Joe’s Bevel & Emboss creates four types of bevel and emboss effects inside Final Cut Pro. These effects work with any transparent clip and all attributes can be animated with keyframes.
Example Images
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| Default Settings: | Inner Bevel |
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| Default Settings: | Outer Bevel |
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| Default Settings: | Pillow Emboss |
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| Bevel Type: | Emboss |
| Depth: | 4 |
| Soften: | 15 |
| Original Opacity: | 0 |
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| Bevel Type: | Outer Bevel |
| Depth: | 5 |
| Soften: | 10 |
| Grow: | 75 |
| Highlight, Shadow Opacity: | 50, 50 |
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Note that all of these examples use a background image for better compositing.
Controls
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Bevel Type (Inner Bevel, Outer Bevel, Emboss, Pillow Emboss)
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Sets the type of bevel effect to generate.
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Angle (-360 - 360)
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The angle of offset, this is sometimes referred to as a ‘global light’.
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Depth (0 - 250)
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The apparent depth of the bevel effect, affects the distance between the highlight and shadow shapes offset across the direction specified in ‘Angle’.
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Soften (0 - 100)
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Blur amount of the bevel shapes.
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Shrink/Grow (-100 - 100)
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Expands or contracts the bevel shapes. Limited by the current ‘Soften’ value.
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Background
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The clip to composite behind the drop shadow effect
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Light, Shadow
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Specifies the colors for the highlight and shadow shapes.
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Highlight, Shadow Opacity (0 - 100)
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Composite opacity of the highlight and shadow shapes.
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Highlight, Shadow Mode
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Sets the composite mode of the highlight and shadow shapes. Effect must use a background clip to see different compositing modes.
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Opaque Edges
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Also applies the bevel effect to the frame edges.
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Effect Only
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Toggles the visibility of the original image.
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Original Opacity (0 - 100)
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Fades out the original image leaving only the bevel effect. Using a background clip will eliminate any potential color casts.
Feeds