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Apple Final Cut Pro 6 User Manual

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Chapter 18

Working with Freeze Frames and Still Images

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Step 2:

Edit the still image into your sequence

The still image appears as a clip in the Timeline.

Step 3:

Open the image clip in the Motion tab of the Viewer

1

Double-click the clip in the Timeline to open it in the Viewer.

2

Click the Motion tab in the Viewer, then click the Basic Motion disclosure triangle to
reveal parameters such as Scale, Rotation, and Center.

3

In the Motion tab of the Viewer, enter 100 in the Scale field.

Step 4:

Prepare the Viewer and Canvas settings

To see the image as it will appear within the frame during playback, you need to make
a couple of adjustments. (Otherwise you may, for example, see the frame background
where you didn’t mean to show it.) You also need to switch to the wireframe view to
position the image visually.

1

In the Canvas, choose Image+Wireframe from the View pop-up menu.

Set the Scale
parameter to 100.