Course Overview
This three-day, hands-on course teaches all the tools and techniques that make Final Cut Pro one of the best editing tools in the business. This class is designed to help students become familiar with the user interface while learning how to perform editing functions. Students will work with real-world media to learn practical approaches to video editing—from basic techniques to powerful advanced features.
Course Objectives
Use libraries to organize and manage media and projects
Apply exceptionally fast editing techniques for video and audio
Fine-tune clips in the timeline
Apply effects and transitions, and retime clips
Work with 3D titles, 360 video, and multi-cam clips
Create captions
Manipulate images with the color correction effects
Students will also finish and share their final project
Who Should Attend?
This class is designed for anyone looking to edit professional-quality video with Final Cut Pro and who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore its functionality.
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Agenda
Lesson 1: Getting Started
Download and prepare lesson media files
Understand the basic Final Cut Pro workflow.
Lesson 2: Importing Media
Define the clip, event, and library containers
Understand the differences between internal and external media files
Create a camera archive
Import files using Media Import and the Finder
Lesson 3: Organizing Clips
Apply keywords to a clip and clip ranges
Search and filter clips by keywords
Add notes and ratings to a clip
Create Smart Collections
Detect people and composition within clips
Understand and assign roles
Lesson 4: Making the First Edit
Create a project
Understand the attraction and repulsion behaviors of a storyline
Append, insert, and rearrange clips within a primary storyline
Batch edit a storyboard of clips
Ripple, Roll, and Slip edit clips
Use the Blade tool
Replace a gap clip, ripple delete, and join through edit
Perform connect edits
Create and edit in a connected storyline
Adjust audio levels
Share the project to a media file
Lesson 5: Revising the Edit
Define and distinguish between the two types of project duplication
Understand the replace edit options
Use markers for clip sync and task notes
Create and edit with an audition clip
Refine clip duration using Trim to Playhead and Trim to Selection
Lesson 6: Enhancing the Edit
Vary the playback speed of clips
Modify the look of clips with effects
Use transitions
Adjust the transform and compositing controls
Create compound clips
Lesson 7: Finishing the Edit
Add and modify a lower third
Add and modify a 3D title
Split-edit audio and video
Keyframe audio
Adjust an image using the Color Board, Color Wheels, and Color Curves
Lesson 8: Sharing a Project
Export to a media file
Post media to an online host
Create a bundle for multiple platforms
Understand the ? XML workflow
Integrate Compressor export options
Lesson 9: Managing Libraries
Differentiate between external and internal media
Import media as referenced and managed
Move and copy clips within and between libraries
Consolidate media files in one location
Lesson 10: Advancing Your Workflow
Identify manual options for new projects
Sync dual system recordings
Create a chroma key
Understand the multicam workflow
Understanding the tracker in Final Cut Pro
Locating duplicate shots in the timeline