EDITING ON FINAL CUT PRO

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1 EDITING ON FINAL CUT PRO BUILDING BLOCKS OF A FINAL CUT PRO PROJECT: Projects (Think of it as a big folder, or your binder), which include all the elements of your movie, such as clips, sequences, and bins. Bins (small folders) You use bins to organize your clips, including video and audio clips, as well as graphics files. The classification of bins is a throwback to the old film days when cloth bins were used to keep film. Clips in your Final Cut Pro project that reference the media files Sequences that you use to arrange clips in chronological order to convey your story or message NAVIGATING AROUND FINAL CUT PRO J-K-L tools these keys will become your best friends on the keyboard To play a clip forward: press L (up to 3 more times to go faster) To stop playback: click the Play button while the clip is playing (or press the spacebar), or press K To play a clip in reverse: Shift-click the Play button, or press Shift + Space, or Press J To play at a slower speed: Hold K down, while tapping J or L to go forwards and backwards Hold K down, while pressing J or L simultaneously to go in slow mo To move the playhead one frame at a time, do one of the following: Press the Right Arrow key to move forward Press the Left Arrow key to move backward.

2 GETTING TO KNOW THE LAYOUT OF FINAL CUT PRO BROWSER VIEWER CANVAS TIMELINE BROWSER You should be familiar with the following areas of the Browser: Project Tab (this provides a link to your media files) Effects Tab VIEWER You should be familiar with the following areas of the Viewer: Video Tab Audio Tabs Filters Tab Control Tab Motion Tab Playing Clips using the Viewer Transport Controls (located under the Viewer Screen) Go to Previous Edit Play in to Out Play Play Around Current Frame Go To Next Edit

3 CANVAS You should be familiar with the follow areas of the Canvas: Go to Previous Edit Play in to Out Play Play Around Current Frame Go To Next Edit Edit Overlay: Insert Overwrite Replace Fit to Fill Superimpose Insert with Transition Overwrite with Transition TIMELINE You should be familiar with the follow areas of the Timeline: Clip Overlays Control: Opacity overlays Audio Level overlays Timeline Preferences: Track Height Control Track Layout pop-up menu Linked Selection Button Snapping Button Render Status Bar Timeline Editing Controls Source and Destination Controls Lock Track control Audio Controls button Mute and solo buttons

4 SETTING UP YOUR PROJECTS ON FINAL CUT PRO Setting up your Project: 1. Double Click on the Final Cut Pro icon on the dock 2. Choose File Menu > New Project (or press Shift-Command-N) 3. Choose File Menu > Save Project As: Your Project Title 4. Choose File menu, go to New, then go to Bin Create the following bins: Interviews B-Roll Standup Voiceovers Music Graphics Creating a New Sequence: 1. Choose File Menu > New > Sequence, (or press Command-N), or Right Click in the Browser, and select New Sequence 2. Click the sequence to highlight its name 3. Enter a new name for the sequence (title your project by name and date), then press Return Format for titling sequence Project subject.student name.date Ex. The Lottery.Amy Format for titling clips Description. Subject Ex.: CU Amy CAPTURING YOUR FOOTAGE 1. Under File menu, go to Log and Capture. 2. Go to the clip settings tab and select preview to hear the audio. 3. At the Log Bin line, make sure that your project is listed. 4. At the Description line, enter the title of your clip. 5. Press play to get to the footage that you want to digitize. 6. When you have found the correct place that you want to record, press "Now" under the Capture heading. 7. Press ESC when you want to stop recording.

5 HOW TO EDIT: Three-Point Editing in Final Cut Pro In a three-point edit, you can define any three points of an edit, and Final Cut Pro will calculate the fourth point for you. Here's an example: 2. Park the playhead in the Canvas at the sequence In point (the point where you want your new clip to start). Specify your In point by pressing "I" on the keyboard. 3. When you insert the new clip into your sequence, Final Cut Pro uses the duration of the new clip insert to calculate the sequence Out point. INSERT EDIT An insert edit inserts the In-Out clip from Viewer to the In point on the Timeline. Everything to the right of your inserted clip shifts over. 2. Set the sequence In point by positioning the Timeline or Canvas playhead where you want the edit to occur. Specify your In point by pressing "I" on the keyboard. 3. Drag the source clip from the Viewer to the Insert edit area in the Canvas overlay. 4. The source is inserted into the sequence. OVERWRITE EDIT An Overwrite edit places the In-Out clip from the Viewer OVER any clips that are located past the In point on the Timeline. Use this tool if you want to REPLACE a clip. 2. Set the sequence In point by positioning the Timeline or Canvas playhead where you want the edit to occur. Specify your In point by pressing "I" on the keyboard. 3. Drag the source clip from the Viewer to the Insert edit area in the Canvas overlay. 4. The source clip is added to the sequence, overwriting any existing sequence material on the targeted tracks that falls between the sequence In and Out points.