Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 18)

18 Contents
794 Working With Layered Photoshop Files
794 What Happens When You Import a Multilayered Photoshop File
796 Using Video and Graphics Clips With Alpha Channels
797 Types of Alpha Channels Recognized in Final Cut Express HD
798 Working With Clips That Have Alpha Channels
799 Importing Clips With Alpha Channels
799 Changing a Clip’s Alpha Channel Type
801 Changing Canvas and Viewer Background Colors
802 Temporarily Excluding Clips From Playback or Output
803 Temporarily Disabling a Single Clip
804 Soloing Clips in Multitrack Sequences
Chapter 55 805 Keying, Mattes, and Masks
805 Ways to Layer and Isolate Elements in Clips
805 What Are Mattes and How Can You Use Them?
806 What Is Keying and How Can You Use It?
807 What Are Masks and How Are They Used?
808 Using Keying to Isolate Foreground Elements
808 Shooting Footage That Keys Well
810 Overview of Compositing Using the Chroma Keyer Filter
813 Working With the Chroma Keyer Filter
822 Using Mattes to Add or Modify Alpha Channels
822 Matte Filters Available in Final Cut Express HD
824 Using Masks to Replace or Modify Alpha Channels
824 Mask Filters Available in Final Cut Express HD
Chapter 56 827 Color Correcting Clips
827 What Is Color Correction?
828 Why Color Correct Your Footage?
829 Color Correction Starts During Your Shoot
830 Measuring and Evaluating Video
830 Luma (Luminance)
831 Chrominance (Chroma)
832 Whites
832 Illegal Broadcast Levels
833 The Color Correction Process
835 Looking at the Picture
836 Using the Color Corrector Filter
837 The Color Corrector Filter
837 General Controls
837 Color Balance Controls
838 The Color Corrector Filter Controls
844 Hue Matching Controls in the Color Corrector