Examples using motion settings – Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual

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Chapter 49

Changing Motion Parameters

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Examples Using Motion Settings

The following two examples demonstrate how you can use motion settings to integrate a
group of clips together to create a single, multilayered broadcast design shot.

Example 1: Using Motion Settings to Create a Layout With Multiple Clips

In the first example, you’ll create a layered interview segment using the Scale, Rotation,
and Center Point parameters. This example assumes you’ve already created a new
sequence and opened it in the Timeline.

Note: This example uses a sequence created for DV clips, with a frame size of 720 x 480.

1

Open a clip into the Viewer that you want to use as a background layer (against which
all other composited layers are to appear), then edit this clip into the Timeline or
Canvas onto track V1.

Note: If you don’t use a background layer (such as a graphic, video clip, or
Final Cut Express HD generator clip), all layered clips appear against black by default.

2

Set the sequence In and Out points to be the duration of this background clip (choose
Mark > Mark Clip or press X).

Initial background layer

Sequence In and
Out points

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