Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 365)

Chapter 13 Color correction 365
Delete a shape mask
1 In the Video inspector, select the Shape Mask item you want to delete.
Select a Shape Mask
item and press Delete.
2 Press Delete.
Note: If you delete all shape masks in the correction, the Inside Mask corrections are applied to
the whole image.
Animate a shape mask
You can use keyframes to animate a shape mask so that it follows the movement of an
onscreen object.
1 To add a shape mask, follow the instructions in “Add a shape mask,” above.
2 In the Timeline, position the playhead on the clip with the shape mask at the frame where you
want the shape to begin moving.
3 Position the shape mask to its starting position in the Viewer.
4 In the Video inspector, click the Keyframe button.
Click here to add
a keyframe.
A keyframe is added at the position of the playhead. You can see it in the Timeline by pressing
Control-V to open the Video Animation Editor. The keyframe appears in the Color section as a
diamond at the playhead position.
Keyframe indicator