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Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing

By : Iain Anderson
Book Image

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

6. Build the spine of the story: Quick Assembly

"The organizational tools, magnetic timeline, and third-party ecosystem have made Final Cut Pro X an integral part of my editing experience on everything from corporate video, to documentaries, to feature films."

— Not to be outdone by Alan, Patrick Southern is also an Emmy award-winning editor and a Workflow Architect at Frame.io

You've got your footage imported into a Library, you've added Keywords, you've made Favorites, and you're looking at the next step: starting to put the best bits together in a sequence. Here, you'll learn how to create a new Project in which you can start your edits, and all the technical settings you need to know. As well as adding clips with shortcuts, buttons, and drag and drop, you'll learn about basic timeline operations: rearranging, trimming, breaking up, and deleting. You'll also learn how to duplicate an entire timeline.

While the steps here...