Eye blinking effect

In that video's case it seems to be a keyframed vignette...

Drag in the Vignette effect... and set its default size. (The size you want all the time)

Then where you want the eyes to "blink" set a keyframe and make the vigette all black.. Then a few frames later let it go back to default) The moment of impact (Key Frame Distance) should not be any longer than it takes for a human to blink his eyes. Approx. 250 MS or 1/4 of a second..

You may want to experiment with blurs as well. to make it look a litte more realistic than in that video (No offence meant to its maker)

There are a million ways of doing this... Above is one...

In principle eys shutting is a black frame gradually occurring. You could also just key frame a levels effect's white output... To go dark in 1/8 seconds and full white again in another 1/8 of a seconds.. In total (Closing/opening) 1/4 sec.

Good Luck

No.... I tend to void youtube tutorials ;-)

They leave more questions than they answer.

If you need basic information on Key frames etc... And how to go about using it. I suggest you start by watching a FCPx tutorial on how to use Keyframes.

After you grasp that use the information I provided before. Really simple when understanding the concept of keyframing & animation....

However, to start teaching such right here & right now would be a little too much ;-)

you'll have to keyframe the right parameter, in this case I guess it should be the vignette falloff...

Click the clip... And then hit ctrl+v to open the keyframe editor...

Bascially you set ONE keyframe... Change the parameter.. then move to a new location in time and alter the parameter to set a new keyframe... Then interpolation occurs between the two (or more) keyframes

Keyframing vignette is definitely the way to go. Although I found this transition that someone had made which does a pretty neat and quick job of it. https://f1.creativecow.net/2711/fcp-x-transition-bg-in-the-blink-of-an-eye

Hi...

You will need to look into the FCPx manual and spend a "little" time with the concept of key framing.

You'll be glad you did ;-)

Hi! how do i apply the above link on my final cut pro? I downloaded it and all, but how do i install it in the software?