And, I am totally blown-away by how fast and easy this makes using the Broadcast Safe effect to prevent excessive white levels. This is a very fast, very easy technique to use whenever you want the same effect to be applied to multiple clips. In fact, using this Adjustment Layer effect for the Broadcast Safe effect is faster and more flexible than combining all your clips into a compound clip. I like being obvious with my effect names so I can remember what it does. You can create a new category from within the Category menu. You can name this effect anything and store it in any category you prefer. Here, I’m using Adjustment Layer and storing it in a custom category named Larry. ![]() NOTE: This technique works for any effect – including Broadcast Safe. Choose File > Save As, then give the effect a name. ALL the clips below the Adjustment Layer effect now inherit the Black & White effect. When I drop it on top of the Adjustment Layer effect… ![]() Now – and this is the magical part – add any effect to the Adjustment Layer and it will automatically apply to all the clips below it!įor example, here’s the Black & White effect. Here’s a stack of three clips in the Timeline…ĭrag the Adjustment Layer effect from the Titles Browser and put it on TOP of all three clips.Īdjust the length of the Adjustment Layer clip to run whatever duration you need. ![]() When I select the Larry category, the Adjustment Layer effect is visible in the top left corner. That way, it refreshes the list of templates available in each browser. So, if FCP X is running, I generally quit and restart it. I’ve found, when I create new templates, that FCP X does not always know something new has been created. I just like being obvious so I can remember what I did and where I put it. Here, I’m using “Adjustment Layer” and storing it in a custom category named “Larry.” You can name this effect anything and store it in any category you prefer. This is the only change you need to make.Ĭhoose File > Save As, then give the effect a name. Open the Layers panel (shortcut: F5), select the text layer and delete it. Motion opens, displaying the standard title creation template. (You can always change the duration in Final Cut Pro X when you apply the effect.) While not critical, set the presets to match your typical video project for both format and effect duration. The easiest way to create this effect is to use Motion. They are very helpful because it means we can add an effect to a single “clip” that affects everything below it.įinal Cut Pro X doesn’t have them… but, you can fake it. I finally had time to figure this out.Īn “adjustment layer” is an object on a higher layer which, when an effect is placed into it, affects all the clips below it.Īdobe first presented adjustment layers in Photoshop, then extended them to Premiere Pro somewhere around the Creative Cloud release. 2020”Īt the end of the name, then press Return.Here is a really cool technique that Leo Hans suggested to me a long while ago.
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