Apple Final Cut Pro

Apple Final Cut Pro

An Introduction to Final Cut Pro

Course Overview

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.

Learn To:

• Log and capture footage
• Edit in the Final Cut Pro environment
• Create a short movie using cuts and transitions
• Apply audio and visual effects filters
• Print finished material to video.

Benefits

Final Cut Pro is a professional digital video editing and effects application used in professional and semi-professional video post-production. This introductory course will familiarise participants with Final Cut Pro's basic approach to video editing, as well as providing additional insights into a wider range of special features and functionality. All training is hands on and project led.

Course Content:

• Project, Bin and Effects Tabs Native HDV editing
• Bins and Sequences
• Audio control surfaces support.
• Thumbnail viewing in List Mode
• Selection tools
• Clip Tabs
• Editing tools
• The Video, Audio, Filters, Motion Tabs
• Razor Blade tool
• The Zoom and View Buttons
• Zoom In/Out tool
• Video Generators
• Hand, Crop and Distort tools
• Loading Clips into the Viewer for Adjustments
• Pen Tools Transition/Filter FX
• Transitions
• Playing Video and Audio in the Viewer
• Applying Filters to a Clip
• Loading Stills into the Viewer
• Applying and adjusting transitions to a cut
• Timecode Navigation
• Setting a Default transition
• Creating Subclips
• Saving a Custom
• Preparing clips for Timeline
• Applying and adjusting a filter on Clips
• Selecting Ins and Outs
• Adding and Deleting Keyframes
• L-Cut or Split Edits in the Viewer
• Creating Smooth Keyframes
• Unlimited RT vs Safe RT
• Settings Between Clips
• AV Patching
• Time Ramping
• The Timeline and the Playhead
• Text Generators
• 3 point Editing
• Motion and Scale FX
• Overwrite, Insert and Replace Editing
• The Motion Tab
• Fit To Fill Editing
• Using the Canvas For Motion/Scale FX
• Superimpose Editing
• Rendering FX
• Adding, deleting and monitoring Tracks
• The Render Quality Settings
• Enabling Video and Audio Tracks in the Timeline
• Rendering a Selection
• Rendering the Timeline
• TC in the Timeline/Canvas
• Edit to Tape and Print to Video explained
• Clip Overlays
• Output To File: QuickTime
• Snapping controls
• Export options
• Linked selections
• Importing at a lower compression RT offline
• Motion and LiveType Real-Time
• Enhanced Media Management
• Log and capture finished program at full resolution
• RT Extreme with Dynamic RT
• Multichannel audio input.

Product Information

For full product information on Apple Final Cut Pro including online ordering details, please visit the Planet PC Store.