Easily Use Keyframes in Final Cut Pro!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- This video covers the basics of how to add camera movement to your videos using keyframes in Final Cut Pro. And remember, when it comes to this technique, subtlety is key!
There are times when having your camera stay completely still is the most effective way to communicate your point or tell your story. But other times, a subtle camera movement can bring your shot to life, direct the audience’s focus, or just add some visual interest to your video.
But this can be tough if you film by yourself and don’t always have someone else to operate your camera.
Time Markers:
0:00 - Static vs. Moving Camera Angles
0:37 - An Example of Keyframe Camera Movement
2:31 - Adding Basic Camera Movement
3:51 - What Exactly Are Keyframes?
5:54 - The Meaning Behind Your Camera Moves
8:14 - Keyframe Transitions
9:20 - The invisible Camera Operator
10:27 - Subtlety is Key
11:11 - Become a Final Cut Pro Pro!
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Episode 185: Use Key Frames As Your Invisible Camera Operator!
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Best vid I’ve seen so far on keyframes. Thanks for explaining exactly what they are! And you gave us some really good tips, thank you!
1:11 You just set me right up with that one. Can't believe I fell for it!
😬🥁
And Final Cut is going to...Freeze. LOL! Great description and tut. Your Thumbnails BTW are epic. Subtle-tea. LOL!
I found the Light Pen in Procreate and went a little overboard on some of them 😬
This is long, but worth the read.
Hey Tom, I just wanted to say I love your videos and thank you for them. I'm learning a lot from you. Soooo..…….I kind of …. well, I left a few comments/rants yesterday about how upset I was that I had to send my brand new Rodecaster Pro it in for repair. Most people would be upset, especially if they are in the middle of their launch phase of their first podcast. The support team were as horrified as I am. Rode is a well-established brand and industry leader with excellent products, and no manufacturer is perfect. Regardless of my challenge, I'm not discouraged and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the Rodecaster Pro to anyone. They are clearly breaking ground in the industry with this product and many others. I don't like it when somebody poo-poos a company like Rode and says that everything is crap. These things happen. Nobody and no company are perfect. What’s important is how the manufacturer handles the problem which speaks loudly of their commitment to the quality of their products (or not). And I can tell you that Rode’s support system is as high-quality as their product line. 👍🎉
I didn’t feel good about being Mr. Complainer on your channel when you get so many positive reviews and you’re helping so many people. My poo-pooing days are over, and I apologize for sticking nose into your faithful following last night. I didn’t say anything nasty, but there was a subtl-tea of a negative agenda in my posts. 😦
Thanks again for all the time you put into helping so many people and congratulations on your TH-cam success. God bless you for donating to #blacklivesmatter. I just subscribed to your podcast. 👍🎉
If you’re interested, my podcast is called Visible Kindness (hence why I’m posting this). 😬 Yeah....companies AND people aren't perfect, but like I said, it's how we handle it. All I have is my trailer uploaded (to most platforms) and I’m going live on the 30th. I want to help people live, embrace, and spread kindness and make a difference in the world…… like you. 😊
Keep up the great work Tom! 👍🎉 I wish you all the success.
Side note..... My brand new 2019 MacBook Pro that I customized to the hilt which runs like an F-16 fighter jet, also crapped out at the same time as my Rodecaster Pro. Ha ha ha!!!....but not really. :-( I have to send it to Apple as well. But it's kind of funny in a twisted way. So there you go. Apple isn't perfect either. BUT!! I firmly believe that my podcast is going to help many people, and sometimes there's weird Darth Vader-like forces that press upon us to try to discourage us from getting our message out there. That's where my true frustration came from. But I put that behind me because I believe what I'm doing is too important. Yeesh! I feel like I'm using your channel inappropriately again! LoL! Have a great day everyone! And be kind! ❤❤❤❤
Wow! Thank you for sharing all of this. I have a few thoughts:
1. I'm glad Rode's service is treating you well, and I'm sorry about your MacBook! That's definitely unfortunate timing, but like Rode, Apple is good at taking care of their customers.
2. I'm so glad you're pushing forward with your podcast, especially if you think it can be something positive for others. The world needs more of that.
3. And finally, please don't apologize for any comments! The whole point of sharing stuff on TH-cam and the internet in general is to connect with others, and I'm REALLY grateful you'd take the time to watch my videos and share your thoughts (even if that includes some frustrations).
Thanks again! And all the best to you!
@@tombuck Thank you so much. And I agree about commenting and social media. I've gone from a fan to being a huge fan! Looking forward to promoting your content whenever I can. :-)
Subtlety!...An exercise in restraint when you are excited about discovering a new technique. :) Great job!
All of these subtleties add up in your productions to make masterpieces! I will definitely be adding these techniques to my editing arsenal!
Awesome man, glad it's helping!
Great video as normal always a pleasure to watch. And always come away with something new thanks Tom
This his so great to hear, thanks John!
Dude. The motion background for the MC was genius and the fade in key frames is also great! Thanks!
Thank YOU!👍
Great tutorial 👍 Also: dad joke level: expert
Praise of the highest order!
@@tombuck 😂
Thanks for this tutorial it’s always interesting to refresh his mind about key frame 👍🏻
What’s so crazy is like 2 days ago I was editing and recalling how when you taught me about key frames you told me they were a pain in the ass to work with but super useful, and years later I can’t argue against that. Such a cool technique. Great video!
