Final Cut Pro 7 Advanced Editing

This three-day, hands-on course teaches students 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 and composite like a pro. This course also covers advanced workflows for managing media and working with film.

Course Outline

Overview of Editing Basics
Review of Basic Editing Techniques, 3-point Editing Rule and Track Targetting.

Advanced Editing Techniques
Smart Clip Loading, Using Match Frame, Using Replace Edit and Ganging Playheads.

Trimming Basics
Basic Rippling, Basic Rolling, Extend Edit, and Splitting Edits.

Advanced Trimming
Trimming from the Keyboard, Trim Edit Window, Dynamic Trimming, Multitrack Trimming and Assymetrical Trimming.

Audio Editing
Adjusting Levels on the Fly, Adjust Levels Dialog, Applying Normalisation Gain, Using Audio Filters, Sending to Soundtrack Pro, and Using the Audio Mixer Window.

Multicam Editing
Basic Multicamera Edits, Working with Multiple Angles, Editing Audio and Video Separately, Collapsing and Uncollapsing Multiclips, Match-framing Multiclips, Applying Effects to Multiclips and Multiclips and External Video

Compositing in Final Cut Pro
Basic Compositing Review, Creating Travel Mattes, Adding Graphics from a Layered Photoshop File, Keyframing Basics and Keyframing in the Timeline.

Mastering Filters
Customising Filters, Understanding Filter Order, Filter Timing, Limiting Filter Effects, Creating Favorite Filters, Hiding and showing Filter Controls and Working with Smoothcam.

Nesting Sequences
Understanding Nested Sequences, Using Basic Nesting, Nesting in Place, Working Around Render Order, Mixing Sequence Sizes, Nesting as an Editing Tool, Nesting Master Filters and Unnesting.

Preparing for Finishing
Nesting Sequences, Unnesting Sequences, Adding Widescreen mattes, Adding BITC, Managing Audio Outputs, Using the Media Manager and Exporting EDLs and XML Files.

Troubleshooting Tips
Fixing Screen Direction Errors, Stealing Audio from Another Shot, and Removing a Boom.

Outputting
Sharing to Apple Devices, Sharing to DVD and Blu Ray, Sharing for the Web, Using Compressor, Outputting Audio, Exporting Still Frames and Exporting QuickTime Movies.