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Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual

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Chapter 14

Changing Motion Parameters

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Example: Using Additional Motion Settings to Refine the Layout

In this example, the Crop, Opacity, and Drop Shadow parameter settings are changed
to further customize the sequence you created in the previous example.

1

Open the clip on track V4 of your sequence in the Viewer, then click the Motion tab.

First, you’ll feather the edges of your foreground clip to give it a soft border.

2

Click the Crop disclosure triangle to reveal the Crop parameters.

3

Drag the Edge Feather slider to the right until it’s set to 64.

Next, you’ll apply the same amount of feathering to the other two background clips
without opening the clips.

4

Select the foreground clip on track V4, then choose Edit > Copy.

5

Drag a box around the two background clips on tracks V3 and V2 to select both clips,
then choose Edit > Paste Attributes.

Motion settings for the

clip on track V4

A soft border appears
around the clip in the
Canvas.