Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 708)

708 Part IX Effects
To put the Canvas into a wireframe mode, do one of the following:
m Choose View > Image+Wireframe.
m Press W to put the Canvas in Image+Wireframe view. Press W a second time to return to
Image view.
m Choose Image+Wireframe from the View pop-up menu at the top of the Viewer or Canvas.
Manipulating Images in the Canvas
When a clip is selected in the Timeline or Canvas (and you are in a wireframe mode),
there are handles attached to the clip that allow you to perform different geometrical
manipulations. A number at the center of the selected clip shows which track the clip is
on. Shown below are the different handles on a selected clip in the Canvas.
Using the Selection, Crop, and Distort tools in the Tool palette, you can drag a clip’s
handles directly in the Canvas to create various effects.
 Center handle: Drag this handle of a clip’s wireframe with the Selection tool to
reposition the clip in the Canvas (changing its Center setting in that clip’s Motion tab).
 Rotational handle: Drag one of these four rotation handles with the Selection tool to
rotate the clip in the Canvas (changing its Rotation setting in that clip’s Motion tab).
 Scale/Distort handles: Drag one of the four corner points of a clip with the Selection
tool to modify its Scale setting. Drag one of these four points with the Distort tool to
move that point independently of the others (changing the appropriate Distort
setting in that clip’s Motion tab).
 Crop handles: You can also drag one of a clip’s four sides with the Crop tool to adjust how
the clip is cropped (changing the appropriate Crop setting in that clip’s Motion tab).
Center handle
(the number indicates that
this clip is on track V4) Rotational handle
Scale/Distort handle