Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 792)

792 Part IX Effects and Color Correction
Creating Freeze Frames from a Video Clip
Final Cut Express makes it easy to create a freeze frame from a video clip. No additional
media is created on your hard disk; freeze frames are simply clips that refer to a single
frame of a media file.
Creating a Freeze Frame
You can create a freeze frame whenever you need to, whether you are viewing a clip in
the Viewer or working on a sequence in the Timeline.
To create a freeze frame from a video clip:
1 Make sure the frame you want for a freeze frame is displayed in the Viewer or the Canvas.
2 Choose Modify > Make Freeze Frame (or press Shift-N).
A freeze frame clip appears in the Viewer. This clip is automatically named after
the sequence or clip that it came from, plus the timecode value from which the
frame originated.
Note: If you open another clip in the Viewer, the freeze frame clip that was previously
in the Viewer is gone.
3 To add the freeze frame to your sequence, do one of the following:
 Drag the freeze frame from the Viewer to the Canvas or the Timeline.
 Drag the frame to the Browser to create a master clip for use throughout the course
of your project.
Setting the Duration of a Freeze Frame
As with imported stills, the duration of the freeze frame image is determined by the
Still/Freeze Duration preference setting. If you‘d like to change this duration, see
“
Changing the Duration of Still Images ” on page 802.
Creating Freeze Frames of Embedded LiveType Projects
When you create a freeze frame of an embedded LiveType project, the freeze frame clip
refers to the LiveType project on disk. If you alter the source project, the freeze frame’s
image will look different.
Reconnecting Freeze Frame Clips
Freeze frame clips refer to media files the same way other clips do. If the media file is
modified, moved, or deleted, the still-image clip becomes offline, and you need to
reconnect it. For more information, see Chapter 61, “
Reconnecting Clips
and Offline Media ,” on page 955.