Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Add and adjust clip effects
Clip effects overview
In addition to the built-in effects, Final Cut Pro includes a wide variety of video effects that 
you can apply to your project’s video clips. Many of the effects modify the look of your video, 
from adding a blur or glow to severe distortions. Some effects overlay camcorder or timecode 
graphics. There is also an effect for keying one video clip over another.
Final Cut Pro also...

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Adjust effects in Final Cut Pro
Most effects have one or more parameters that you can adjust using the Video inspector or 
Audio inspector, the Viewer, or the Video Animation Editor or Audio Animation Editor. You can 
also control how the effect is applied to the clip, either gradually or constantly.
Adjust an effect in the Video inspector and Viewer
 1 In the Timeline, select the clip with the effect you want to adjust.
 2 Locate the...

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The effect appears as one of the animations in the Video Animation Editor above the clip. You 
can click its checkbox to turn the effect off and on. Effects that have more than one adjustable 
attribute also have a pop-up menu for you to choose the attribute to show and adjust.
Double-click 
effects with this 
icon to vertically 
expand them.
Choose a specific 
effect adjustment from 
this pop-up menu.
Click to turn the effect on and...

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Show the audio effects applied to a clip
 1 Select the clip with the audio effect in the Timeline.
 2 Choose Clip > Show Audio Animation (or press Control-A).
The audio effect appears as one of the animations in the Audio Animation Editor. You can click its 
green checkbox to turn the effect off and on.
Change clip effect order
You can apply multiple clip effects to a Timeline clip. The order that you apply them can affect 
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Change video and audio clip effect order using the Video Animation or Audio Animation Editor
 1 Select a clip in the Timeline that has multiple video or audio clip effects applied, and do one of 
the following:
 •To see the video effects: Choose Clip > Show Video Animation (or press Control-V ).
 •To see the audio effects: Choose Clip > Show Audio Animation (or press Control-A).
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 3 Do any of the following:
 •To apply all video or all audio attributes from the source clip: Select the Video Attributes or Audio 
Attributes checkbox.
 •To apply individual attributes: Select the checkbox or checkboxes for each attribute you want 
to apply.
 4 If you made any keyframe adjustments to the source clip, choose either Maintain Timing or 
Stretch to Fit from the Keyframes pop-up menu. If you choose Stretch to Fit, Final...

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Note:  Some parameters’ keyframes can be pasted only onto a similar parameter. For example, 
you can paste audio volume keyframes from one clip to another clip’s volume animation, but you 
cannot paste those keyframes to a clip’s opacity animation.
Keyframes are always pasted beginning at the location of the playhead or skimmer, and a 
specific parameter must be selected before you choose the Paste command. If the playhead or 
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 3 Select the parameter to which you want to paste the keyframes. 
If Solo Animation is turned on, click the parameter pop-up menu and choose the graph for the 
parameter you want to copy or move the keyframes to. For more on using Solo Animation, see 
Adjust video effects using keyframes
 on page 259.
Note:  Some parameters’ keyframes can be pasted only onto a similar parameter. For example, 
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 3 Modify the effect’s project.
For more information, see Motion Help at http://help.apple.com/motion.
 4 Choose File > Save As (or press Shift-Command-S), enter a name for this new effect (referred to 
as a Template in Motion), assign it to a category (or create a new category), choose a theme (if 
needed), and click Publish.
Note:  If you choose File > Save, the effect is saved using the same name with “copy” appended to 
its end.
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 3 Select the placeholder clip in the Timeline.
 4 Configure the shot for the clip to represent using the settings in the Generator inspector.
 5 Select View Notes to add a text area in the Viewer where you can type text that pertains to 
this clip.
If you prefer to fill a gap in your Timeline with a blank clip, you can insert a gap clip. For more 
information, see Insert clips in your project
 on page 101.
Use a timecode counter
When...