Final Cut Pro X

Final Cut pro x is a revolutionary video editing application that helps beginners and seasoned professionals achieve stunning results.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course the participant will be able to

Create Corporate films
Video Editing for Broadcast media
Create Lisping Audio with Video
Add background music to the videos
Add special effects, motion animation and transitions to the videos

Getting Started

Preparing to Install Final Cut Pro
Installing QuickTime Components
Installing Final Cut Pro
Hardware Setup and Configuration
Connecting Video Devices to Your Computer
Controlling Video Devices With Your Computer
About Apple FireWire
Apple FireWire Basic
System Configurations
Ultra Wide SCSI Hard Disk Drive and PCI Card Specifications Optimizing Performance
Troubleshooting

Final Cut Pro Tutorial

The Final Cut Pro Workspace
Setting Up Your Environment
Editing in Final Cut Pro
Creating Your Own Project
Adding the Base Track for Your Sequence
Finishing the Rough Edit
Advanced Editing Techniques
Match-Frame Editing
Applying and Editing a Dissolve Transition
Audio Editing
Compositing and Special Effects
Opening and Saving a New Project
Previewing the Introduction’s Titles
Building the Background
Putting Dancers on the Background
Adding Circles Around the Dancers
Adding Titles for the Introduction
Copying a Title’s Attributes to Other Titles
Adding the Titles to the Introductory Sequence
Rendering the Sequence
Finishing a Project
Printing to Video
Exporting a Sequence for Multimedia or the Web
Moving Forward With a New Project

Understanding Final Cut Pro

The Working Environment
The Viewer
The Canvas
The Timeline
The Browser
The Tool Palette
Other Windows You Will Use
Log and Capture
Edit to Tape
Preferences
Sequence Settings
Project Properties
Item Properties
Trim Edit
Using Menus, Shortcuts, and Controls
Shortcut Menus
Keyboard Shortcuts
Tabbed Windows
Customizing the Screen Layout
Undoing Changes
Working With Timecode
Navigating by Entering New Timecodes
Moving to a New Time by Adding or Subtracting Frames
Moving to a New Time by Entering Numbers That Are Converted
Separators for Timecode Entry and Logging
Timecode Keyboard Shortcuts
Editing in Final Cut Pro
Editing With the Tool Palette Tools
Background Information and Concepts

Preferences and Presets

Setting General Preferences
Setting Device Control Preferences
Specifying Capture Preferences
Using Sequence Presets
Creating, Editing, and Deleting Presets
Setting Scratch Disk Preferences

Getting Media Into Final Cut Pro

Log and Capture Window
Changing Device Control, Capture, or Scratch Disk Preferences
Calibrating the Timecode Signal You Are Capturing
Calibrating Capture Settings With Bars and Tone From Tape
Capturing Video Without Device Control
Choosing a Logging Bin for Offline and Captured Clips
Capturing Video With Device Control
Troubleshooting Your Video Deck
Logging Offline Clips
Batch Capturing Clips
Changing Duplicate Clip Names and Filenames
Importing a Batch List
Changing a Clip’s Source Timecode
Importing Media
Importing Still Images and Audio Files
Importing Layered Photoshop Files
Importing Audio Files From Audio CDs

Creating and Organizing Projects

Creating, Opening, Closing, and Saving Projects
Autosaving Projects
Customizing the Browser Display
Selecting Items in the Browser
Sorting Items in the Browser
Organizing Projects With the Browser
About the Browser Columns
Using Bins to Organize Clips
Modifying Clip Properties in the Browser
Renaming Clips, Sequences, and Bins
Searching for Items in the Browser
Changing the Properties of a Project

Working With Clips and the Viewer

Using Clips in Sequences
Using the Viewer
The Video Tab
The Audio Tab
The Filters Tab
The Motion Tab
Opening Clips in the Viewer
Playing Clips and Locating Specific Frames
Marking In and Out Points
Creating Subclips
Adding and Editing Markers
Renaming Markers and Attaching Comments
Moving and Extending the Duration of Markers
Using Markers as Subclips
Viewing Clips
Opening Clips From the View Menu
Changing Magnification in the Viewer or Canvas
Viewing Title and Action Safe Boundaries
Viewing Overlays
Viewing With Different Backgrounds
Working With Audio
Understanding Audio Formats
Compressed Audio Formats
Turning Off Audio Scrubbing
Using the Viewer to Display Audio Waveforms
Changing Your Computer’s Audio Level
Adjusting Audio Levels and Pan or Spread for a Clip
Synchronizing Audio and Video
Getting Information About the Properties of Clips

