Final Cut Pro X: Flicker

December 12th, 2011 by admin under Blog

This is a simple flicker effect for Final Cut Pro X. The Controls are really simple, You have the “Opacity Amount”, at 100% it goes from fully opaque to completely transparent, if you lower the amount from 100% you get an effect that does not quite turn off but just partially see through.

Flicker Effect ControlsThe Flicker Amount allows you to adjust is it every frame or every 2 frames, sadly the way the parameters are rigged, you can’t change the on and off like in FCP7, hopefully I will figure out a way to do that at a later time and update this. But I have found if you play with this you can adjust it to get the effect you want.

Wave Shape and Oscillate Phase are advanced features that will change the way the flicker works. By default the square shape allows the image to be either on or off, nothing in between unless you se the opacity level, it only has 2 states. But if you change it to sine, sawtooth or triangle you can create a different effect to the flicker. The Oscillate Phase will allow you to adjust the way the effect starts this is more to change the effect from a starting point if you change the wave shape from square to something else.

This effect works great on layered video to great a cool transition, just set up your timeline like this:

 

You can also do it over black or in your primary storyline to create a flicker to and from black.

If anyone has any questions just let me know.

 

Download The Flicker Effect

10 Responses to “Final Cut Pro X: Flicker”

  1. Vik said on January 14th, 2012:

    Thank you…

  2. Rich said on February 9th, 2012:

    Thanks Bro!!! Keep me on a list for any new plug ins!!!

  3. Glenn said on February 26th, 2012:

    How do i make it go faster ?

  4. DT said on February 27th, 2012:

    Hi there- this flicker effect is exactly what i’m looking for- could you please tell me how to install it in Final Cut Pro X thanks?

  5. Mikey said on February 27th, 2012:

    To install expand the ZIP archive and add the folder to the Motion Templates folder in the Movies folder of your home directory. Add Effects to the Effects folder and Transitions to the Transition Folder.

  6. Mikey said on February 27th, 2012:

    Adjust the flicker amount slider to change the rate

  7. Mosaic Rob said on April 18th, 2012:

    Just want to say thank you! This is exactly what I was searching for. Wishing you success bro.

    peace

  8. Samuel Teferi said on May 4th, 2012:

    Can this work for mac?

  9. Samuel Teferi said on May 4th, 2012:

    I tried and it didn’t work, am I downloading it wrong?

  10. Mikey said on May 6th, 2012:

    All the effects that I have created, require the latest version of Final Cut Pro X. To install expand the ZIP archive and add the folder to the Motion Templates folder in the Movies folder of your home directory. Add Effects to the Effects folder and Transitions to the Transition Folder.

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