Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Add keyframes automatically across a selected area
If an effect appears in the Video Animation Editor with a disclosure button, you can use either 
the Select or Range Selection tool to add keyframes automatically across a selected area.
 1 Do one of the following:
 •Select a clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Show Video Animation (or press Control-V ).
 •Control-click a clip, and choose Show Video Animation from the shortcut...

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Keyframes are automatically created along the adjustment points within the range.
Adjust keyframes in the Video Animation Editor
You can move keyframes left or right in the Video Animation Editor. If an effect appears with a 
disclosure button, you can expand the effect view and move keyframes up or down to change 
the parameter value.
 1 Select a keyframe.
 2 Do one of the following:
 •To change its position in time, drag a keyframe...

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With the effect expanded, you can drag the keyframe up or down to change the effect’s 
parameter value.
Drag the keyframe up or down.
To add another keyframe, Option-click (or press Option-K) at a point on the effect control 
where you want to add the keyframe. To add a keyframe and change the effect’s parameter 
value at the same time, Option-click while dragging the effect control up or down.
If an effect appears with a disclosure...

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Delete keyframes
Do one of the following:
 mSelect a keyframe in the Video Animation Editor, and press Option-Shift-Delete.
 mNavigate to a keyframe in the Video inspector, and click the Keyframe button.
After navigating to 
a keyframe, click the 
Keyframe button to 
delete the keyframe.
View only one effect at a time in the Video Animation Editor
You can collapse the Video Animation Editor to view only one effect at a time. This can be...

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Keyframe values remain relative to one another while dragging; however, if you “flatten” the 
curve by dragging all the way to the top or bottom of the graph, the keyframe values remain 
in that flattened state with all keyframes sharing the same value.
 •To increase the relative values by 1: Press Option–Up Arrow.
 •To decrease the relative values by 1: Press Option–Down Arrow.
 •To move both keyframes earlier in time by 1 frame: Press...

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Adjust effect curves using fade handles or keyframe animation
Some effects in the Video Animation Editor include fade handles, which allow you to adjust how 
long it takes for an effect to fade in or out. For example, you can use fade handles to adjust how 
long it takes for an opacity effect to fade in, how long it takes to fade up from black, or how long 
it takes to fade to black.
You can also move keyframes up or down to create a...

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Change an effect using keyframes 
 mClick the disclosure button to expand the effect in the Video Animation Editor, and do any of the 
following:
Disclosure button
Note:  If an effect doesn’t have a disclosure button, you can’t move keyframes up or down.
 •To add a keyframe: Option-click (or press Option-K) at a point on the effect control where you 
want to add the keyframe.
Tip:  To add a keyframe and change the effect’s parameter...

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Change the curve shape (interpolation) between keyframes
Do one of the following:
 mCommand-Drag the line horizontally between the keyframes to create a curve.
 mControl-click the line between keyframes, and choose a curve option from the shortcut menu.
 •Linear: Maintains a constant rate of change over the duration of the fade.
 •Ease: Eases in and out of the fade with the midpoint set between the beginning and 
end values.
 •Ease In:...

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Group clips with compound clips
Compound clips overview
With Final Cut Pro, you can create compound clips, which allow you to group any combination of 
clips in the Timeline or the Browser and nest clips within other clips. 
Compound clips can contain video and audio clip components, clips, and other compound clips. 
Effectively, each compound clip can be considered a mini project, with its own distinct project 
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The following diagram shows how a project in the Timeline could be simplified using 
compound clips:
Selected clips in the Timeline 
New compound clip
Compound clips have the following characteristics:
 •You create compound clips in the Browser or in the Timeline. 
 •Every compound clip in the Timeline has a “parent” compound clip in the Browser.
Browser clips
Project 3Project 1
Child clipChild clips Child clip
Project 2
Parent compound clip
 •When you edit the...