Transition
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Transition replaces one clip's end portion with another clip.
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Command + T will add a basic transition between the clips. This will be of 1 second
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If the audio is not detached, the transition will be apply to your audio too
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You can manually select either start or end portion and apply the transition to your desired position
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You can manually adjust the length of transition by mouse or by giving timecode value
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Choose verity of transition that are available in FCP
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From the above list of transition, you can set your preferred one as default transition.
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you can manure the transition in inspector window.
Resize
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To resize, Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Transform, then adjust the Transform effect using the onscreen controls
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Use blue handles at each corner to do the adjustments
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You can adjust the same with the help of inspector window
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Smart confirm is an easy method to resize your image. go to Modify>Smart confirm
TRIM
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To trim, Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Crop, Click the Trim button at the bottom of the viewer
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Adjust the effect using the onscreen controls
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CROP
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Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Crop (or
press Shift-C).Choose Crop button at the bottom of the viewer.-
Adjust the effect using the onscreen controls
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Ken Burns
The Ken Burns effect creates a pan and zoom effect using the start and end positions you
define
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Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Crop (or
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Click the Ken Burns button at the bottom of the viewer
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Drag the green handles To choose the part of the image that appears at the start of the effect,
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Drag the red handles to choose the part of the image that appears at the end of the effect
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DISTORT
You can use the Distort effect to skew or distort the image. This will allows you to create a 3D perspective to the image
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Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer and choose Distort (or
press Option-D) choose Distort
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Adjust the effect using the onscreen controls
built-in effects
Final Cut Pro comes with the default video effects. Click the Effects button in the top-right corner of the Final Cut Pro timeline to see the list of available effects
Keyboard shortcuts
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Command + T - Default Transition
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Control + V- Video Animation
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Option + E - Default video Effect
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Command + 5 - Built-in effects