FCP-L: Re: [FCP-L] putting image in a frame

Friday, October 16, 2009

Re: [FCP-L] putting image in a frame

Hi, Doug.
while you can copy and paste specific ATTRIBUTES of a clip, including
scale and position (both contained within the "Basic Motion" parameter)

the simplest way to do what you want do may be by NESTING the elements.
you should read up on this in the manual,
but basically you select a range of clips in the timeline, and then
Option C to nest (i think this is under the Sequence Menu, but could
easily be wrong)

a NESTED group of clips, or indeed a NESTED SEQUENCE will behave as
one single clip.
so you can easily add motion effects (Scaling etc) to this unified
whole.

Simplest method is via the wireframe in the canvas.
to do this set the canvas to "Image & Wireframe" mode in the 3rd-from-
the-left drop-down menu at he top of the canvas/

To open a nested sequence into the viewer to access the motion tab,
(to fine-tune your motion fx)
OPTION double click on it,
or simply drag it into the viewer (very mac!)

nick

On 17/10/2009, at 12:47 AM, Doug Rossini wrote:

> Hello all,
> First post. My name is Doug Rossini and I am a long-time doc editor on
> Avid. My work is now about 50-50. My question is this: I have a series
> of sequences that I need to reduce in size so that the image sits
> inside a frame of black. On Avid I would just put a resize effect on
> the highest track, adjust the parameters and be done. Is there
> anything similar in FC or do I need to adjust shot by shot?
>
> thanks,
>
> Doug
>
> Chelsea Loft Edit
> 826 Broadway, 4th floor
> NYC, NY 10001
>
>

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