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412Final Cut Pro User Guide
Add shapes in Final Cut Pro
You can use the Shapes generator to add a shape—such as a star, a diamond, an arrow, or
a heart—above the primary storyline. You can then animate the shape.
1. If the Titles and Generators sidebar isn’t already shown in Final Cut Pro, do one of the
following:
• Choose Window > Go To > Titles and Generators (or press Option-Command-1).
• Click the Titles and Generators button in the top-left corner of the Final Cut Pro
window.
2. Select the Elements category in the Titles and Generators sidebar, locate the Shapes
generator, and add it to the timeline as a connected clip, so that it’s over the primary
storyline and any other clips or storylines that you want the shape to appear over.
The default shape is a white circle.
3. Select the Shapes generator that you added to the timeline.
4. If the Generator inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).
• Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.
5. Click the Generator button at the top of the inspector.
6. In the Generator inspector, click the Shape pop-up menu and choose the shape to use,
then set the shape’s fill color, outline color and width, and drop shadow.
To return the generator to its default settings, click the Reset button
.