Adding effects, Chapter – Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual
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Adding Effects
Effects are ways of enhancing and processing your video
and audio media.
Most of the effects you’ll create in Final Cut Express HD are done by using filters. Filters
can be applied individually or in groups to any video clip. You can add as many filters as
you like to a clip; the order in which they’re applied determines the final result. For
example, if you apply a blur filter and then a pond ripple filter to a clip, the clip is blurred
first, and then the blurred image is rippled. You can also apply the pond ripple first, and
then the blur filter. Blurring the clip after rippling makes the ripple harder to distinguish.
Once multiple filters are applied to a clip, you can change the order in which they take
effect by dragging them up and down the list in the Filters tab. For additional
information on filters, see Final Cut Express Help, Chapter 29, “Using Video Filters and
Generators.” For additional information about filter controls, see “
Pond ripple, then blur
filters are applied.
Blur, then pond ripple
filters are applied.