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Flaunt it Friday: 3D Text in FCP7

Nishesh Yadav

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3D Text

  • Can put text with an image
  • Transitions from text to text smoothly
  • Pregenerated
  • Easy to use

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Steps

  • Go to "Effects" in Browser
  • Select "Master Templates"
  • Select "3D Text Projects"
  • Select a video (I am using "Atom Strand")

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Steps

5. Type in text for each given box

6. Drag image/video clip from

browser to the dropzone

*Note* drop zone 1 corresponds with text 1,

and so on

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Steps

7. Adjust Track size for each individual text box

8. Adjust Track level for each box

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Note: Text Tracking/Size

-Tracking determines how close/far apart each letter in the text zone will appear in the film

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-Smaller numbers will collapse the text

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-Bigger numbers will expand the text

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-0 will create the most natural looking text

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Steps

9. Adjust Drop Zone Position

left to right

up to down

Increase moves down

Decrease moves up

Decrease moves right Increase moves left

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THANK YOU