There are a bunch of different effects you can pull off in Premiere Pro with a little bit of creativity. Once such effect is the heartbeat effect. This effect gives the illusion of a strong heartbeat over footage. Today I show you how to create a heartbeat effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
How to Create a Heartbeat Effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Part 1: Animation
- Create a sequence, or navigate to a point where you want to apply the effect.
- Create a new adjustment layer and drag it into the sequence.
- Search for the Transform effect and drag it on to your adjustment layer.
- Click on the adjustment layer, then go up to effect controls.
- Go down to the transform effect, look for scale.
- We want to click on the stopwatch to begin an animation.
- Move forward two frames, adjust up to 105. Move two more frames forward and back down to 100.
- Then move forward two more frames, and adjust to 110, then 2 more frames and adjust down to 100.
- Now, uncheck the use composition shutter angle box at the bottom of the effect.
- Then go to the shutter angle and drag it up to 360.
- Go to the end of the effect and trim the back end off the adjustment layer.
- The general animation of the heartbeat should now be created.
Part 2: Color Grading
- Go to effects and add Tint to the adjustment layer.
- In effect controls find the tint effect. Grab the Map White To and change that to red.
- Now go to the beginning of the heartbeat animation. Click on the stopwatch next to Amount to Tint.
- Move forward to the middle of the animation, bring up the Amount to Tint to about 15-30%.
- Then move to the end of the animation and bring it all the way down.
- We now have a full heartbeat animation.
- Copy and paste this by doubling a bunch of times to create the effect over the entire sequence.
With that, you have a heartbeat effect that you can use to display stress, or high physical activity.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments below, or on the video itself!
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