Haha, they can definitely be frustrating. But you made some really cool stuff with them!
This was a great tutorial on keyframes, thanks man!
Hahahaha subtle tea. I would triple subscribe to your channel if I wasn't already subscribed.
I guess you could unsubscribe and then subscribe again 🤷🏻♂️😁
Great tutorial, your presence is awesome. I'm sure your students love you. Keep it up man. Your time will come
I appreciate that!
Great video, very thorough. I was so happy to see that I’m not the only one who deals with that freezing issue on FCPX! And I have a 2019 decked out IMac. All in all I loved the subtlety technique and will start implementing into my workflow. Thanks & Subbed
Glad it helped! my FCPX usually works very well, but every once in a while it does something funky like this.
Great video
Hi Tom - just saying hi and letting you know we talk about you often! Plus I show off your channel when you put up a new video :) Just in case you missed it, I moved the live stream to PeterGreggLive from the channel. You look like you are doing great, big thumbs up of course :) 👍
Thank you Peter! I’ve been missing the live streams, so I’ll be sure to check out the separate channel. I really appreciate all the kindness and support!
Thank you so much for this! I've always been a little frustrated with keyframes. I
like how you explain this. Your subtl-tea helps! 😄
Glad it was helpful! It's easy to get overwhelmed/confused with keyframes, so I like to focus on one specific technique at a time.
Saved to "watch later"! See you then 👊
Thanks for the class Mr. Buck! I will be working on this. I will report back with my summative assessment, but let me know if you need any formative check-ins 👊
I’m prepared to differentiate and scaffold as necessary. 📚
@@tombuck ✔✔ highly effective!
Subtle Tea.
Thanks for showing us Final Cut Pro interface. You are using Mac computers, Have you used Windows computers? There are other video editors for Windows. There are similar functions in Windows Video Editing software.
I'm definitely a Mac guy and I really love Final Cut. I've played around with Premiere, but it just doesn't work for me personally
Thank you for this tutorial! I am a newbie and starting to edit basketball videos taken with my iPhone. I want to be able to start the frame where I shoot the ball and follow the ball to the basket. Any tips to make this easy?
Honestly, it just takes a bit of practice. Final Cut recently added a tracking feature, so that might be a good thing to check out.
Great video Tom! Can please explain what dictates being able to expand a lane in the Video Animation Editor? As an example, I've set key frames to scale a still image up and down but there is no expand arrow to expand the lane and edit the curves. Same goes with the Color Board animation lane - I've set keyframes for Global Saturation but can't expand the lane to edit the curve. Help appreciated!
Hey Hal! This is perfect timing because I think I accidentally discovered this the other day. If you have the option enabled to show animation (ctrl + v) then you can click on any "lane" that has keyframes in it and it should expand for further adjustment. It won't expand if there aren't any keyframes yet.
Hope that's at least a bit helpful!
@@tombuck Hi Tom, thanks for the prompt reply. Clicking or double clicking, with or without modifier keys, will not expand lanes that include keyframes in my system. Wondering how you got it to work.
The only lane that will expand is Compositing/Opacity, which has the Expand arrow in the right corner.
I'm on OS 12.6 with Final cut 10.6.4. Can't seem to attach a screen shot of what I'm seeing.
From other replies, it seems like I need Apple Motion to enable more options.
What was the name of that blue device that you used to make tha physical zoom easier? Great video by the way!
It's a very low budget zoom/follow focus handle.
@@tombuck do you have the link for it? cause i couldn't find it
@@juliocristaldoguitar8594 Look up "lens shifter blue" on amazon - looks to be the one he has (I had the same question, and follow focus handle seemed to be the key search phrase to find it!) :)
@@garrettwallace9081 thanks for the tip!
Hey Tom. Great video. One thing I'd like to be able to keyframe is titles, which, from what I've seen, isn't possible (unless it's possible somehow with using compound clips, and that wouldn't work well anyway for a number of reasons). Am I wrong on this?
Also, panning and zooming with keyframes always (always) gives me a shot that starts out panning slower or faster than the zoom, and ends up doing the same thing at the end, so it looks like the cameraman starts zooming before he pans, then stops panning before he's done zooming. Very frustrating. Workaround? I've kinda ended up using the Ken Burns effect because it at least takes care of this for the most part (though if you adjust one clip too much, the focus is murdered and won't come back unless you actually change the name of the clip you're using and reinstall it in the clips as a new clip).
One other thing, do you like your Edelkrone, and if so, which is it? I see a lot of bad reviews. Thanks for your great input!
Hey! You can keyframe title movements using the Transform controls like I do here. If you’re working with a template, each one is different in terms of what can be modified, so that’s something to keep in mind.
As far as the Edelkrone, I do really like it. I have the SliderOne, which I did a review on, and I actually just ordered the HeadOne today, so I’m excited to get that and add some more automated motion to the setup.
The Enthusiasm Project how did I miss that? I often write comments while watching the video, but I usually pause while I'm writing. I'll watch again. Not sure if today's the last day or yesterday was but B&H had Edelkrone SliderOne v2 (?) on sale, plus some other stuff, so I was thinking about it. Thanks, Tom! Love your channel!!!
Hi Tom, I haven’t paid for Final Cut Pro. Which is better, to buy a new Mac and the software together, or install and pay for the software after receiving the Mac, please?
It honestly doesn’t make a difference since it’ll be a digital license attached to your Apple ID. 👍
@@tombuck great to know that. Thanks, Tom