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341Final Cut Pro User Guide
Placement controls in Final Cut Pro
Many material layers include graphic images (with fixed dimensions) that are applied to
the 3D title—for example, the pattern of a fabric or the wrinkles of a distress layer. In the
Material section of the Text inspector, the controls for each of these layers include a set
of Placement controls you can use to define the way the image is mapped onto the text
object.
If you want to apply placement settings to more than one layer at once, you can designate
the placement for those layers as Shared. In that case, Shared Placement controls appear
in the Material section of the Text inspector and replace the Placement controls for the
individual layers. Layers that have Placement set to Independent are not affected by the
Shared Placement settings. As you add additional layers that include Placement controls,
you can choose whether they use the shared settings or are controlled individually.
The Material section of the Text inspector also has a set of Global Placement controls you
can use to randomize the placement of any textures applied in any material layer. These
settings apply to all textures regardless of whether they are designated as Independent or
Shared.
Independent Placement controls
These controls appear in each material layer that includes a texture that is applied to the
3D title.
• Placement: A pop-up menu to choose whether the mapping of the image is
independent, meaning that the controls below affect the placement of the image, or
shared with the other images being placed on the selected 3D title.
When Placement is set to Shared, the rest of the placement parameters in the material
layer are hidden, because the layer is now controlled by the Shared Placement settings
in the Options section.
• Place On: A pop-up menu to choose whether to apply the image or texture once to the
entire text object, or individually to each glyph (letter).