{"id":64533,"date":"2015-10-08T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=64533"},"modified":"2015-10-08T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:03:03","slug":"pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"if-you-havent-been-using-fcpx-you-may-have-missed-how-great-some-of-the-new-features-are-heres-how-you-can-simply-drag-and-drop-3d-text-into-your-video\">If you haven&#8217;t been using FCPX, you may have missed how great some of the new features are. Here&#8217;s how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video!<\/h2>\n<p>Ever since Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to 10.2, it&#8217;s become incredible easy to add <strong>3D text<\/strong> to your project. Here&#8217;s how you can put <strong>3D text into your Final Cut Pro X sequence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-add-3d-text\">How to Add 3D Text<\/h3>\n<p>Adding <strong>3D text in Final Cut Pro X<\/strong> can be as simple as <strong>dragging and dropping into your project timeline<\/strong>. In this 30-second tutorial from <a title=\"Ben Kayam\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6wurGwJ4lsxmhV5sNYry-A\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Ben Kayam<\/a>, you&#8217;ll see just how easy it is.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cks4TD3lkA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"1-open-the-titles-browser\">1. Open\u00a0the Titles Browser<\/h4>\n<p>On the right hand side of your screen, open the<strong> Titles Browser<\/strong> to view the available options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64770 size-full\" title=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 1\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Show-Titles.gif\" alt=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 1\" width=\"755\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"2-select-3d-text\">2. Select 3D Text<\/h4>\n<p>In the <strong>Titles Browser<\/strong>, select the <strong>3D folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64771 size-full\" title=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 2\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pick-3D-Text-128.gif\" alt=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 2\" width=\"755\" height=\"502\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"3-drag-and-drop\">3. Drag and Drop<\/h4>\n<p>Drag and Drop the 3D Text of your choice into your project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64773 size-full\" title=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 3\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Drag-and-Drop.gif\" alt=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 3\" width=\"755\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"4-add-your-text\">4. Add Your Text<\/h4>\n<p>With the 3D selected, go to the Text panel in the top right corner. Type in the text you want to add.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Change-Text.gif\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64774 size-full\" title=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 4\" src=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Change-Text.gif\" alt=\"Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X - Step 4\" width=\"755\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"5-adjust-and-alter-the-text-to-your-liking\">5. Adjust and Alter the Text to Your Liking.<\/h4>\n<p>For an<strong> in-depth tutorial on altering the text<\/strong>, check out this video from <a title=\"Larry Jordan\" href=\"https:\/\/larryjordan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Larry Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2ltzOE6TE0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Want more Final Cut Pro X tips like this?<\/strong> Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t been using FCPX, you may have missed how great some of the new features are. Here&#8217;s how you can simply drag and drop 3D \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":64776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[108,21,39],"tags":[1718,154,5381,66,5376],"class_list":["post-class-post-64533","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-final-cut-pro-x","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-tag-3d-text","post-class-tag-fcpx","post-class-tag-final-cut-pro-x","post-class-tag-text","post-class-tag-video-editing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t been using FCPX, you&#039;ve missed some great new features! Here&#039;s how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t been using FCPX, you&#039;ve missed some great new features! Here&#039;s how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/premiumbeat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelmaherwrites\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-08T17:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-10-08T17:03:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FCPX-3D-Text.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"584\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Maher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@maherfilmsdfw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Premiumbeat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Maher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/\",\"name\":\"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-08T17:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-10-08T17:03:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ee2115c899350991e1e0e56237fb4d\"},\"description\":\"If you haven't been using FCPX, you've missed some great new features! Here's how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Final Cut Pro X\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/final-cut-pro-x\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ee2115c899350991e1e0e56237fb4d\",\"name\":\"Michael Maher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0678a68e3094d2003c159308eb31d88f378fb430919929df4527bfa9e32714?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0678a68e3094d2003c159308eb31d88f378fb430919929df4527bfa9e32714?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Michael Maher\"},\"description\":\"Michael is an all-around tech and movie nerd who enjoys shooting, editing, and especially watching films. He began making films at 5 years old with his dad's VHS camcorder. Michael and his younger brother have been collaborating on film and video projects ever since.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelmaherwrites\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maherfilmsdfw\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/author\/michaelmaher\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X","description":"If you haven't been using FCPX, you've missed some great new features! Here's how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X","og_description":"If you haven't been using FCPX, you've missed some great new features! Here's how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","og_site_name":"The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/premiumbeat","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelmaherwrites\/","article_published_time":"2015-10-08T17:02:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-10-08T17:03:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":584,"url":"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FCPX-3D-Text.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Maher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@maherfilmsdfw","twitter_site":"@Premiumbeat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Maher","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","url":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/","name":"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-10-08T17:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-10-08T17:03:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ee2115c899350991e1e0e56237fb4d"},"description":"If you haven't been using FCPX, you've missed some great new features! Here's how you can simply drag and drop 3D text into your video with Final Cut Pro X.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/pro-tip-add-3d-text-in-final-cut-pro-x\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Final Cut Pro X","item":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/category\/final-cut-pro-x\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pro Tip: Add 3D Text in Final Cut Pro X"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/","name":"The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ee2115c899350991e1e0e56237fb4d","name":"Michael Maher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0678a68e3094d2003c159308eb31d88f378fb430919929df4527bfa9e32714?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3a0678a68e3094d2003c159308eb31d88f378fb430919929df4527bfa9e32714?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Michael Maher"},"description":"Michael is an all-around tech and movie nerd who enjoys shooting, editing, and especially watching films. He began making films at 5 years old with his dad's VHS camcorder. Michael and his younger brother have been collaborating on film and video projects ever since.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaelmaherwrites\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/maherfilmsdfw"],"url":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/author\/michaelmaher\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/FCPX-3D-Text.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pab9JK-gMR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64533"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64782,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64533\/revisions\/64782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}