THE F O C A L E A S Y GUID E TO FINAL C UT PRO 7 There are no special tools anymore. Everybody has access to the same stuff. JOE MALLER JOE'S FILTERS When it comes to building effects in Final Cut Pro there are several things that need to be considered. First, there are the type of effects that are applied to individual clips or to a series of clips in the Timeline ­ these are single layer video effects. Then there are the types of effects that are termed multi-layered effects. Look to the video track symbols at the front of the Timeline ­ the break-off tabs are labeled V1, A1, A2.... These are the video and audio tracks. Final Cut Pro allows for up to 99 video tracks or layers to be created. A Single Layer of Video in the Timeline Multi-Layers of Video in the Timeline Creating a video track ­ which means adding a layer ­ is as simple as Control- clicking in the gray area next to any of the tracks that already exist. 144