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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

Working with Multicam media

While Chapter 2, Before the Edit: Production Tips, discussed how to shoot with multiple cameras and audio recorders, and Chapter 3, Bring It In: Importing Your Footage, showed you how to synchronize all that footage into Multicam Clips, we haven't looked at how to edit it yet — and there are a few differences compared to regular footage. This section will take you through the process of editing with Multicam footage, including switching angles, controlling which component of a clip is switched, and some of the smaller changes that Multicam brings.

Understanding Multicam footage

As discussed earlier, a Multicam Clip combines multiple angles together, synced in time. When you edit a Multicam Clip, you can choose which angle you want to see at any point, and which you want to hear:

Figure 9.1: Here, the same person was filmed from two angles at once, to demonstrate stretching

Figure 9.1: Here, the same person was filmed from two angles at once, to demonstrate stretching

You can run the clip continuously...