X

625Final Cut Pro User Guide
In Final Cut Pro, do any of the following:
• Adjust the length of a tangent handle: Drag the handle. You can adjust the length of
each tangent handle independently even when the tangent handles are locked to 180
degrees.
• Break the relationship between opposing tangent handles: Option-drag either tangent
handle. After this relationship is broken, adjustments to one tangent handle have no
effect on the other, and you can rotate both tangent handles freely.
You can also Control-click a tangent handle point and choose Break Handle.
• Lock the angle of the tangent handles together again: Option-drag a broken tangent
handle, or Control-click a handle point and choose Link Handle. The tangent handles
now maintain their relationship when moved and rotated.
• Align the tangent handles to a 180-degree angle: Control-click a handle point and
choose Align Handles.
Press Shift while you adjust a tangent handle to constrain its movement to 45-degree
angles. To simultaneously modify the handles for more than one control point, Shift-select
the points (on the same spline) and then adjust the tangent handles.