Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1193)

This chapter covers the following:
• Introduction to Compositing and Layering (p. 1193)
• Working with Composite Modes (p. 1198)
• Composite Modes in Final Cut Pro (p. 1200)
• Using Travel Mattes to Hide or Reveal Parts of a Clip (p. 1208)
• Working with Layered Photoshop Files (p. 1210)
• Using Video and Graphics Clips with Alpha Channels (p. 1213)
• Temporarily Excluding Clips from Playback or Output (p. 1219)
Compositing is the process of stacking and blending multiple video or graphics clips over
one another in a sequence to create multilayer motion graphics and special effects shots.
Introduction to Compositing and Layering
Compositing involves stacking two or more video or graphics clips in a sequence on
multiple video tracks. You can also scale, rotate, and reposition each clip using the controls
in the Motion tab in the Viewer. The order that clips are stacked in the Timeline determines
which images appear in front of others in the Canvas. You can have up to 99 layers, or
tracks, of clips in Final Cut Pro.
Two video clips and
one graphic are layered
in a sequence.
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