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Pixel Film Studios - ProParagraph Lesson - Self-Animating Paragraphs - Final Cut Pro X

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Channel: Pixel Film Studios · 2016 · Film & Animation

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Welcome to a ProParagraph Lesson from Pixel Film Studios.
ProParagraph features 30 self-animating paragraphs that will work great with informercials, listings, descriptions and many more applications. Simply pick a preset and drag it over your footage, ProParagraph will do the rest.
In this tutorial we’ll show you step-by-step how to use a ProParagraph preset to create a professional multi-line look for your video production.
Let’s get started.
STEP 1
We’ll start by placing video footage into the Final Cut Pro X timeline.
Locate Proparagraph in the FCPX titles Library and scrub through the animations to find a preset that best matches your clip.
The in & out animation durations of each preset are set. This allow users to extend the time the paragraph will be shown on screen without distorting the animation.
For this example, we’ll match the length of the preset to our clip.
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STEP 2
We’ll start by changing the text to match our scene.
Click on the Editable checkbox to activate text editing capabilities.
Next, we’ll double click the text and make the necessary adjustments.
Now that we’re finished, we’ll deselect the editable checkbox.
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STEP 3
In the inspector window, you’ll always find six control sections, On-Screen Controls, Style Controls, Background Controls, Camera Controls and Drop Shadow Controls. Because all ProParagraph products are unique, sometimes you may find additional controls like Drop Zone sections that cater specifically to that style.
We’ll start by using the on-screen controls to adjust the scale, position, and rotation of preset.
Next, we’ll use the style controls to change the elements of the preset. Because the style of each preset is unique, style controls will differ across presets.
In this example we have control over the box color, height, opacity and y position.
We will start by adjusting the box color, for this preset we have to go to the beginning of the animation to see the box adjustments.
Since this footage has compliments the orange color of the text we are going to make the box that color as well.
We are going to leave the height and position the same but we will be bringing the opacity down on the box.
Since the color we chose is such a strong color we want to subtly grab the viewers attention, And we are also still able to see the footage beneath the animation.
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STEP 4
Next let’s move on to the Background Controls.
With Background Controls, we’re able to create better contrast between the text and our media.
Presets come standard with tint and blur controls. However, depending on the style of the preset, the controls in this section may vary slightly.
We’ll increase the tint opacity, blur and brightness to really make our text stand out.
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FINAL TOUCHES
Now for some Final Touches.
Underneath the text controls is the Drop Shadow Controls.
Drop Shadow will always be optional.
Drop Shadows are useful when you would like to add depth.
For this example we will not be using a drop shadow since our background tint provides the depth we are looking for.
Lastly let’s go down to the Camera Controls.
Since our footage is on a tripod, It is not as appealing as we would like to be.
So we are going to add more life and movement to our scene by adjusting the dolly amount slider to around 50 percent.

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