Raise and lower the opacity of clip in FCP X?

Hi Ken,

Is there a way in FCP X is to raise and lower the opacity of clip? I do this a lot when I'm layering one clip over another and I want to show a percentage of each one. I also like to raise or lower the opacity using key frames to create a fade-in or face-out instead of dropping a dissolve effect at the head or tail of the timeline. So far, I can't find anything close. In fact, when I type
"opacity" into "Help", nothing comes up.

Thanks,
Phil

Phil,

Easy,

Select the clip in the timeline, in the Inspector > Video tab > very bottom in Compositing > Opacity

--ken

...and it's keyframeable, too.

Thanks, Ken.

Another way to do it? Right click on the clip in the timeline. Click "Show Video Animation." This opens a a window above the clip. The lowermost choice is "Compositing: Opacity." Double click that line. Within that, you can easily add opacity keyframes by Option-Clicking on the line at the top. You can then drag the keyframe up and down, seeing the percentage as is drops or rises. You can also grab the ends and fade them in or out, just like audio.

Very cool!
Thank you so much, John.