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Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

By : Jason Cox
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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

Using the Trim tool, part 3 — slipping and sliding


Finally, we have come to the end of the road for the Trim tool. Sadly, it has nothing to do with the fun backyard game. And, realistically speaking, these tools likely won't be commonly used in your repertoire of editing weapons. But, they both have a time and a place. Much like rolling, both slipping and sliding allow you to fix the timing of clips without affecting the timing of your overall project.

The Slip tool allows you to easily use a different portion of your clip than you originally selected. Let's take an easy example. You had a clip that was exactly 10 seconds in length, but only edited the portion 02:00 to 04:00 into your project. Later, you decide you wished you had actually used a different 2-second range of the clip, perhaps 05:00 to 07:00. Slipping lets you do this easily without disrupting the rest of your project.

The Slide tool is the least used, but has its moments. It allows you to re-time when a clip starts in your timeline...