Scaling a Movie in the Canvas

[Martin Baker]

Sure, just double click the clip and adjust the Scale slider in the Motion Tab.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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[K-1]

Martin,

Thanks!!

I still find it hard to fit the video to a box – size for size.

[Martin Baker]

Well I guess you could use the Distort tool to corner pin your clip into a particular position/scale. Just hit the D key then drag on the corners of the clip in the Canvas.

Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
Unique plug-ins and tools for Apple Pro Apps
NEW! BigTIme – resizable timecode display for FCP

[Chris Borjis]

Is there something I’m missing here?

Just like having a very large 2,000 pixel across photo not resize
with high quality in FCP, If I scale down the size of a clip
I can see the text in it doesn’t look nearly as good as if I had
done so in After Effects.

Is this a limitation of FCP? (I realize its not AE)

or is there some hidden preference somewhere about scaling being
set to a high quality bi-cubic method?