What this book covers
Part 1: Importing and Organizing
Chapter 1, Quick Start: An Introduction to FCP This chapter presents an overview of the workflow and an introduction to the book.
Chapter 2, Before the Edit: Production Tips Learn about the technical details and on-set strategies.
Chapter 3, Bring It In: Importing Your Footage We’ll consider different importing techniques and media management tips
Chapter 4, Sort It Out: Reviewing and Keywording Watch and tag your clips smartly.
Chapter 5, Choose Your Favorites: Selecting, Rating, and Searching We’ll consider how to go about marking the best and worst clips, and finding them again.
Part 2: Rough Cut to Fine Cut
Chapter 6, Build the Spine of the Story: Quick Assembly Create a project and assemble your media inside it.
Chapter 7, Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines We’ll explore connections, storylines, and other key Magnetic Timeline skills.
Chapter 8, Neaten the Edges: Trimming Techniques Slip, slide, roll, and soften your edits.
Chapter 9, Consider Your Options: Multicam, Replacing, and Auditions Switch one shot for another with clever workflows.
Chapter 10, Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks Learn some fancy workarounds and advanced techniques.
Part 3: Finishing and Exporting
Chapter 11, Play with Light: Color Correction and Grading We’ll cover everything to do with exposure, saturation, contrast, and balance.
Chapter 12, Refine and Smooth: Video Properties and Effects We’ll learn about scaling, cropping, animating, and changing video in all sorts of ways.
Chapter 13, Blend and Warp: Video Transitions and Retiming This chapter covers creating a bridge between clips, and speed-ramping others.
Chapter 14, Boost the Signal: Audio Sweetening Making the audio sound as good as the video looks.
Chapter 15, A Few Words: Titles and Generators We’ll consider a few words about titles, backgrounds, and captions.
Chapter 16, You’re Done: Exporting your Edit and Finishing Up Export your video in a few different ways.