Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 736)

736 Part IX Effects
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Tip: To move the playhead relative to these keyframes, you can view your clip’s
keyframes in the Motion tab of the Viewer. To view these keyframes underneath your
clips in the Timeline, you can enable the Clip Keyframes control.
Creating Motion Paths
The simplest way to make changes to a clip’s motion path is by manipulating it directly
in the Canvas while in Image+Wireframe mode.
To create a motion path:
1 Open the clip you want to animate into the Viewer, then click the Motion tab.
2 In the Canvas, choose a wireframe mode from the View pop-up menu.
3 In the Viewer, Canvas, or Timeline, move the playhead to the point on the Timeline
where you want that clip’s motion to begin.
Note: When you open a clip from your sequence into the Viewer, all three playheads
are locked together, so it doesn’t matter which playhead you use.
4 Click the Selection tool in the Tool palette.
5 In the Canvas, drag the clip’s center point and position the clip at the starting point of
the motion path you want to create.
6 Add a keyframe at the starting point.
For more information, see “ Setting Keyframes ” on page 723.
A fourth keyframe,
between the three
others, changes
the motion path
even more. A third keyframe is
added, between two
existing keyframes, for
additional movement.
Starting point
of motion path