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Chapter 9 Addtransitions,titles,eects,andgenerators 251
Use a shape
You can congure the Shapes generator to be any of a number of shapes, such as a star, a
diamond, an arrow, and a heart. These are most often used above the primary storyline to add a
graphical element to your project that you can animate.
Insert and congure a shape
1 Open the Generators Browser by clicking the Generators button in the toolbar.
2 Drag the Shapes generator above the primary storyline so that it is over the video clip you want
the shape to appear over.
The default shape is a white circle.
3 Choose the shape to use from the Shape pop-up menu in the Generator inspector.
4 Set the shape’s ll color, outline color and width, and drop shadow.
You can click the Reset button to return the generator to its default settings.
5 To change the shape’s size, position, and rotation, use the Transform or Distort built-in eect.
Use the Transform effect
to change the size, position,
and rotation of the shape.
Using these eects also makes it possible to animate the shape. For example, you can have an
arrow follow a person across a room.
6 To make the shape partially transparent, select it in the Timeline and adjust its Opacity setting in
the Video inspector.
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