Creating Sequences and Editing

About Sequences
Working With the Timeline and Canvas
About Three-Point Editing
About Audio in Sequences
Mixing Audio in Real Time
How Tracks Are Composited to Create the Final Sequence
About Presets and Sequence Settings
Creating a New Sequence
Changing the Settings for an Existing Sequence
Creating Sequences Using Edit Decision Lists
Viewing a Sequence
Copying Sequences
Setting Up an Edit
Specifying the Target Tracks for Editing
Positioning the Playhead at a Specific Edit Point
Marking Edit Points
Performing Edits in the Canvas
The Canvas Edit Overlay
Editing in the Timeline
The Canvas Two-Up Display
Marking Split Edits
Setting the Edit Points to the Current Selection
Locating a Match Frame

Working in the Timeline and Canvas

The Timeline Window
Elements in the Timeline Window
Colors of Items in the Timeline Window
Customizing the Timeline Track Display
Timeline Scaling and Scrolling
Scaling the Timeline Display
Positioning the Playhead in a Sequence
Working With Tracks in the Timeline
Selecting Track Contents in the Timeline
Working With Markers in the Timeline and Canvas
Selecting Items in the Timeline
Selecting Clips
Linked Selection
Selecting Items Between the In and Out Points
Moving Clips Into the Timeline
Moving Clips Within the Timeline
Snapping in the Timeline
Deleting Clips
Copying and Pasting Clips and Clip Attributes
Modifying Clips in a Sequence
Making Individual Clips Visible or Invisible
Using Offline Clips
Changing the Playback Speed of a Clip
Working With Keyframes in the Timeline
Displaying Keyframes in the Timeline
Modifying Keyframes in the Timeline
Adding and Adjusting the Values of Overlay Keyframes
Searching for Items in the Timeline
Finding and Closing Gaps
Making Still Frames From Clips in the Canvas
Correcting Clips That Are Out of Sync

Rendering

About Rendering
Rendering Versus Real-Time Playback
How Sequences Are Rendered
Setting a Sequence’s Render Qualities
Editing Render Quality Levels
Video Rendering
Audio Rendering
Using Nested Sequences
Using Nested Sequences to Render Transitions
Rendering Indicators
How to Avoid Rendering
Rendering
Specifying Storage Locations for Render Files
Using Cache Manager to Manage Rendered Files
Automatically Rendering Before Playing

Creating Final Output

Printing to Video
Editing to Tape
Edit to Tape Operations
The Difference Between Insert and Assemble Editing
Choosing Which Tracks to Record
Setting Up for Editing to Tape
Performing an Edit to Tape
Setting Mastering Options
Edit to Tape Device Settings
Preparing a Videotape With Black and Code
Working With Edit Decision Lists
Exporting an EDL
Setting EDL Export Options
Importing an Edit Decision List
Working With Batch Lists
Exporting a Batch List
Exporting FXScripts as Text
Exporting Sequences and Clips
Exporting Sequences and Clips in a Batch Operation
Batch Export Columns
Naming Options Dialog Box

Managing Complex Projects

Placing Sequences Within Other Sequences
Nesting Clips
Using the Sequence Trimmer
Relinking Offline Files
Moving a Project and Its Media
Managing Projects With Multiple Users

Building Effects With FXBuilder

What Is Scripting?
How Does FXBuilder Work?
Opening FXBuilder
Opening and Applying Scripts
The FXBuilder Tabs
Running a Script in FXBuilder
Applying a Script in the Timeline
Rendering
Modifying Scripts
How Is a Script Structured?
Exporting Scripts
Exporting Scripts as Text Files
Preventing Scripts From Being Modified or Viewed
Making a Favorite Effect From a Script
Installing Scripts
Building Scripts
About the FXScript Commands
Statements

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