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Hello,
I have a question about how to do a text effect ive seen before, sort of an our of focus background with the text transparent and infocus. Something similar to what you see in this thumbnail of this video. I'm not sure if it can even be done in FCP, and if it cant I just want to know what it would be called so I can try to find a tutorial elsewhere! Thanks!
Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Made in FCP...
Right click the fill layer on V3 to make it use the text on V2 as a matte...
Add some blur to V3
Easy.
Made in FCP...
Right click the fill layer on V3 to make it use the text on V2 as a matte...
Add some blur to V3
Easy.
Any idea what I would actually call this? I've tried multiple google searches along the lines of blurred background transparent text and I haven't had any luck
Call it anything you want... it's a custom effect that can be done in Motion.
I think I'd call it "The title I did after I read enough of the Motion User Manual to understand text composite modes."
Good luck
You can achieve something similar with a text generator in FCP called
Outline Text. Simply reduce the border width to 0 and add an image of your choice to
the image well provived. You can also use blend modes indeed to further refine
the final look.
If you wanted to have moving images through the body of the text then
you need to include a bit of code in the fxscript, which will allow you to
implement any video clip you want.
I'll do that for you if you need that.
Luca
It's probably done in Motion; just a blurred background still or video with two text layers over the top, both using a composite mode of Color Burn.
That worked beautifully! Thanks a lot!
Blurred out background text effect
