Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1014)

Chapter 12 Changing Motion Parameters 227
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6 Drag the Rotation dial control to the left so that it reads –28.
A negative value rotates the clip to the left; a positive value rotates it to the right.
Next, you’ll change the position of this clip in the Canvas.
7 Click the point control for the Center parameter, move the pointer to the Canvas (it
changes to a crosshair), then click the crosshair in the upper-left corner of the Canvas.
This is the angle in
degrees that your
clip is rotated.
The change is also
reflected in the
Canvas.
Point control for the
Center parameter
The new coordinates
of the clip’s center
point appear in these
number fields.
The change is also
reflected in the
Canvas.