Manual

84 Part II Learning About the Final Cut Express HD Interface
Filters Tab
You use this tab to adjust parameters for any video or audio filters you’ve applied to a clip.
You can also set keyframes to adjust filter parameters over time. For more information, see
“Video Filters” on page 663. For audio filters, see “Using Audio Filters” on page 639.
Motion Tab
Every clip with a video clip item, whether it’s a video, still image, or generator clip, has
the same motion parameters: scale, rotation, center, anchor point, and additional
attributes such as crop, distort, opacity, drop shadow, and motion blur. The Motion tab
allows you to adjust these parameters of a clip.
You can create motion effects by setting keyframes for motion parameters over time.
For more information, see “Changing Motion Parameters” on page 689. Also refer to
“Adjusting Parameters for Keyframed Effects” on page 719.
Controls Tab
You use the Controls tab to change the parameters for generator clips, such as the font
and text size in a Text generator, or the size of a Circle Shape generator. The Controls
tab appears only when a generator is open in the Viewer. For additional information,
see “Using Built-in Generated Clips” on page 849.
Transport (or Playback) Controls
Transport controls let you play clips in the Viewer. (The same controls also appear in
the Capture and Edit to Tape windows.) These controls play clips at 100 percent (or 1x)
speed. There are keyboard shortcuts for each control.
 Play (Space bar): Plays your clip from the current location of the playhead. Clicking it
again stops playback.
 Play In to Out (Shift-\): Moves the playhead to the current In point of a clip and plays
forward from that point to the Out point.
Go to Next Edit
Play Around Current Frame
Play In to Out
Play
Go to Previous Edit