Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Preparing Clips in the Viewer

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Rotate a clip over time:
With the title clip still open in the Viewer and the Viewer active, press Shift-K or Option-K

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as necessary to move the playhead to the last keyframe, where the text stops moving.
Position the Selection tool pointer near a corner of the wireframe for the title clip. When

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the pointer changes to a curved pointer, drag to rotate the clip to a different angle.

Drag to rotate
the wireframe.

Click in the Timeline to make it active, press Home, render the clips, if necessary, and

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play the sequence to see the clip rotate over time.
Experiment by positioning the playhead on the last keyframe and rotating the clip to

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different angles. Play the clip.

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