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Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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Click the Basic Motion disclosure triangle to reveal the Basic Motion parameters, then
adjust the Scale slider to 66, so that this clip is 66 percent of its original size.

Set the Scale slider to 66.

The foreground clip
is now 66 percent of
its original size.

Now you need to move this clip down so it doesn’t obscure the clips in the background
as much. To make sure important elements in your sequence are not cut off at the edges
when you’re layering these clips, you should show the Title Safe indicators. The Title Safe
indicators show the title safe and action safe boundaries, so you can position your
composited clips and titles accordingly.

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Choose View > Show Title Safe.

The action safe boundary
is 10 percent smaller
than the size of the
video frame.

The title safe boundary
is 20 percent smaller
than the size of the
video frame.

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Enter “37” in the right number field of the Center parameter.

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Chapter 66

Changing Motion Parameters