EyeonTips:Manual/Fusion 6/Camera Shake

Shaky Text with Camera Shake

Below is a simple example of how to achieve the `shaky text' effect using the Camera Shake tool.

Start a new composition and add a Text+ tool with medium size text.
Connect the output of the Text tool to the input of a Camera Shake tool (located in the main Tools>Transform menu).
Display the tool in one of the views and expand the Camera Shake tool's controls.
The default settings are quite good as a starting point, so leave the controls alone for now.
Set the Current Frame to frame 0.
Animate the Overall Strength slider by right-clicking on the control and selecting the Animate option.
Set the Overall Strength value to 0.0.
Advance to frame 9 and set the Overall Strength value to 0.75.
Advance to frame 49 and set a key frame for the Overall Strength to 0.75.
Advance to frame 59 and set the Overall Strength value to 0.0.
Open the Camera Shake tool's common controls Tab by clicking on the nuclear symbol in the controls.
Enable the tool's Directional Blur by checking (clicking on) the Directional Blur checkbox.
Set the Directional Blur Quality value to 5 for smoother results.
Set the Render Range to start at 0 and end at 59.
Create a Flipbook preview (note the size available according to available memory).
Remember that all of the nice details will only show up when the Hi-Q Preview option is enabled. Experimenting with the various parameters will produce different results. Increasing the Randomness and Deviation values can create some pretty violent results.