Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X نسخه متنی

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Do one of the following:

• Drag the filter from the Browser's Effects tab and drop it on the clip in the Timeline (Figure 16.1 ).
  
  

  Figure 16.1. Drag the filter from the Effects tab and drop it on the clip in the Timeline.

  
  

  
  

• Select the clip in the Timeline, choose Effects > Video (or Audio) Filters, and make your filter selection from the submenu.

2.

Position the playhead over a frame in the selected clip to see a preview of the effect in the Canvas (Figure 16.2 ).

• Many filters' default settings have no visible effect on a clip. You must adjust settings before you can detect a difference.

• Final Cut Express renders a clip's filters in the order they appear on the Filters tab. You can drag a filter up or down in the list to rearrange the filter order. Rendering order affects your final results.

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From the Tool palette, choose the Range Selection tool (Figure 16.3 ).

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In the Timeline, drag to select whole or partial clips.

3.

Choose Effects > Video (or Audio) Filters and select a filter from the submenus (Figure 16.4 ).

If you selected multiple clips, Final Cut Express adds a separate copy of the filter to each clip.

4.

Position the playhead over a frame in the selected clip range to see a preview of the effect in the Canvas.

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In the Timeline, set In and Out points at the boundaries of the section where you want to apply the filter.

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Make sure the Auto Select control is enabled on all tracks where you want the filter to be applied; disable any tracks containing clips that you want to exclude from filtering (Figure 16.5 ).

3.

Choose Effects > Video (or Audio) Filters and select a filter from the submenu.

If you selected multiple clips, Final Cut Express adds a separate copy of the filter to each clip between the In and Out points on tracks where Auto Select is enabled.

4.

Position the playhead over a frame in the selected clip range to see a preview of the effect in the Canvas.

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In the Timeline, double-click a clip to which you've added a filter to open it in the Viewer.

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In the Viewer, click the Filters tab to access the filter's controls.

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Configure the filter's settings (Figure 16.6 ). The items you can change vary according to the type of filter.

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To see your changes, use the arrow keys to move through the clip frame by frame, or try a low-quality real-time preview. For the highest-quality playback, render the clip; then you can play it with a video filter applied.

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In the Timeline, double-click a clip to which you've added a filter; then select the clip's Filters tab.

2.

Uncheck the box next to the filter's name on the Viewer's Filters tab.

The filter is disabled but still applied to the clip. To toggle it on, recheck the box.

• If you need more space to adjust sliders (or to read the full name of a filter control), expand the columns containing the effect controls on the Filters, Controls, and Motion tabs. Drag the column header separators to adjust column width (Figure 16.7 ) or drag the lower-right corner of the Viewer to expand it horizontally.

  
  

  Figure 16.7. Drag the column headers on the Filters, Controls, and Motion tabs to adjust the width of the effect controls.