Final Cut Pro 7 for Avid Editors (FCP 250)

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description
[b]Projects and interface[/b]
• Creating bins and sequences
• Viewing your source material
• Viewing your sequences
• Working in the timeline
• Working with tools and meters
• Using keyboard shortcuts

[b]Translating basic editing skills[/b]
• Using Play and Mark commands
• Performing over-write and insert edits
• Snapping to cut points
• Controlling the timeline
• Zooming and positioning the timeline
• Creating subclips
• Lifting and extracting
• Performing L-cut and split edits

[b]Settings and preferences[/b]
• ProRes workflows
• Audio and video settings
• Performing storyboard editing

[b]Trimming and moving[/b]
• Using the trim window
• Performing dual-roller and single-roller trimming
• Trimming in the timeline

[b]Advanced editing[/b]
• Performing drag-and-drop editing
• Segment mode edits
• Slipping and sliding clips

[b]Editing sound[/b]
• