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Published inMar 2024
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ISBN-139781804614921
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Bruce G. Macbryde
Bruce G. Macbryde
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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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What are generators?

Generators are similar in some ways to titles in that they are computer-generated animations, created in Apple’s Motion app. They are little videos within your video and are unique to Final Cut Pro. They provide animated sequences where you can modify and add your own media, in a similar way to titles. Think of generators as titles on steroids. You will also find drop zones available in the Generator inspector window.

The default generators include backgrounds, elements, solids, and textures.

Backgrounds

Backgrounds are full-screen, generated media that will fit any frame size, rate, or duration. They include the Organic, Collage, Drifting, Clouds, and Underwater types.

Drag the generator to the timeline and, in the inspector, select the Generator tab, where the Title tab was previously located:

 Figure 7.8 – The Rays background in the inspector with the Generator tab selected

Figure 7.8 – The Rays background in the inspector with the Generator tab selected

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Edit without Tears with Final Cut Pro
Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614921

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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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