, cutting 16mm docs and TV episodes on Steenbecks a couple of lifetimes ago.
But you've raised an interesting point, which I guess could be summarized as the ongoing tension between making a Pro App "stronger" (more versatile, more compatible, more stable) while also trying to make its interface “friendlier" (easier to learn, easier to customize, easier to navigate, etc.). And I can certainly understand how, for those who've slogged their way up several years of learning curves, the former category is always going to be top priority in terms of how Apple allocates its development resources.
But whenever I venture into a previously unexplored quadrant of the Final Cut galaxy (and that can include even just an Effects Tab folder I've never opened before), I definitely experience that Newbie Chill all over again. So I've always hoped (perhaps naively) that FinalCut's development could pursue BOTH goals simultaneously -- overhaul the Media Manager; keep adding those new codecs -- while at the same time keep making the FCP interface a more inviting, more comfortable place in which to work.
When I think about the many FCP Feedback Suggestions I've submitted over the years (also for Logic Express then Logic Studio), I can see how a lot of them -- not all, but quite a few -- would fall into that second, “user-friendliness” category. The irony is that many of the feature requests I've submitted for the Consumer apps -- ways to make iPhoto, say (or Address Book, or Pages, or whatever) more powerful -- would fall into the first category, the it-really-should-be-able-to-do-this-or-that, "beefing up the engine" one. And those suggestions, when discussed in their respective forums, have sometimes drawn the criticism of "Hey c'mon -- it's just a Consumer App".
But every once in a while, a new version gets released, and some progress is made on both fronts. So I guess I’ll just keep tilting at both windmills for now.
Cheers,
jb

----- Is it possible to create this mask shape effect in FCP X?

I've been playing around with some masks in FCP X, but I cannot figure out how to create this effect..is it possible?
I am interested in creating a mask shape where I can use it to identify something on the screen inside the shape with the surrounding area darker.
In FCP 6/7, I used to just add a slug on top of the clip, add a mask shape, tweak it, invert it and lower the opacity.
Any thoughts?
Thank you.

AppleUsur wrote:
… I am interested in creating a mask shape where I can use it to identify something on the screen inside the shape with the surrounding area darker.
in FCPX no masks nor additional tracks needed:
select the clip
in the Info board, select the Color Correction
there's a built-in Mask tool - select that
switch on the Color Board, here comes the trick: …
you are allowed to select WHERE the correction is applied: inside or outside the mask
(in my German interface Innen/Außen)
drag down the general exposure
there are handles to define size, shape, position
you can drag the outer circle (no handles) to define blurr gradient
you can even animate that highlight by key-framing it ....
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Open iMovie 10 Project in FCP X

My son edited a movie in iMovie 10 and wanted to choose different fonts for the titles. For some reason we haven't been able to figure out, he is unable to edit the font styles as that option appears to be grayed out, regardless of which title style he chooses (reading in the Apple Support Communities, this is either a bug or intentional), so we decided to add titles in FCP X. But we can't find the project now! Where in the heck does iMovie 10 save projects?
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Thanks so much! I followed that info and was able to get much of the material up in iMovie. There are still some projects that it cant find the media for, but that's not surprising. I've got files and folders spread between two different drives, in all kinds of places. iMovie shows three different Libriaries in the lefthand colum now, iMovie Library, iMovie Library 1 and iMovie Library 2.
I was able to find the main Movies folder, with its iMovie Porjects and iMovie events folder and I put them at the root level of the external.
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Eventually I'd like for the iMovie library and and all its assoicated files and folders to be stored on one of these externals Iit may be that way now...) Do you know how to check which folders and files iMovie is referencing?

Titles only in iMovie style?

I just installed FCP X full of anticipation for a major upgrade from FCE, but it looks quite the opposite.
Am i missing something, or is titling limited purely and simply to the template style of iMovie?

Click the title bar on the little triangle and you will see a pop-up where you can select "Show Video animation"
All that for a basic fade in/fade out!

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