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Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

By : Jason Cox
Book Image

Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

By: Jason Cox

Overview of this book

As technology becomes more and more accessible and easier to use, we are expected to do more in less time than ever before. Video editors are now expected to be able not only to edit, but create motion graphics, fix sound issues, enhance image quality and color and more. Also, many workers in the PR and marketing world are finding they need to know how to get viral videos made from start to finish as quickly as possible. Final Cut Pro X was built as a one-stop shop with all the tools needed to produce a professional video from beginning to end.The "Final Cut Pro X Cookbook" contains recipes that will take you from the importing process and basic mechanics of editing up through many of FCPX's advanced tools needed by top-tier editors on a daily basis. Edit quickly and efficiently, fix image and sound problems with ease, and get your video out to your client or the world easily.No program gets you from application launch to the actual editing process faster than FCPX. After covering the basics, the book hits the ground running showing readers how to produce professional quality videos even if video editing isn't your day job.The recipes inside are packed with more than 300 images helping illustrate time-saving editing tools, problem-solving techniques and how to spice up your video with beautiful effects and titles. We also dive into audio editing, color correction and dabble in FCPX's sister programs Motion and Compressor!With more than 100 recipes, the Final Cut Pro X Cookbook is a great aid for the avid enthusiast up to the 40-hour-a-week professional. This book contains everything you need to make videos that captivate your audiences.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Final Cut Pro X Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Splicing clips with the Blade tool


If you've ever recorded an interview, you know that virtually no speaker is flawless. We all "um" and "er"—it's just a fact of life. In some videos, this may not be a problem as you may be aiming for a more natural flow of language, for example if someone is recounting an old story in a documentary. It's human. However, if you're making a marketing video with a speaker giving important information in a professional manner, then it's best to try to limit these speech impediments. If your interview contains lots of "ums" and "ers," using the Blade tool is often the easiest solution to get rid of them.

Getting ready

You can do this with any footage, but if you've got some talking head shots to work with, put them in your timeline now.

How to do it...

  1. 1. First off, find the speech issue you want to remove. It could be an "um," "er," or a similar sound. Put your playhead or skimmer near the section and start hitting Command + = to zoom in pretty close to that point...