Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 742)

742 Part IX Effects and Color Correction
To put the Canvas into Image+Wireframe mode, do one of the following:
m Choose View > Image+Wireframe.
m Press W to put the Canvas in Image+Wireframe mode. Press W again to change to
Image mode.
m Choose Image+Wireframe from the View pop-up menu at the top of the 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 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).
Crop and Distort Tools
The Crop and Distort tools can be used to manipulate images directly in the Canvas,
instead of setting parameter values in a clip’s Motion tab.
 Crop tool: Allows you to drag each of a clip’s four sides inward to crop just that side.
You press the C key to select the Crop tool.
 Distort tool: Lets you drag each of a clip’s corner points independently, in order to
create perspective effects and other geometric distortion. You press the D key to
select the Distort tool.
Distort tool
Crop tool