Adding an outline to fly-through text is not straight forward. Here’s one way to add an outline toA fly-through text effect using Final Cut Pro X.
I used some free assets downloaded from:
https://pixabay.com/
https://unsplash.com/
0:00:00 Fly-Through Text With An Outline
0:00:19 Set Up The Project
0:01:00 Animate The Text
0:02:32 Blend Mode “Silhouette Alpha”
0:03:17 Use A Compound Clip
0:03:48 Or Blend Mode “Behind”
0:04:12 Text Layer To Fade OUt
0:04:51 Why An Outline Complicates Things
0:05:34 Think It Through
0:06:49 A Litte Problem
0:07:23 Render And Play The Final Result
0:07:36 Use Any Text and Outline Color
0:07:53 Roar
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