Get The Vintage '70s Look For Your Titles in Final Cut Pro For FREE

[@matthewTobrien]

Not only do I love the titles in BADLANDS, I also love the score! Get a taste of it on the Criterion Collection KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eorUiHx5aamAaZY

[@Onlinepmcourses]

For me, this is you at your very best. It's an FCP tutorial, but what you're really teaching here is about reading and emulating an aesthetic. And this combination is unique among your peers. I hope this video does well, and that you make more that have this quality.

[@Onlinepmcourses]

PS: Maybe @TheFinalCutBro can make a Transition to emulate the film fade-in!

[@matthewTobrien]

Ohhhh I'm sure he could. And I might...MIGHT be working with him to take everything I did in this video and turn it into an effect plug-in 🤫

[@matthewTobrien]

Greatly, greatly appreciate this kind, supportive comment. I'm not the best at reading an aesthetic and recreating it, but the few times I do it I really, really enjoy it. Unfortunately I often do it in Affinity Designer / Photo and if I had those kinds of videos to my channel it'll fragment my audience even more. Thinking about adding them to my channel member videos, though! I already include BTS of how I make my thumbnails...

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

Having started my career back in the early 80's - nearly all credits on TV had that yellow color because white and red would bleed on most standard definition tv's. Yellow was that "happy medium" that would pop. Check out lower thirds and titles on old newscasts, etc. What's ironic to me is that back in the day we would have killed to have the kinds of titles and effects that are available today, and yet here we are trying to duplicate the look that we couldn't wait to get away from. That said, Matt, I love your tutorials. They are clear and concise and very useful. Thanks.

[@matthewTobrien]

Too funny, isn't it? So many of us watch these older films and TV shows and fall in love with the character of the image and the typography and then use our super fancy tools to try to degrade our images. I'm FULLY immersed in older tech and even some analog stuff (just got a new old typewriter) to create a lot more variation in how I experience the tools I use. Appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@PopGoesTheCultureTV]

@@matthewTobrien My pleasure. I usually just watch lurking in the background to see if there's something I could learn. This particular one tickled me. Would love to collaborate on a video some day.

[@PhillipRPeck]

I love Dehancer for this because it has effects like Gate Weave that adds in the wobble of the film as it moves through the camera or projector. The whole package is more expensive than Film Convert but it's more full featured

[@matthewTobrien]

I haven't pulled the trigger on Dehancer yet although I believe they reached out well over a year or so ago to try to work together. I do talk to FilmConvert and have mentioned Gate Weave. So glad they have halation now because I really, really like it. I read an article about what the post team did to recreate Gate Weave for Alexander Payne's THE HOLDOVERS and it was INSANE what they did. filmmakermagazine.com/124994-film-look-35mm-holdovers-emulation/

[@PhillipRPeck]

@@matthewTobrien That was a really great article. I wonder how hard it was to track an entire film to a scan of film going through a gate? Kinda similar to how Greig Fraser and Denis Villeneuve processed the digital footage of Dune by scanning it onto a film print

[@matthewTobrien]

Exactly! And yes, I'm sure it wasn't terribly difficult just time consuming and tedious, perhaps. I was fortunate enough to attend a screening of THE HOLDOVERS here in Omaha with Alexander Payne doing a Q&A after. He touched on everything they did in post to get the '70s film look but this article really takes it to a whole other level. Thanks for reading it!

[@PhillipRPeck]

@@matthewTobrien I'm a total nerd for this kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing it

[@matthewTobrien]

@PhillipRPeck As am I! Hoping to do another one for my members about how I take it even farther with Affinity Designer 🙌

[@SonnyGreenwichJr]

I also add Film Grain and/or Aged film, to taste of course! 🔥🧨💪🏽🤠👍🏽🧨🔥 From once again chilly Ireland! ☘💪🏽👀👍🏽☘

[@matthewTobrien]

Yup, good call. I might have our old buddy Dylan Bates working on something to make adding grain to titles a little easier...

