Final Cut Pro 6 - Controls in the Filters Tab of the Viewer

Controls in the Filters Tab of the Viewer

There are various controls you can use to manipulate filters in Final Cut Pro. While
each filter has its own individual parameters and controls, all filters have some controls
in common.

 Filter category bar: Video filters are listed first, then audio filters. (This is for clips with

both video and audio items.) Click the video filter category bar or the audio filter
category bar to select all the filters in that category.

 Name bar: Each filter has a name bar that contains a disclosure triangle, Enable/

Disable checkbox, and the filter’s name. Drag the name up or down to change a
filter’s position in the list. (It’s easier to do this if the filter’s controls are hidden.)

 Reset button: The Reset button is in the Name bar, under the Nav column. Click to

delete all keyframes for the corresponding parameter or parameters and reset those
parameters to their default values.

 Show/Hide Keyframes pop-up menu: This pop-up menu is in the Name bar, under the

Nav column. Use this pop-up menu to choose the parameters that have keyframes
displayed (or hidden) in the keyframe graph area.

 Enable/Disable checkbox: Select or deselect to enable or disable a filter. When this

checkbox is not selected, the filter isn’t applied or rendered.

 Disclosure triangle: Click to show and hide all of the controls for a filter.
 Parameter controls: Each filter has its own set of parameter controls.

Filter category bar

Current Timecode field

Name bar for the

Find Edges filter

Parameter controls

for the Stop Motion

Blur filter

Enable/Disable checkbox

Disclosure triangle

Keyframe buttons

Keyframe graph area

Reset button

Show/Hide Keyframes
pop-up menu

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 Keyframe graph ruler: The keyframe graph ruler corresponds to the duration of the

clip or the location of a clip in a sequence:

 If a clip is opened from the Browser: The keyframe graph ruler shows the duration of

the clip itself. The playhead in the Viewer moves independently of the playhead in
the Timeline or Canvas.

 If a clip is opened from a sequence in the Timeline: The keyframe graph ruler shows

the section of the Timeline that the clip is edited into. The playhead in the Viewer
is locked to the playhead in the Timeline and the Canvas.

 Filter Start and End points: If a filter is applied to part of a clip, filter Start and End

points appear in the clip’s keyframe graph area.

 Section of clip not currently used: The frames of a clip displayed in the Viewer’s Filters

tab that are outside the duration specified by the clip’s In and Out points are darker
gray than the part of the clip in use. This helps you know where to apply keyframes.

 Zoom control: This control lets you zoom in and out on the duration displayed by the

ruler in the keyframe graph area, expanding and contracting the keyframe graph
ruler as you do so. This also keeps the area of the visible keyframe graph centered as
you zoom in or out. For more information, see “

Zooming In to the Keyframe Graph

Area

” on page 300.

 Zoom slider: This slider lets you zoom in and out of the duration displayed by the

keyframe graph ruler by dragging the thumb tabs on either side, adjusting both
thumb tabs and leaving the visible area of the keyframe graph centered. Pressing the
Shift key and dragging one of the thumb tabs zooms in or out of the keyframe
graph, locking the opposite thumb tab and moving the visible area of the keyframe
graph in the direction in which you’re dragging. For more information, see “

Zooming

In to the Keyframe Graph Area

” on page 300.