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609Final Cut Pro User Guide
1. Select the foreground clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. Click the pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the viewer, choose Transform, and
move the image to the position you want.
You can also resize the image.
3. When you’ve finished repositioning the foreground image, click Done in the viewer.
Masking
Intro to masking in Final Cut Pro
When you draw shapes to create areas of transparency in an image, you are masking
that image. Final Cut Pro has a number of powerful masking tools for creating areas of
transparency in a video clip or still image.
You can use onscreen controls to precisely define the mask area. For example, if you
want to isolate a clip’s foreground subject, you can create a detailed mask to cut out the
background. You can also animate mask effects to create complex regions of animated
transparency that change over time.