Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 222)

Chapter 10 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 222
4 To adjust the effect using the onscreen controls:
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Blue handles at each corner: Drag these to adjust the position of two trim window sides at the
same time.
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Blue handles in the middle of each side: Drag these to independently adjust the position of
each side.
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Anywhere inside the window: Drag anywhere inside the window to adjust its position.
Drag a handle in the middle of
a side to change only one side.
Drag a corner handle to
change two sides at once.
Drag anywhere in the image
to position the trim window.
5 To individually adjust each edge using the Crop area of the Video inspector, use the Trim controls.
6 When you are finished adjusting the effect and no longer need the onscreen controls, click Done.
You can animate the effect and have it appear over a background. For details on working with
built-in effects, see
Work with built-in effects on page 226.
Crop clips
The Crop effect makes it easy to remove unwanted areas of the image. It automatically expands
the cropped image so that it fills the screen.
Adjust the Crop effect
1 Select a clip in the Timeline.
2 To access the Crop controls, do one of the following:
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Choose Crop from the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the Viewer (or press Shift-C).
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Control-click in the Viewer and choose Crop from the shortcut menu.
3 Click the Crop button at the bottom of the Viewer.