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Final Cut Pro 100: An Overview of Final Cut Pro 6
Professional Editing in Final Cut Studio

This two-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple, roll, slip and slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final output.

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Courses Available: Final Cut Pro 100 | Final Cut Pro 101 | Final Cut Pro 200 | Final Cut Pro 300
Course Outline – Day 1


Screening and Marking in the Final Cut Pro Interface

  1. Launching Final Cut Pro
  2. Final Cut Pro Interface
  3. Following a Workflow
  4. Working with Projects
  5. Organizing Elements
  6. Playing Clips in the Viewer
  7. Navigating Clips
  8. Project Tasks
  9. Navigating a Sequence
  10. Marking Clips
  11. Quitting and Hiding Final Cut Pro

Editing Clips in the Timeline

  1. Managing Project Elements
  2. Editing a Rough Cut
  3. Making Overwrite Edits
  4. Managing Timeline Tracks
  5. Making Insert Edits
  6. Adding Audio Clips
  7. Moving Clips in the Timeline
  8. Drag-and-Drop Editing
  9. Changing Volume of Edited Clips

Finishing the Rough Cut

  1. Adding Cutaways
  2. Editing to Narration
  3. Editing to Music
  4. Copying, Cutting, Pasting, and Positioning Clips
 Trimming to Refine Clip Duration
  1. Preparing a Project for Trimming
  2. Trimming Overview
  3. Rippling Edit Points
  4. Rippling in the Viewer and by Numbers
  5. Trimming on the V2 Track
  6. Trimming One Track of a Linked Clip

Trimming to Refine a Sequence

  1. Preparing Your Sequence
  2. Adjusting Two Edit Points
  3. Slipping One Clip
  4. Slipping Sequence Clips
  5. Rolling Two Edit Points
  6. Sliding Clips to Refine Position
  7. Dragging Clips to New Locations
  8. Keeping Linked Clips in Sync

Course Outline – Day 2


Refining the Edit Process
  1. Creating Subclips
  2. Adding Markers to Clips
  3. Storyboard Editing
  4. Replacing Edits
  5. Editing Multicamera

Supporting the Editing Process

  1. Reconnecting Media
  2. Playing Multiple Formats
  3. Working with Master Clips
  4. Logging Information in Browser Columns
  5. Finding and Labeling Project Items
  6. Customizing Shortcut Keys and Buttons
  7. Saving and Loading Layouts
  8. Optimizing User Preferences

Capturing Footage

  1. Connecting Sources for Capture
  2. Creating a New Project for Capturing
  3. Previewing and Marking Your Source
  4. Logging Clips
  5. Choosing Clip Settings
  6. Choosing Capture Settings
  7. Choosing Capturing Options
  8. Setting Capture Preferences
  9. Acquiring Other Media

Applying Transitions

  1. Evaluating Project Needs
  2. Understanding Transitions
  3. Viewing Transition Options
  4. Applying Transitions
  5. Modifying and Copying Transitions
  6. Using the Transition Editor
  7. Changing Transition Parameters
  8. Previewing and Rendering Effects

Finishing and Outputting

  1. Detecting Audio Peaks
  2. Adjusting Video Levels for Broadcast
  3. Understanding File Formats
  4. Exporting QuickTime Files
  5. Outputting to Tape
  6. Backing up Projects

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