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620Final Cut Pro User Guide
Delete control points from a Draw Mask
If a mask has more control points than are necessary, you can delete points to make it
easier to edit. This can be helpful if you animate the mask later on.
1. In the Final Cut Pro viewer, select the control points to delete.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Delete.
• Control-click the selected points and choose Delete Point.
• Press Delete.
The mask shape is updated in the viewer. If you remove points from a closed mask, the
mask remains closed.
Lock and disable mask control points in Final Cut Pro
There are many ways to select and deselect control points that you want to modify. You
can also lock control points to prevent changes, or disable them to temporarily remove
them from a mask shape.
Select control points
In the Final Cut Pro viewer, do one of the following:
• Click any control point.
• Shift-click unselected control points to add them to the selection.
• Shift-drag a selection rectangle around unselected control points in a closed mask to
add them to the selection.
• Drag a selection rectangle over multiple control points in a closed mask.