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352Final Cut Pro User Guide
Add effects
Intro to effects in Final Cut Pro
You can easily add special effects to video, audio, and photos in your projects.
Final Cut Pro provides several kinds of effects and controls:
• Transitions: Add an effect between clips to control how they change from one to the
next. See
Intro to transitions in Final Cut Pro.
• Effects: Add a wide variety of effects to your video and audio clips, from subtle (add
film grain or a color effect to the video, or a graphic equalizer to the audio) to not so
subtle (add droplet ripples or an insect-eye view to the video, or apply an exaggerated
pitch shift to the audio). There are two main types of effects:
• Built-in effects: Use these standard effects to resize, move, rotate, trim, skew, crop,
or apply the Ken Burns zooming effect to a video clip. These effects are already part
of each timeline clip—you just need to adjust them. See Intro to built-in effects in
Final Cut Pro.
• Clip effects: Use these effects to correct issues in your video and audio clips or
create stunning new looks or sounds. See
Intro to clip effects in Final Cut Pro.
• Generators: Add a special element like a placeholder clip, a timecode generator, or a
countdown timer, or add colors, patterns, or animated backgrounds to your project. See
Intro to generators in Final Cut Pro.