Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 233)

Chapter 10 Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators 233
The effect appears as one of the animations in the Video Animation Editor above the clip. You
can click its checkbox to turn the effect off and on. Effects that have more than one adjustable
attribute also have a pop-up menu for you to choose the attribute to show and adjust.
Double-click
effects with this
icon to vertically
expand them.
Choose a specific
effect adjustment from
this pop-up menu.
Click to turn the
effect on and off.
3 To vertically expand the effect’s adjustment area, choose a specific effect adjustment from the
pop-up menu (if present) and double-click it.
This applies only to effect adjustments that have a single value. An icon appears on the right side
of the effect’s section if the adjustment can be expanded.
4 To have the effect’s setting fade in and out of the clip, drag the handles on either end of
the effect.
Drag the fade handles to
gradually apply the effect.
Drag this line
to adjust the
selected value.
You can also drag the horizontal line up and down to control the effect’s selected setting
(Amount, in the above example). Any keyframes you add also appear.