Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1486)

Pan and Scan
The pan and scan method crops 16:9 clips within a 4:3 frame, but each clip can be uniquely
cropped to focus on a particular portion of the frame. The pan and scan method does
not necessarily refer to panning during the transfer, but rather the fact that each frame
may be cropped differently.
16:9 to 4:3 pan and scan
To crop and move a 16:9 clip within a 4:3 sequence
1 Follow the instructions for scaling a 16:9 clip within a 4:3 sequence in “Cropping 16:9
Video to 4:3.”
The sides of the clip are now cropped by the 4:3 sequence. Now you can move the clip
horizontally to focus on different parts of the frame. If you scaled the clip beyond the
height of the Canvas, you can also move the clip vertically.
2 In the Canvas, choose Image+Wireframe from the View pop-up menu.
Wireframe guides appear over the sequence clip.
3 Choose Fit to All from the Zoom pop-up menu so you can see the boundaries of the clip.
4 Make sure the Selection tool is active by clicking it in the Tool palette (or pressing A).
5 While holding down the Shift key, drag the clip in the Canvas to the left or right to select
a new framing for the clip.
Holding down the Shift key restricts movement to a single axis so you can limit your
adjustments to the horizontal axis.
1486 Chapter 86 Working with Mixed-Format Sequences