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Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Contents

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Constant Speed

311

Variable Speed (or Time Remapping)

312

Differences Between Constant and Variable Speed Changes

312

Frame Blending and Reverse Speed

314

Making Constant Speed Changes

315

Making Variable Speed Changes

315

How Time Remapping Works

318

Where You Can Make Time Remapping Adjustments

318

Viewing Time Remapping Parameters Applied to Your Clips

320

Learning to Read Timeline Speed Indicators

323

Using the Time Remap Tool

328

Adjusting Time Remap Keyframes in the Motion Bar

329

Time Remapping Using the Time Graph

332

Time Remapping in the Motion Tab

Chapter 17

335

Working With Still Images and Photographs

335

Using Still Images and Graphics in Your Sequences

336

Creating Freeze Frame Stills From a Video Clip

337

Considerations Before Creating and Importing Stills

347

Changing the Duration of Still Images

348

Example: Adding Camera Motion to Still Images

Chapter 18

355

Compositing and Layering

355

Compositing Strategies and Modes

356

What Can You Do With Compositing?

357

Different Ways to Layer Clips in the Timeline

358

Adjusting Opacity Levels of Clips

361

Working With Composite Modes

367

Using Travel Mattes to Hide or Reveal Parts of a Clip

368

Working With Layered Photoshop Files

369

What Happens When You Import a Multilayered Photoshop File

371

Using Video and Graphics Clips With Alpha Channels

371

Types of Alpha Channels Recognized in Final Cut Pro

373

Working With Clips That Have Alpha Channels

374

Importing Clips With Alpha Channels

374

Changing a Clip’s Alpha Channel Type

377

Options for Displaying Alpha Channel Information

379

Viewing RGB and Alpha Channels in the Viewer

380

Choosing a Background

381

Temporarily Excluding Clips From Playback or Output

382

Temporarily Disabling a Single Clip

383

Soloing Clips in Multitrack Sequences