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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

Grouping connected clips in Storylines

Connected clips are great, but as they're totally independent, they can feel somewhat limited, and grouping two or more clips together in a gray box is the solution. To use the ripple-trim and rearranging magic of the Magnetic Timeline on connected clips, you'll need to wrap one or more clips up into a Storyline, and here's the process:

  1. Select multiple nearby connected clips by dragging a selection box around them:
    Figure 7.18: Each of these connected clips has its own connection line

    Figure 7.18: Each of these connected clips has its own connection line

  2. Press ⌘G to place those clips inside a Storyline (the Create Storyline command is in the Clip menu):
Figure 7.19: These two selected clips have been placed in a Storyline with a single connection line

Figure 7.19: These two selected clips have been placed in a Storyline with a single connection line

You'll see that the selected clips are placed within a gray box — that's the Storyline. While each of the clips was previously connected to separate Primary Storyline clips, there...