Select and scale multiple video tracks at once?

Is there a way to select or "group" several video tracks in FCE and scale them as a single unit? Is there a key command to do this?
For example, I am using a circle matt to vignette a video clip. I like the the two together just the way they are, (size relationship and relative positions), but I want to enlarge them as a single unit instead of independently.
I have roughed-in multiple clips in my timeline with the same issue so it would be much faster if there is a way to group or select them and then scale them like you can in most graphic programs.
Thanks,
Greg
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Hi Alchroma.
I should have been clearer, but it's hard to describe. = )
If I have video clips stacked under the playhead as tracks and they are all the same duration, and I hold the shift key to select several clips at once in the timeline -- can I scale them in the canvas as a unit (all at once) instead of grabbing the corner of each individual clip to enlarge it?
Just wondering, like in Illustrator, if can I grab a single corner point, but scale several objects as a group if they are all selected at once. If I have to select each clip and the corresponding mask across the entire timeline, it will be hard to keep the attributes the same as well as time consuming.

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