Light Sweep Tutorial in Final Cut Pro |
This simple tutorial shows how to make a light shine out through a logotype. It covers most of the basic controls in Shine. Just follow the steps below. The result will look like the movie on the right. |
Begin in Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 or later. Make a new Sequence. DV NTSC 24p. Name it "Shine DV". |
Create a new text object on the Timeline window. Set the duration of the Text object to 3:00 by trimming the outgoing side. |
Edit the Text Controls by double-clicking the Text object in the Timeline. Change the text to "SHINE" and set the font size to 170. Set the Font to Trebuchet MS. Set the Style to Bold Italic. The Canvas window should look like this. |
First, let's change the colors by using a favorite. Load the Shine Favorites project and you will find all of the Colorize presets available as drag and drop options. Note: If you are used to using Shine in After Effects, you will find that the colorize presets have been moved to favorites in Final Cut Pro, and are no longer accessed from the Colorize... pop-up menu. |
To make the rays a bit longer, increase Ray Length to 8.0. To brighten up the image a bit, set Boost Light to 1.0 |
The Canvas window should look something like this: Set a keyframe at time 0;00 Source Point and set the value to -270,0. Press the End key to move to the clip's out point and change the value to 270,0. This will sweep the light rays across the text. |
Now, let's try a mask. Open up the Pre-Process group and check the Use Mask checkbox. Using Radius and Feather you can tweak the size and softness of the mask. For this tutorial, simply leave them at the defaults. Set the playback mode to Unlimited RT and press Play to preview the Shine animation. |
Finally, let's use a transfer mode to make the logo more visible. Set the Transfer Mode pop-up to Add. Set Source Opacity to 20%. Note that you have to change the transfer mode first, since Source Opactity has no meaning when transfer mode is None. |
Press Option-R to render the 3 second timeline to disk. Then hit the spacebar to play the final animation. |