Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks - Olympic Promo Tutorial

The Text

10. FEC filters can also be applied to host-made titles. From the Batch node bin, drag a Text node to your desktop.

11. Connect the output of FEC_Glass to the input of the Text node.

12. Double click the Text node and select Edit to enter the parameters module.

13. Click anywhere on the blank canvas to add a text layer

14. Type in "2012" and position and scale it to fit in the 2nd ring of the top row of your Olympic Rings graphic. This will be static. Customize the text as you wish.

15. Let's punch up the rings and text to add visual impact. From the Batch node bin, drag a Spark to your desktop, navigate to the FEC_Stylize category and select FEC_Glow.

16. Connect the output of the Text node to the Front, Background and Matte inputs of FEC_Glow. It doesn't matter which output is connected to the PC Layer input, as it will not be used in the effect.

17. Double click the FEC_Glow node and select Edit to enter the parameters module.

18. Enter a value of 25 for Glow Radius

19. Enter a value of 2 for Glow Intensity. Keep all other controls at default.

Before and after FEC Glow is applied.

The Wipe

The final step is wiping from the London Artbeats clip to our blue Olympic Rings and text we just created.

20. From the Batch node bin, drag a Spark to your desktop. This time, let's apply an FEC filter in Proxy view rather than Titles view. While in Sparks Browser mode, select the hotkey P on your keyboard. This brings up the Proxy view.

21. Click on the FEC_Transitions category and select the FEC_GlassWipe proxy.

22. Make sure the London clip is plugged into the Front Input; the output of FEC_Glow goes into the remaining inputs of the FEC_GlassWipe spark. The Gradient Layer will not be used in this effect.

23. Double click the FEC_GlassWipe node and select Edit to enter the parameters module.

24. To help me determine which wipe would best suit this promo, I'll preview it in mid-transition first. To do this, enter 88 in the Current Frame Field and you should see the wipe in action.

All FEC Transitions are set to Auto animate at default but can be manually animated as well. To learn more about this feature, refer to the filter Help documentation.

25. Let's apply a preset. From the Preset pulldown menu, select the Auto_Strong_Highlight preset. Notice the glass effect becomes more accentuated.

26. Process the result.

Summary

With this tutorial, we just scratched the surface of FEC 5 Sparks and what it can do for your production. Feel free to experiment and apply Final Effects Complete filters to your:

• Title rolls, crawls, slates, text animations, text along a path, text effects, etc.
• 3D Text and objects in Action module.

Also, don't forget to take advantage of the hundreds of factory-installed FEC presets to help you nail your look fast.

John Lafauce Jr. is a veteran visual effects artist and compositor who has worked on over thirty feature films in Hollywood. He currently provides software quality assurance for Boris FX in Massachusetts, and has product managed Boris Final Effects Complete for AE, AVX and FxPlug hosts.

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