Pixel Film Studios - FCPX Overlay Scratches 5K Lesson - Scratched Overlays - Final Cut Pro X

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Channel: Pixel Film Studios · 2016 · Film & Animation

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Welcome to a FCPX Overlay Scratches 5K Lesson from Pixel Film Studios.
FCPX Overlay Scratches 5K allows you scratch up any media using intuitive grunge overlays. With thousands of sample frames that are spread throughout 10 ranges of scratch materials the creativity will be endless.
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TIMELINE
Let’s begin by selecting our media from the FCPX Media library and dragging it to the timeline.
Then locate FCPX Overlay Scratches in the titles library.
Browse through the variety of Scratch presets
For this example we will be using the heavy scratches 1 preset.
Drag and drop the preset over the top of your media.
Make it the same length as your media.
Select the adjustment layer and go to the Inspector Window.
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ON-SCREEN CONTROLS
Let’s start by adjusting the position, rotation, and scale in the on-screen controls section.
You can make these adjustments using the designated sliders or you can use the on-screen controls in the viewer window.
Adjust position by clicking and dragging the center control puck.
Each arrow will adjust a different rotation.
Click and rotate the inner arrow to adjust the X Rotation.
To adjust the Y Rotation click and rotate the middle arrow.
Click and rotate the outside arrow to adjust the Z Rotation.
Once you have the on-screen controls set move down to the Overlay Controls section.
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OVERLAY CONTROLS
Begin by adjusting the sample slider.
The Sample slider will cycle through different scratches.
After choose a variety of Effect Modes.
Then go on to adjacent the texture scale.
Underneath you have the option of flipping the scratch texture horizontal or vertical.
Continue on by adjusting the opacity of the texture and selecting a background color.
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ENHANCEMENT CONTROLS
Next we will go over the Enhancement Controls.
Start by selecting a color.
Once you have chosen a color you can then adjust the threshold, and smoothness sliders.
The Threshold slider will determine what is light and what is dark in your image.
Move the threshold slider left to make your adjustments lighter and move the threshold right to darken them.
Adjusting the smoothness slider will set the smoothness of transition between the substituted colors chosen.
Then go on to adjust the contrast, brightness and blur.
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FRAME CONTROLS
After you have adjusting the Enhancement Controls go down to the Frame Controls.
Begin by adjusting the frame opacity, frame scale, and frame rotation.
Then adjust the Edge feathering slider.
Lastly adjust the Epicenter area and Epicenter opacity slider.
The Epicenter area slider acts as a vignette.
Moving the slider the left will decrease the cover less of your media, While moving the slider to the right will cover more of your media.
Next adjust the Epicenter opacity.
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FINAL TOUCHES FLICKER CONTROLS
Now for some final touches.
In the flicker controls you can adjust the flicker intensity, flicker speed and flicker noise sliders.

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