Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1064)

Distort Parameters
Change a clip’s Distort parameters to alter the rectangular shape of a clip or to give it a
different aspect ratio.
• Upper Left, Upper Right, Lower Right, Lower Left: You can change the shape of a clip by
moving each of four corner points independently of one another. The corner points
defining the relative distortion of a clip are offset relative to the center of the clip.
• Aspect Ratio: Allows you to squeeze a clip horizontally or vertically to change the ratio
of its width to its height. This parameter never increases a clip’s size. You can enter
values between –10,000 and 10,000 in the number field.
Opacity Parameter
Change a clip’s opacity to make it appear solid or with a relative transparency against a
background image.
• Opacity: Increases or decreases the transparency of a clip.
Drop Shadow Parameters
This attribute places a drop shadow behind a clip.
• Offset: Determines how far away from the clip the drop shadow falls.
• Angle: Determines which angle the drop shadow falls toward.
• Color: There are several controls you can use to determine the color of the drop shadow.
• Disclosure triangle: Click to display sliders and number fields corresponding to the
hue, saturation, and brightness (H, S, and B) of the chosen color for the drop shadow.
• Eyedropper: Lets you quickly select a color that’s in an image in the Viewer or the
Canvas. Select the eyedropper, then click an image in the Viewer or the Canvas to
pick up that color.
• Hue direction control: If you’re keyframing changes in color, click this control to
determine the direction on the color wheel Final Cut Pro uses to interpolate the color
change.
• Color picker: Click to choose a color using the standard color picker.
• Softness: Blurs the drop shadow around its edges.
• Opacity: Sets the transparency of the drop shadow.
Motion Blur Parameters
Motion blur affects any clip that has motion, whether it’s a moving subject in a video clip
or keyframed motion effects that you’ve created.
1064 Chapter 66 Changing Motion Parameters