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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

Controlling and overriding connections

Normally, when you move a Primary Storyline clip around, any connected clips will move too. That's because the clip-to-clip connection is usually the most important, and it's what FCP tries to maintain. Sometimes, though, you want to keep a connected clip exactly where it is, and this section will show you a couple of techniques to do that.

First, if you want to connect a clip at a different point, hold ⌥⌘ and click on the connected clip. The connection will now be shifted to the clicked point in time, connecting to the clip on the Primary Storyline at that timecode. The same applies to Storylines, but you'll have to hold ⌥⌘ and click in the gray bar just above the clips instead:

Figure 7.23: Here, the connection has been moved to the second clip in the Primary Storyline rather than the first

Figure 7.23: Here, the connection has been moved to the second clip in the Primary Storyline rather than the first

Moving connections like this lets you change which Primary Storyline clip &quot...