ENTRY #2 week 3 : transition effect

"week 3
preview : this week we are learning about making a transition using final cut pro.

software : final cut pro

technique : transition template, opacity changing using pen tool"

in week 3, we are studying to make a transition effect. transition effect is quite important in video editing since it will make a movement from one clip to another clip more natural.
in this week, i try to make some video transition. there are several way to make a video transition.

1. we can manually make the transition using some tool (eg : using some opacity effect etc)
2. we can simply using transition template that already provide by final cut pro.

due to the assignment week 4 , we have to make a cross dissolve , fade in and fade out effect.
i learn how to make cross dissolve effect using pen tool. by using pen tool at the end of the clip, we can change the opacity to video gradually so it's look like a fade in into black effect. then using the same method, i increase the opacity of the clip gradually so that i can get fade out from dark effect.
if i combine this two method together in the middle of the clip, i can simply get cross dissolve effect.

picture : editing using transition template with final cut pro

for the assignment , i decide to using transition template that already being provided by final cut pro. Final cut pro provide a lot of transition effect that can be access from "effect" tab. we're also can simply put some effect that we will use often into 'favorite' folder so it'll be cut our time for searching.
for fade in out fade out effect, we can simply use fade in and fade out template, yet i decide to make it use cross dissolve template by making a blank space in the middle of transition.

For this week, i am start to get used to final cut pro and apple as well and manage to complete assigment 2 :)