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584Final Cut Pro User Guide
6. In the Video inspector, click the Patch Region pop-up menu and choose a general area
of the 360° sphere to work on.
You can choose Nadir (Bottom), Zenith (Top), Front, Back, Left, or Right.
7. Select the Setup Mode checkbox.
The area of the image you chose in the Patch Region pop-up menu appears in the
viewer, with onscreen controls for the patch source and target areas.
8. Drag the red (target) control over the area you want to patch (cover up).
9. Drag the green (source) control over the area you want to clone (copy).
10. To adjust the source radius (the size of the area you want to clone), drag the white
circle around the green control.
11. In the Video inspector, adjust any of the following source parameters (which define the
portion of the 360° image to copy for the patch):
• Source Position: Adjust the source location.
• Source Radius: Adjust the source size.
• Source Softness: Adjust the softness of the patch edge.
• Source Aspect: Adjust the patch shape.
• Source Angle: Rotate the source shape.
12. To “spotlight” the source selection, dimming the rest of the image, select the Highlight
Source checkbox.
13. Adjust any of the following target parameters (which define the portion of the 360°
image to patch):
• Target Position: Adjust the target location.
• Target Opacity: Adjust the patch opacity.
• Target Angle: Rotate the target shape.
• Target Scale: Adjust the target size.
14. To flop the cloned image horizontally, vertically, or both horizontally and vertically, click
the Target Flip Flop pop-up menu and choose an option.
15. To dismiss the onscreen controls and return to the standard view in the viewer and the
360° viewer, deselect the Setup Mode checkbox.
The patch appears on the 360° clip. (You may need to use the 360° viewer to navigate to it.)
Note: You can keyframe most of the parameters in the 360° Patch effect. See Add video
effect keyframes in Final Cut Pro.