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The Build In and Build Out markers appear as small green arrows in the Timeline ruler.
The Project Loop Out marker appears as a small orange arrow. At the top of the ruler, the
area specified as the intro, outro, or loop section displays a gold glow.
For more information on the Edit Marker dialog, see Adding Markers.
Template Resolution
Before you create a template, decide what resolution your project requires. Although the
template scales to fit the resolution of the Final Cut Pro X project it is applied to, you
should create the template at the highest resolution you will use.
Note: If you plan to loop template animation, or you need to match the template and a
Final Cut Pro project frame for frame, create the template with the same frame rate as
the Final Cut Pro project. For more information on looping template animation, see Adding
Template Markers.
Additionally, several display aspect ratio settings for the template can be saved in a single
template project. For example, if your template was created at a 16:9 aspect ratio, you
can easily create a 4:3 version of it in the same project. When the template is applied to
a Final Cut Pro project, Final Cut Pro applies the aspect ratio that matches the project.
For more information, see Adding Multiple Display Aspect Ratios to a Template .
Note: An image added to a placeholder is fit based on the template project settings.
Because the image in the placeholder is not used when the template is applied to a
Final Cut Pro project, stretching or scaling of the media does not affect the Final Cut Pro
clip the template is applied to.
Using Masks in Templates
You can use shapes and masks in any Final Cut template type.
In general, use of shapes should be limited to generator templates. Shapes are ideal
generator template elements because they can be scaled in Final Cut Pro X without
degradation. (However, too many shapes in a template can adversely impact performance
in Final Cut Pro.)
When you add a shape to a placeholder layer, the shape is converted to a mask. When a
template with a masked placeholder is applied to a clip in Final Cut Pro, the mask is
applied to the clip. Objects in the template outside the placeholder are not affected.
You can publish mask parameters (Roundness, Feather, and Mask Blend Mode, and so
on) so they are editable in Final Cut Pro. However, the onscreen mask controls in Motion
are not available in Final Cut Pro. To reposition a template mask in Final Cut Pro, publish
the mask’s transform parameters (located in the mask’s Properties Inspector). For more
information on publishing, see Publishing Parameters in Templates.
559Chapter 11 Creating Templates for Final Cut Pro X