Introduction to Final Cut Pro
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Professional 3 day course
September 04/05/06, 2010
Course location:
Crystal Gate, 28-30 Worship Street, London, EC2A 2AH
Cost: £495 + VAT | Non members £645 + VAT
Introduction to Final Cut Pro – Full details
Course Description:
This three-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set
and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course you learn to perform basic
editing functions while familiarising yourself with the user interface. Topics
include basic setup, adjusting and customising preferences and settings,
capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple,
roll, slip and slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final
output.
Course Requirements:
No previous video editing experience or knowledge of Final Cut Pro is
required but a sound working knowledge of the Macintosh operating system is
advantageous
Course Duration:
The standard course takes place over three days but bespoke training is also
available by negotiation.
Follow on courses:
Advanced Final Cut Pro.
Funding available at www.skillset.org.
Introduction to Final Cut Pro – Course Content:
1) Working With The Interface – FCP interface, following a workflow, working with
projects, working with bins, working with the timeline and canvas, magnifying timeline
tracks, quitting and hiding FCP.
2) Marking And Editing – Playing clips in the viewer, marking clips, working with audio
clips, preparing to edit, making overwrite edits, backing up sequences, insering clips.
3) Drag-And-Drop Editing – Manipulating clips in the timeline, preparing for drag-anddrop
editing, dragging clips to the timeline, dragging audio to the timeline, changing a
clip in the timeline.
4) Marking In The Timeline – Marking in the timeline, selecting tracks in the timeline,
deleting clips and gaps, editing to an audio track, importing clips into a project,
editing sound effects to video clips, linking clips together, adding cutaways or B-roll
material.
5) Trimming Edit Points – Trimming overview, dragging to a trim, trimming one track
of a linked clip, trimming and rippling edits, trimming in the viewer, using the razor
blade tool, extending an edit point.
6) Adjusting Edit Points – Adjusting two edit points, rolling edit points, slipping clip
content, adjusting and changing clip placement, using the trim edit window.
7) Other Editing Options – Making subclips, working with markers, copying clips in the
browser, replacing edits, storyboard editing, keeping linked clips in sync.
8) Browser Basics And Project Customisation – Customising browser columns,
finding items in the browser, working with master clips, organising project elements,
customising the interface, customising shortcut keys and buttons, choosing an easy
set-up preset, selecting user preferences, viewing clip properties, changing
sequence settings.
9) Capturing Footage – Connecting sources for capture, previewing and marking your
source, logging your clips, choosing clip settings, choosing capture settings,
capturing options, setting capture preferences.
10) Applying Transitions – Understanding transitions, viewing transition options,
applying video transitions, applying audio transitions, using the transition editor,
changing transition parameters, previewing and rendering effects.
11) Mixing Audio Tracks – Organising and previewing audio tracks, adjusting and
editing audio in the timeline, changing audio levels over time, mixing tracks using the
audio mixer, recording a narration track, importing CD tracks.
12) Changing Motion Properties – Changing clip speed, creating a freeze-frame,
changing Motion parameters, sharing Motion attributes, animating Motion
13) Applying Filters – Applying video filters, viewing and modifying filter parameters,
applying corrective filters, applying audio filters, compositing clips, adding keyframes
to animate filters.
14) Multicam Editing – Organising a multiclip editing workflow, synchronising camera
angles by in-points, creating and viewing multiclips, modifying multiclips in the
viewer, editing with multiclips, synchronising camera angles by timecode, switching
angles with effects, collapsing a multiclip.
15) Adding Titles And Graphics – Working with text generators, adding colour mattes,
working with graphics, adding Motion effects to text, working with Boris Text options.
16) Finishing And Output – Reconnecting media, finishing audio and video, exporting
finished sequences, outputting to tape, managing project media, backing up projects.
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