Hey guys, whats up.
My name is Serge, and in today’s video
we’ll take a look at how to re frame your clips in Final Cut Pro
using the built in Transform tool.
This can be used to zoom in on video,
level out the horizon,
add a picture in picture display,
and even flip your image either horizontally or vertically.
The transform tool included in Final Cut Pro
can be used to resize, move and rotate your image.
There are two ways to access this tool in Final Cut Pro.
You can either access the transform tool
by selecting it from the dropdown menu
under the viewer and use the on screen controls for adjustments,
or simply select the clip in your timeline,
and in the video inspector,
use the adjustment parameters in the transform section.
First, let’s take a look at the controls.
When you select the transform tool from the dropdown menu,
in the viewer, a wire frame with control handles
appears around your image.
To adjust your image,
you simply click and drag one of these control handles.
Clicking and dragging one of the corner handles,
allows you to resize your image,
while maintaining the aspect ratio.
What this means, is any adjustments will be applied equally
on both the X and the Y axis.
Using the blue handles in the middle,
allow you to independently adjust the vertical
or horizontal image size, changing your aspect ratio.
The white circle in the middle,
is used to reposition your image,
and the blue handle extending from the white circle
let’s you rotate the image.
If you ever need to go back to the original image size,
simply click the Reset button
in the top right corner of the viewer.
Let’s take a look at a few practical examples
of using the Transform tool.
In our first example,
let’s use the transform tool to re-size and reposition
our image to get the camera out of the frame.
Place your playhead over your clip,
make sure the clip is selected,
and from the dropdown menu, select the Transform tool.
Use one of the corner handles to make your clip larger,
and drag the white circle in the middle to reposition your clip.
You may need to go back and forth,
to get the framing just right.
If you can’t see the handles,
simply zoom out on your viewer window.
Once you’re happy with your framing,
click done in the top right corner.
In our next example,
let’s use the transform tool
to level out the horizon in our next clip.
To make this easier, from the View dropdown menu above the viewer,
select show horizon to enable a horizon overlay for reference.
Next, select the transform tool from the dropdown menu,
and use the blue control handle extending from the middle
to rotate your image.
For more precise adjustments,
drag this handle away from the middle.
As you rotate your image, as you can see,
you get some black areas in your frame.
To fill these in,
you can either click and drag one of the corner control handles,
or use the Scale All slider in the video inspector.
Drag this up until your entire frame is filled.
Click done, and turn off your horizon overlay.
For our next clip,
let’s use the transform tool to make a picture in picture display.
Select the clip you want to display in the picture in picture window,
and add it to your timeline above your clip.
With your top clip selected, go to the video inspector,
and in the transform controls, bring down the scale all slider.
To move your picture in picture display,
bring up the on-screen controls by clicking the transform icon,
and use the white circle in the middle to reposition your clip.
You can also click and drag the value
beside the position parameters in the inspector,
or even manually enter the vale for most precision.
And last, let’s take a look at how we can use the transform tool
to horizontally or vertically flip images.
Once again, place your playhead over the clip,
select your clip, and from the dropdown menu,
select the Transform tool.
Now to flip the image horizontally,
you can either click and drag one of the middle handles
to the opposite side of the viewer window,
or enter negative one hundred for the scale X value.
Just like that, your image is flipped to face the opposite direction.
You can also flip your clip vertically
by entering negative one hundred for the Y Value.
You can also keyframe all these transform parameters
to animate your video clip,
and even add some cool effects.
If you enjoyed this video, and you haven’t yet,
check out the rest of my channel
for more Final Cut Pro tutorials like this one.
New videos every week.
Thanks for watching,
and I’ll see you back here next week.