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Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual

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Contents

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Adjusting All Opacity Keyframes of a Clip

763

Example: Using Keyframes to Make Opacity Changes

765

Example: Keyframing Opacity in the Timeline

767

Smoothing Keyframes with Bezier Handles

768

Understanding Bezier Handles and Curves

770

Smoothing Keyframes

771

Creating Keyframed Motion Paths in the Canvas

772

What Are Motion Paths?

772

Creating Motion Paths

774

Adding, Moving, and Deleting Keyframes in Motion Paths

774

Creating Curved Motion Paths Using Bezier Handles

776

Controlling Speed Along a Motion Path

778

Moving an Entire Motion Path in the Canvas

Chapter 49

779

Reusing Effect and Motion Parameters

779

Copying and Pasting Specific Clip Attributes

782

Removing Attributes from a Clip

783

Applying Filters Across Multiple Tracks at Once

Chapter 50

785

Changing Clip Speed

785

Speed Basics

786

How Changing Speed Affects a Clip’s Duration

786

Performing a Fit to Fill Edit

789

Constant Speed Settings

789

Frame Blending and Reverse Speed

Chapter 51

791

Working with Freeze Frames and Still Images

791

Using Still Images and Graphics in Your Sequences

792

Creating Freeze Frames from a Video Clip

793

Exporting Still Images

794

Considerations Before Creating and Importing Stills

802

Changing the Duration of Still Images

803

Example: Adding Camera Motion to Still Images

Chapter 52

807

Compositing and Layering

807

Introduction to Compositing and Layering

808

Methods of Compositing

808

Different Ways to Layer Clips in the Timeline

809

Adjusting Opacity Levels of Clips

812

Working with Composite Modes

812

How Composite Modes Affect Images

814

Applying Composite Modes to Clips

815

Composite Modes in Final Cut Express

824

Using Travel Mattes to Hide or Reveal Parts of a Clip