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431Final Cut Pro User Guide
View only one effect at a time in the Video Animation editor
You can collapse the Video Animation editor to view only one effect at a time. This can be
useful if you have multiple effects applied to a clip and want to preserve screen space.
1. In Final Cut Pro, choose Clip > Solo Animation (or press Control-Shift-V).
2. In the Video Animation editor, click the triangle next to the displayed effect’s name and
choose an effect.
Note: When Solo Animation is turned on, you can’t delete effects from the Video Animation
editor.
To turn off Solo Animation, choose Clip > Solo Animation (or press Control-Shift-V).
Hide video animation for a clip
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Select the clip in the timeline, then choose Clip > Hide Video Animation (or press
Control-V).
• Click the close button in the top-left corner of the Video Animation editor.
• Control-click the clip in the timeline and choose Hide Video Animation.
Modify groups of keyframes in Final Cut Pro
There are many ways you can modify keyframes to create simple or complex animations.
In addition to modifying individual keyframes, you can also modify keyframe groups, effect
curves (the line segments between keyframes), or the entire set of keyframes for a given
parameter. You can make all of these changes with great precision.
Select and modify multiple keyframes
You can select and modify multiple keyframes in the Video Animation or Audio Animation
editor, or directly in the body of a clip (for audio level keyframes).
1. In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Shift-click more than one keyframe.
All intermediate keyframes are selected. You can’t select nonadjacent keyframes.
• Drag a selection rectangle around the keyframes you want to select.
Tip: In the Video Animation or Audio Animation editor, you can select a range
by dragging with the Select tool or the Range Selection tool. To select a range of
keyframes displayed in the clip body (such as audio keyframes) you must use the
Range Selection tool.
2. To modify the selected keyframes, do any of the following:
• Move the group to a different place in time: Drag any individual keyframe
horizontally.
• Change the value of all the keyframes: Drag any individual keyframe vertically.
Keyframe values remain relative to one another while you drag; however, if you
“flatten” the curve by dragging all the way to the top or bottom of the graph,
the keyframe values remain in that flattened state, with all keyframes sharing the
same value.