| Apple Final Cut Pro v7/v6: Motion Tab | Supported? | Match in After Effects | Comments |
| Basic Motion | |||
| Scale | Supported | Scale in Transform menu | |
| Rotation | Supported | Rotation in Transform menu | |
| Center | Supported | Position in Transform menu | |
| Anchor Point | Supported | Anchor Point in transform menu based on file width / height | |
| Crop | |||
| Left, Right, Top, Bottom | Supported | Mask created. If more than one side has keyframes at equivalent times, one keyframe applied with all values | |
| Edge Feather | Supported | Edge Feather in Mask Menu. Value is half of the value in Final Cut. Feather appears much sharper in AE. | |
| Distort | |||
| Upper Left | Supported | Corner Pin effect applied | |
| Upper Right | Supported | Corner Pin effect applied | |
| Lower Right, | Supported | Corner Pin effect applied | |
| Lower Left | Supported | Corner Pin effect applied | |
| Aspect Ratio | Not Supported | ||
| Opacity | |||
| Opacity | Supported | Opacity in Transform Menu | |
| Drop Shadow | |||
| Offset | Supported | Note that in AE the distance is much smaller | |
| Angle | Supported | Angle | |
| Color | Supported | Color | |
| Softness | Supported | Softness | |
| Opacity | Supported | Opacity | |
| Motion Blur | |||
| Percentage Blur | Not Supported | ||
| Samples | Not Supported | ||
| Speed | **Variable Speed with duration change not supported | ||
| Constant Speed | Supported | Stretch if duration change, Time Remap if no duration change. Constant speed via duration change not supported for Final Cut 6 | |
| Variable Speed | Supported | Time Remap applied. Duration change with variable speed (i.e. Constant change then Variable change) not supported | |
| Time Reverse | Supported | Negative Stretch value | |
| Constant Speed & Reversed | Supported | Negative Stretch value | |