Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 739)

Chapter 47 Changing Motion Parameters 739
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Example: Using Additional Motion Settings to Refine the Layout
In this example, the Crop, Opacity, and Drop Shadow parameter settings are changed
to further customize the sequence you created in the previous example.
1 Open the clip on track V4 of your sequence in the Viewer, then click the Motion tab.
First, you’ll feather the edges of your foreground clip to give it a soft border.
2 Click the Crop disclosure triangle to reveal the Crop parameters.
3 Drag the Edge Feather slider to the right until it’s set to 64.
Next, you’ll apply the same amount of feathering to the other two background clips
without opening the clips.
4 Select the foreground clip on track V4, then choose Edit > Copy.
5 Drag a box around the two background clips on tracks V3 and V2 to select both clips,
then choose Edit > Paste Attributes.
6 In the Paste Attributes dialog, select the Scale Attribute Times and Crop checkboxes,
leaving all other options unselected, then click OK.
Now, you’ll make two further adjustments to the foreground clip, making it seem a bit
wider and allowing the clips in the background to be more visible.
A soft border appears
around the clip in the
Canvas.
The feathering you set in
the foreground clip is
now applied to the
background clips.