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682Final Cut Pro User Guide
Example: Add shape masks to a color mask in a color correction effect
1. Add a color correction to a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline, then select the clip.
2. Position the playhead in the timeline so that the clip appears in the viewer.
3. If the Color inspector isn’t already shown, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Go To > Color Inspector (or press Command-6).
• Click the Enhancements pop-up menu below the viewer and choose Show Color
Inspector.
4. Click the pop-up menu at the top of the Color inspector and choose the color correction
you want to mask.
The color correction effect appears in the Color inspector.
5. Add a color mask to the color correction.
6. To view the mask alpha channel, click the View Masks pop-up menu in the inspector
and choose Black and White, then click View Masks.
The color mask alpha channel appears in the viewer. White indicates fully opaque mask
areas, black indicates areas outside the mask, and levels of gray indicate transparent
mask areas.
Note: You can also view the visible areas of the masked image in color. See Ways to
view masks in Final Cut Pro.