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Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual

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Chapter 55

Keying, Mattes, and Masks

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3

Move the pointer to the Canvas (it turns into a crosshair pointer), then click to change
the location of the matte corner defined by Point 1.

4

Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the Point 2, Point 3, and Point 4 crosshair controls, until you’ve
created a box that crops out everything outside the blue screen surrounding the actor.

5

To round the four corners of the matte, adjust the Smoothing slider, if necessary.

6

You can also adjust the Choke and Feather sliders.

Before changing the
location of the first point

After changing the location
of the first point

The matte, with rounded
corners