[@SonnyGreenwichJr]

@@matthewTobrien Oh please make it so, Sensei! 🔥🤘🏽👀👍🏽🔥

[@Josh_Sattin]

I enjoyed hanging out with you in the edit bay. So many gems in this one. Thanks Matthew!

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks, dude! Appreciate it. Also... watch BADLANDS. So good.

[@kaleidoscopio_lab]

You are incredible man, I am a premiere pro user. But i dont want to pay the fee for crashes anymore. I bought final pro and i learning it. Your channel is awesome. Congrats from Mexico.

[@matthewTobrien]

Music to my ears! Welcome to the Final Cut Fam!

[@toenytv7946]

Great tutorial.very sharp.

[@matthewTobrien]

Thank you!

[@aaronwhitetalk]

Thanks for sharing! Cool!

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@mdturnerinoz]

Looks good; thanks for this! The "OMAHA" almost looks stenciled in! Kewl!

[@winstoncely694]

I follow a very similar process for my titles, but I ended up making my own shake effect in Motion for the motion of the title. The shake is typically more pronounced in a universally vertical movement, as opposed to wiggling out from the center (side-effect of the optical printing process for the titles). I was thinking though, if there is a way to change the blend mode of the title just under the transition, that maybe that would help add some of the qualities of the film printing process for titles....?

[@matthewTobrien]

That's awesome! Yeah, I know I could crack open ol' Motion and try to publish my own effects but for some reason I'd rather not go down that rabbit hole. Luckily I have good friends (like Dylan Bates) who are open to collaborating on making custom effects and plug-ins... And maybe, just maybe we're helping each other figure something out based on this video...

[@kylelowe]

I was adding the Handheld effect, but the earthquake effect works better!

[@matthewTobrien]

Yes! I tried handheld in the early days of replicating the look and it just wasn’t working the way I wanted it to. Glad this helped!

[@bulcub]

great tutorial, what brand of color wheels are you using? thanks

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks! The color wheels are part of Monogram's Video Console. I made a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmjMqnSsfNBjos0si=GR2TyxAH-MfhRMIe And there's an affiliate link to it here: geni.us/videoconsole (save 10% with MIDLAND10)

[@jon112media]

I'm saving this for later thank you!

[@matthewTobrien]

Appreciate it!

[@stevensonrf]

Fun video, Matthew! Just have to ask are you going to get a Vision Pro? 😊

[@matthewTobrien]

Thanks, Francis! And, no, I'm not getting a VisionPro any time soon.

[@stevensonrf]

@@matthewTobrien Same here; Thanks Matthew 😀

[@Whaever_1981]

Amazing video thanks! I've intuitively been going about adding and adjusting titles in a very analogous way to yours. One note: I think the FCPX's native handshake effect isn't good enough for titles for more professional projects. I've tried adjusting it with subtle parameter adjustments, but unless it's for a youtube video, I'd avoid it. It's too digital looking and doesn't sell the original analogue motion convingly. Also, there's a bug in this FCPX effect which causes it to randomly jump (contrary to keyframing) when you apply it to longer clips/titles. So watch out there ;) Maybe fixable in motion. Tip: For fades on the titles - I'm sure you've done this - you can of course keyframe from one color (for ex: green) to another (for example mustard yellow) during the fade. When done in a subtle way, this can look great. Also nice to play with saturation here (or a lack of it in the beginning). Didn't know about WhatTheFont. Thank you again!

[@matthewTobrien]

Great insights and some great tips. Love the tip about the crossfades. Definitely a way to take it to the next level with replicating the '70s vibe.

[@Whaever_1981]

@@matthewTobrienThx and loving your channel even more. Keep up the great content! ;)

[@matthewTobrien]

@Whaever_1981 Love to hear that. Incredibly encouraging. Thank you!

[@sky.london]

LOVE this

[@matthewTobrien]

Thank you as always, Sky!

[@artofduke]

I think they basically filed the titles by themselves and then overlayed them. That's how I did it in film school. Same thing in Star Wars.