Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
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Rename video effects in Final Cut Pro for Mac
You can rename video effects and color corrections in the inspector to better keep track of them. For example, if you apply multiple instances of the Color Adjustments effect to the same clip, you can change the names from Color Adjustments 1, Color Adjustments 2, and so on to names such as Face-Exposure and Car-Tint Adjustment. This way, you know at a glance the purpose that each effect serves in the shot.
Rename an effect
In the Final Cut Pro timeline, select a clip that has one or more video effects applied.
Open the Video inspector.
In the Video inspector, do one of the following:
Double-click the name of the effect.
Move the pointer over the effect you want to rename, then click the pop-up menu that appears on the right and choose Rename.
Enter a new name.
Tip: You can also rename a color correction effect in the Color inspector. Click the name of the effect, then choose Rename Correction.
View the original name of a renamed effect
In Final Cut Pro, open the Video inspector.
Move the pointer over a renamed effect.
A help tag appears with the original name.
Restore an effect’s original name
In Final Cut Pro, open the Video inspector.
Do one of the following:
Control-click the name of a renamed effect, then choose Reset Name.
Move the pointer over a renamed effect, then click the pop-up menu that appears on the right and choose Reset Name.
Tip: You can also restore the original name of a color correction effect in the Color inspector. Click the name of the effect, then choose Reset Name.
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