Drawing image masks

Can I draw an image mask in Final Cut with the pen tool? Seems like I should be able to. I know how to in Motion - seems like FCP should too?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: mrkeeney

FCP's Pen Tool is used to adjust keyframes.
It is not for drawing as you might use it in Motion or Photoshop, for example.
What you want is a Garbage Matte tool. These are provided in FCP but you might find them somewhat basic if you want to draw accurately as they have a maximum of 8 points. A guy called Paul Crisp made a free set wich includes a 64 point matte, they were here: http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/eureka.html but that link is no longer working.
I have them if you want -click my name for the email address.
If you need absolute precision, then you need a real rotoscoping application such as Shake, Sillouette or Mocha. Photoshop CS 3 and above also does decent roto if you have the skill and patience.
You will also need a Wacom tablet to do this properly (Tip: don't go for the Bamboo -get an Intuos)

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