Apple Final Cut Pro HD (4.5): New Features - Manual (Page 38)

38 Preface New Features in Final Cut Pro HD
Speed indicators in the Timeline
Speed indicators underneath each track in the Timeline can be displayed, and show
you the speed of clips in your sequence using tic marks. The spacing and color of these
tic marks indicate the speed and playback direction of your clips. The speed indicators
of clips in the Timeline update in real time as you make variable speed adjustments to
clips in your sequence, showing you exactly how you’re altering a clip’s timing. There
are no user-adjustable controls in the speed indicator area.
More real-time filters and motion effects
Many more of the Final Cut Pro video filters, audio filters, and transition effects have
been optimized to work in real time.
New Timeline keyframe editor
Keyframe editor areas can be displayed underneath each track in the Timeline. The
keyframe editor shows you keyframe graphs for motion effects or parameters of filters
applied to clips in your sequence. These graphs are identical to those found in the
keyframe graph area of the Motion and Filters tabs in the Viewer. You can edit
keyframes in the keyframe editor using the Selection and Pen tools. The keyframe
editor can only display the keyframe graph of one effect parameter at a time.
Keyframe graphs displayed in the keyframe editor are color-coded: motion parameter
graphs are blue (matching the color of the blue motion bar), filter parameter graphs
are green (matching the color of the green filter bar), audio levels are pink, and
panning levels are purple.
New Frame Viewer tabs
Frame Viewer tabs in Tool Bench windows can be used to visually compare multiple
frames from the same sequence. This is particularly useful when performing a color
comparison of multiple clips in the same setting where the lighting attributes may
have changed. In Final Cut Pro, you can open as many Frame Viewer tabs in as many
Tool Bench windows as necessary to compare as many frames as you need. If you’ve
arranged multiple Frame Viewers to accomplish a specific task, you can save your
custom configuration by choosing Window > Arrange > Save Window Layout. For more
information about saving window layouts, see the Final Cut Pro 4 User’s Manual or
Final Cut Pro Help, Volume I, Chapter 4, “The Final Cut Pro Interface.”
You can set a Frame Viewer tab to display the current frame, adjacent edit points, or the
In and Out points in the Canvas and Timeline. You can also compare two frames within
a single Frame Viewer tab using the split-screen buttons. You can split the screen either
vertically or horizontally, or create a rectangular region showing the split as a picture-
in-picture. You can configure the Frame Viewer to display those individual frames that
are most useful for making comparisons in your project.
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