Learn to use the built in Custom text tool to animate text without using keyframes or plugins! Animating Text without Plugins or Keyframes in Final Cut Pro X BretFX FCPX Plugins and Tutorials www.bretfx.com In this tutorial you'll learn how to utilize the FCPX Custom text tool to animate text in Final Cut Pro X without using keyframes or plugins. With the often overlooked custom text tool you can easily create great text animation with just a couple of clicks. Change opacity, position, rotation, scale, duration, spread, blur and easing all without creating a single keyframe! As a bonus we'll also cover an advanced technique for creating an overshoot look. This technique does utilize a few keyframes, but still benefits from many adjustable parameters of the custom text tool including unit size, easing, duration, and spread. Jump directly to a section or topic: Animating Text without Keyframes 00:00 Intro 00:32 What is the FCPX custom text tool? 02:30 Animating opacity 03:03 The unit size parameter 03:43 Sliding text animation 05:00 Adjusting duration 05:39 Changing the spread (number of objects in motion at once) 06:51 Adding motion blur 08:34 Control easing with the speed parameter 09:53 Animating scale 11:20 Add some rotation 12:45 Add position animation 13:49 Scaling on the z axis 14:49 Adding out animation 16:12 Changing the out animation Advanced Technique with Keyframes: Creating an Overshoot Look 16:58 Advanced overshoot technique using key frames 17:42 Setting keyframes 18:36 Show the animation timeline 19:14 Change sequencing to from keyframes 21:53 Wrap up 22:18 Shameless plug www.bretfx.com What tutorials would you like me to make? Let me know in the comments below! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Free Final Cut Pro X Plugins, Effects, Transitions, Generators and more www.bretfx.com Tutorial: Create your own FCP X Outline Plugin in Motion youtu.be/b0bpa1br5WU Overshoot Text FCPX plugin www.bretfx.com/product/overshoot-text/ #finalcutprox #fcpx #tutorial

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