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Photoshop-style layer styles in FCP?
by Paulo Jan (PaulJBis) on Jun 23, 2008 at 7:32:03 pm

Hi all:

I know that you can make drop shadows and bevels from within FCP, but I'm wondering: what about other effects? Specifically, what about Photoshop/AE's "inner shadow"? I'm in the middle of a project where I'll have several shots in "windows" within the same frame, and it would look good if they had the "inner shadow" effect applied, so that it looks as if they had been carved from the background. Is there any plugin/option that I've overlooked?

(Of course, I could make a PSD with the shadow and an alpha channel and overlay it over each window, but it's kinda cumbersome, so it would be really better to do it natively).

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Re: Photoshop-style layer styles in FCP?
by Chris Poisson on Jun 23, 2008 at 8:06:39 pm

Take a look at Joe's Filters, he has an "inner shadow" filter.

Boris has some of this kind of thing too.

Have a wonderful day.

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Re: Photoshop-style layer styles in FCP?
by Dave LaRonde on Jun 23, 2008 at 8:08:42 pm

[Paulo Jan] "what about Photoshop/AE's "inner shadow"? ... Is there any plugin/option that I've overlooked? "

Yeah, probably editing in Adobe Premiere instead of FCP, or compositing the shot in After Effects.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Photoshop-style layer styles in FCP?
by Steve Eisen on Jun 23, 2008 at 11:53:28 pm

Create file in PS and save as png. All your layer styles will show up nice in FCP.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

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