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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

Archiving your work

Here, you'll discover a workflow for making sure your work is accessible months or years after a job is completed, with no media or effects missing. The archiving process might not be exciting, but it's definitely important. If a client comes back to you in six months wanting an urgent re-edit on a past Project, you'll win kudos if you can get the job done quickly and easily. While it would be nice if storage was unlimited, you can't keep every past job on your active storage forever; video is big, and expands to fill hard drives of any size.

Specifically, you'll find out how to make sure everything's in one place by consolidating the media and everything else you need. Then you'll figure out how to throw things away, first a little, and then a lot. Finally, you'll establish how to manage your archives, and recover from a backup.

In a few words? Consolidate your old jobs, and then move them somewhere else. Let&apos...