Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1059)

This chapter covers the following:
• Creating Motion Effects in the Viewer (p. 1059)
• Adjusting Parameters in the Motion Tab (p. 1060)
• Using Cartesian Geometry to Position Clips (p. 1066)
• Examples Using Motion Settings (p. 1068)
• Creating Motion Effects in the Canvas (p. 1081)
• Manipulating Images in the Canvas (p. 1082)
• Zooming In to the Canvas (p. 1083)
• Using Wireframe Handles to Transform, Scale, and Rotate (p. 1084)
• Example: Using Motion Parameters and Wireframe Handles (p. 1088)
Every video and graphics clip in a project has a set of parameters that can be edited in
the Motion tab of the Viewer. These parameters include Scale, Rotation, and Center.
Creating Motion Effects in the Viewer
Every video, graphics, and generator clip in Final Cut Pro has a set of corresponding
motion attributes, each of which contains one or more adjustable parameters. When you
change these parameters, you create a motion effect. By adjusting a clip’s motion settings,
you can change its geometry to move, shrink, enlarge, rotate, and distort the clip in nearly
any way you like, relative to your overall project. You can also adjust motion settings
graphically, by manipulating them directly in the Canvas.
Using keyframes, you can dynamically adjust motion effects over time. You can keyframe
each clip’s motion parameters to animate clips in your sequence, making them move
across the screen, rotate, and grow or shrink over time. You can also change a clip’s
opacity to make it fade in and out and dynamically adjust any applied filter effects—for
example, to make a clip go from a blur to sharp focus as a sequence plays. For details on
keyframing, see
“Animating Motion Effects Using Keyframes.”
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