Course Content
Exploring the Apple Mac Final Cut Pro X Interface
- Following a workflow
- Opening Apple Mac Final Cut Pro X
- Exploring the interface and using menus and shortcuts
- Viewing and sorting events, skimming clips, and changing views
- Viewing and creating projects
- Working in the project library
- Viewing projects in the timeline
- Hiding and quitting Apple Mac Final Cut Pro
Importing
- Importing media into an event
- Importing folders as keyword collections
- Analyzing and correcting imported clips
- Importing from a camera, importing from the finder, and importing from other applications
Organizing Clips in an Event
- Using metadata to customize an event
- Adding keywords to clips and assigning multiple keywords to clips
- Applying keywords to a clip range
- Rating, sorting, and searching clips
- Creating smart collections
Building a Rough Cut
- Creating a new project
- Screening and marking clips
- Appending clips in the timeline
- Viewing and arranging clips in the magnetic timeline
- Inserting clips into the primary storyline
- Changing edited clips, connecting clips to the primary storyline, and closing your project
Fine-Tuning a Rough Cut
- Adding markers to a project
- Connecting clips to the primary storyline
- Overwriting and replacing clips
- Auditioning clips in the project
- Working with storylines
Adding to the Primary Storyline
- Duplicating a project
- Removing clip selections and adding gaps
- Understanding trimming, applying the trim tool, and trimming with precision
Applying Transitions
- Preparing for transitions, applying a video transition, and using the transitions browser
- Modifying transitions and changing transition parameters in the inspector
- Adding transitions to other storylines and compound clips
- Exploring audio transitions
Working with Sound
- Monitoring and adjusting audio in the timeline
- Adding music and sound effects
- Adjusting levels in the audio inspector
- Creating audio fades, recording a narration track, and correcting problem audio
Working with Titles, Generators, and Themes
- Using the titles browser
- Adding a lower third
- Modifying titles and adding bumpers and credits
- Working with video generators using themes
Retiming and Transforming Clips
- Motion properties
- Retiming clips and creating holds and variable speed segments
- Applying preset speed effects
- Transforming and cropping an image
- Adding a Ken Burns effect
- Creating keyboard shortcuts
Applying Effects and Enhancing Color
- Applying video effects
- Modifying effect parameters
- Auditioning and animating effects
- Applying audio effects
- Enhancing color in Apple Mac Final Cut Pro
Exporting and Sharing Your Project
- Preparing a project for exporting and sharing
- Detecting audio peaks
- Adjusting video levels for broadcast
- Publishing a project to Apple devices
- Publishing a project to video sharing sites
- Exporting a movie file or an image from your project
- Exporting for Blu-ray disk, DVD, or disk image
