1.5

The Pan & Scan Tab
The Pan & Scan tab lets you apply basic transformations to the shots in your projects.
You can use these transformations to blow images up, reposition them to crop out
unwanted areas of the frame, and rotate shots to create canted angles. You can also use
pan and scan effects to reframe each shot when you’re downconverting a high-resolution
widescreen project to a standard definition 4:3 frame. For more information, see:
• Exchanging Geometry Settings with Final Cut Pro
• Working with the Pan & Scan Tab
• Animating Pan & Scan Settings with Keyframes and Trackers
• Copying and Resetting Pan & Scan Settings
Exchanging Geometry Settings with Final Cut Pro
When you send a sequence from Final Cut Pro to Color, the following Motion tab
parameters are translated into their equivalent Color parameters.
Pan & Scan parameters in Color
Motion tab parameters in
Final Cut Pro
ScaleScale
RotationRotation
Position X, Position YCenter
Aspect RatioAspect Ratio
While you grade your program, you can preview the effect these transformations have
on each shot and make further adjustments as necessary.
Once you finish working on your project in Color, whether or not Color processes Pan &
Scan adjustments when you render each shot from the Render Queue depends on what
kind of source media you’re using, and how you’re planning on rendering it:
• When projects are sent to Color from Final Cut Pro or imported via XML files, all the
Pan & Scan transformations that are applied to your shots in Color are translated back
into their equivalent Final Cut Pro Motion tab settings. You then have the option to
further customize those effects in Final Cut Pro prior to rendering and output.
• Keyframed Scale, Rotation, Center, and Aspect Ratio Motion tab parameters do not
appear and are not editable in Color, but these keyframes are preserved and reappear
when you send your project back to Final Cut Pro.
• Pan & Scan keyframes created in Color cannot be translated into corresponding Motion
tab keyframes in Final Cut Pro. All Color keyframes are removed when you send your
project back to Final Cut Pro, with the settings at the first frame of each clip being used
for translation.
356 Chapter 15 The Geometry Room