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Final Cut Pro 300: Advanced Editing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 6
Real-time Editing, Effects, and Color Correction

This three-day course delivers hard-to-find advanced editing and finishing techniques. Learn how to create polished transitions, fix screen direction errors, edit multi-camera projects, work with nested sequences, create fantastic effects, use filters creatively, color-correct your video, and composite like a pro. This course also covers Soundtrack Pro, managing clips and media, and working with film.

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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


Timing Tools

  1. Loading Clips
  2. Using Match Frame
  3. Using Replace Edit and Gang Sync

Working with the Trimming Tool

  1. Numeric Trimming
  2. Split Edits
  3. Trim Edit Window
  4. Trimming under Transitions

Multicamera Editing

  1. Editing Multicamera Footage
  2. Working with Multiple Angles
  3. Applying Effects to Multiclips

Sound Editing

  1. Normalizing Tracks
  2. Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
  3. Compression and Limiting in Soundtrack Pro

Sound Mixing

  1. Using the FCP Meter
  2. Setting Proper Levels and Dynamic Range
  3. Performing Real-time Mixing
  4. Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
  5. Mixing in Other Tools



Course Outline – Day 2


Compositing
  1. Reviewing Motion Basics
  2. Creating a Multilayered Show Open
  3. Experimenting with Composite Modes
  4. Adding Graphics from a Layered Photoshop File
  5. Using Generators
  6. Copying Attributes
  7. Creating a Travel Matte

Mastering Video Filters

  1. Applying and Modifying Filters
  2. Modifying Filter Effects
  3. Managing Filters
  4. Using Specific Filter Categories

Dynamic Effects

  1. Keyframing Basics
  2. Keyframing in the Canvas
  3. Keyframing in the Viewer
  4. Keyframing in the Timeline
  5. Creating Favorite Motion Effects

Nesting Sequences

  1. Understanding Nested Sequences
  2. Using Basic Nesting
  3. Applying Effects to Multiple Clips
  4. Applying Complex Geometrics
  5. Changing Render Order
  6. Reordering Motion Effects
  7. Mixing Sequence Sizes
  8. Nesting as an Editing Tool

Variable Speed

  1. Using Basic Slow Motion
  2. Understanding Variable Speed Effects
  3. Using the Motion Viewer



Course Outline – Day 3


Correcting Contrast
  1. Understanding Contrast,
  2. Controlling Contrast Using the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter
  3. Setting Mood with the Mids
  4. Creating Artificially High Contrast

Controlling Color

  1. Understanding Color Balance
  2. Using Primary Color Correction
  3. Understanding the Color Balance Controls
  4. Identifying and Correcting Color Casts
  5. Manipulating Color Directly in the Blacks, Mids, and Whites

Color Correcting for Scene Continuity

  1. Achieving Visual harmony
  2. Comparing Two Clips
  3. Setting Up for Scene-by-Scene Color Correction
  4. Color Correcting a Complex Scene

Clip Management

  1. Managing the Database
  2. Working with Timecode
  3. Merging Clips
  4. Working with 16:9 and 24p
  5. Master Clip Relationships

Managing Media

  1. Mixing Formats
  2. Locating Media Files
  3. Using the Media Manager
  4. Deleting Unused Media
  5. Offline/Online Workflows
  6. Working with Motion Projects

Importing and Exporting

  1. Capturing from Non-Tape Sources
  2. Exporting for the Web
  3. Exporting for DVD and Exporting Audio



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