An in-depth look into masking controls
in Final Cut Pro is about to begin in-
three,
two,
Get ready for a blast of knowledge
because we're going over all the controls
for "Shape Masks" and "Draw Masks" in the inspector.
First we'll apply a "Shape Mask" to our
clip by navigating to the effects menu-
locating the "Shape Mask" and 
dragging it onto our clip.
Then we'll navigate to the inspector on the top right,
and we'll first click Invert Mask
to flip the areas masked in the clip.
You may notice these amazing on-screen
controls in the viewer.
If you want to learn more 
about these controls-
check out our other "Shape Mask" and "Draw Mask" tutorials, linked in the description below.
For this video we'll focus on these
controls in the inspector.
First Radius will change the mask's size
if we expand it we can adjust-
the width of the mask with
X and the height of the mask with Y.
Curvature will change the mask shape
between a rectangle or an oval.
Fill Opacity will adjust the
opacity of the image inside the mask.
Invert Mask is a check box we can select
to swap which areas are masked.
View switches between the original image,
or composite image.
Feather will soften the edges of the
mask outward or inward.
Falloff controls the spread
and softness of the edges.
Now that's some smooth
buttery fall off.
Transforms lets you adjust the position,
rotation, and scale of our mask.
And Control Points gives us the option to 
convert the "Shape Mask" to a "Draw Mask."
"Draw Mask" has a lot of the same controls
as "Shape Masks" with some notable differences.
We can now select the Shape Type for the mask.
We can change the whole mask to Linear, Bezier, or B-Spline.
If you're interested on how these controls work- check out the videos linked in the description below.
We'll set it back to Linear and the last difference with "Draw Mask" compared to "Shape Mask"-
is these Control Points controls at the bottom.
We can use these handy value sliders to adjust the positions of each control point if desired.
When creating any mask definitely take
advantage of the controls-
in both the viewer and inspector to make
the most of these amazing tools.
Thanks to this tutorial complex masks
are no longer complex and you are-
at a new level!
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Where you can find Final Cut Pro plugins
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