FCP 7 Help +k

1. you can overlay it, so throw it on top of the clip you want in the shot then right click it, composite, and click overlay, or you can do some other things that are more complicated...
 
For the overlapping video do what he^ said or just double click on the clip and in the viewer go to the motion tab and change the opacity.

For the moving text you can do a couple things. If you have motion or after effects installed use the motion tracking feature, this produces the most successful results very quickly.

If you don't have either of those applications you can keyframe the text around according to the movement in the video going frame by frame. This is a painstaking process however if you've only got final cut it's your only option.

Now I assume you have no idea what keyframes are.

Key frames are exactly what they sound like, they are frames that are essentially control points. You tell final cut what the settings for a certain clip should be at two different points in time and it automatically fills in the gaps.

Lets say that you want to have text fade in but only fade in to 75%, hold at that opacity then in one frames time change to 100%.

You would start at the first frame of the clip (you'll see a green 90 degree angle in the lower left hand corner of the window that's indicative of the first frame). Lower your opacity to 0% and click the little button that is a circle with the outline of a diamond inside of it. The diamond should fill in solid. You have your first keyframe.

Now go to 2 seconds into the clip and bring the opacity up to 75%. A keyframe should be automatically added. You'll see a line between the two points you just created that should form an angle.

Move in another second and simply click the keyframe button again. You're doing this because you want it to hold at 75% between those two points.

Press the right arrow to move over one more frame and bring the opacity up to 100%. Command R to render and watch the results.

If you were able to follow me you should have successfully used keyframes.

 
For the first effect on the B&E show...all they did was have two clips on top of each other and then change the opacity to about half (50% or whatever looks best for your footage) on the top clip.the opacity can be found after double clicking the clip which settings you wanna change and its under the motion tab.

You can also use the comp settings and play around with different styles like also mentioned above. for those, have the clips layered one above the other in the timeline and then right click on the top layer, and go to >composition settings and try out each of the settings to see how each will look and affect the clip.

For the moving text, all that is is just a basic text out of FCP7. Create the text and find the clip you want to have the title track across (usually is easier to do with super steady footage panning at a constant speed). Then place the text in the timeline and double click on that section to bring it into the viewer. Go to the motion settings tab at the top and you will need to use the "center" values. Put the playhead at the start of the clip and adjust the text so that it fits where you want it to start. Then create a keyframe for the center position of the text. (this is the little diamond looking icon right next to the values and will turn green when clicked) this tells the footage that this is the start point for the text. Then drag the playhead to the end of the clip you want the text on and move the text so that the same spots line up with how you had it at the start. go back to the motion tab and create another keyframe for the new position of the text. now when you start the clip over and play it back real time, the text should track across the screen with the footage. You can also add keyframes in between the start and end points if there are parts of the footage that are for some reason a little faster than the others while panning. You can keyframe almost every aspect of the settings so play around with those as well. **one thing that i do whenever im gonna do this type of keyframing under the final viewer (one on the right) at the top there is a drop down arrow next to the size. i click on >image and wireframe so that i can just click and drag the footage as the playhead moves. this creates an automatic keyframe when turned on and its a lot faster imo.

that is the quick and dirty way of keyframing tho. if you have motion or after effects, you could always export that clip to one of those programs, put in the text and use the tracker to automatically give you every point. both methods have their pro's and cons if you check out my vids i use both methods for different things.

if this doesn't make sense you can pm me and ill try and explain better with screen shots. hope this helps!
 
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