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Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing

By : Iain Anderson
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Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing

By: Iain Anderson

Overview of this book

Final Cut Pro (also known as FCP, previously Final Cut Pro X) is Apple’s efficient and accessible video editing software for everyone, offering powerful features that experienced editors and novices will find useful. FCP is the quickest way to transform your raw clips into a finished piece, so if speed is important, make this a key tool in your editing arsenal. Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing is a comprehensive best practice guide for all editors. You’ll not only learn how to use the features but also find out which ones are the most important and when you should use them. With the help of practical examples, the book will show you how typical footage can be assembled, trimmed, colored, and finessed to produce a finished edit, exploring a variety of techniques. As you progress through the book, you’ll follow a standard editing workflow to get the feel of working on real-world projects and answer self-assessment questions to make sure that you’re on track. By the end of this Final Cut Pro book, you’ll be well versed with the key features of this app and have all the tools you need to create impressive edits.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Importing and Organizing
7
Section 2: Rough Cut to Fine Cut
13
Section 3: Finishing and Exporting

Adding and navigating with Markers

Way back in Chapter 5, Choose Your Favorites: Selecting, Rating, and Searching, we added Markers to clips in the Browser. They're great in the Browser, but even more useful when added to clips in the Timeline, where Markers can help you to navigate, to track your progress through a review, and even to provide user navigation in some kinds of exports. In every case, the Marker will be attached to a clip and not a timecode, meaning Markers ripple up and down the timeline as changes are made, and you'll see why that's important in a moment.

Let's recap how to add a Marker:

  1. Skim to or click on a clip in the timeline.
  2. Press ⌥M to create a Marker and edit its name. (If paused, you could alternatively press MM.)
  3. Type a name for the new Marker in the text field that appears:
Figure 10.48: Markers can be used for all kinds of things, even simple praise

Figure 10.48: Markers can be used for all kinds of things, even simple praise

In this context, you can...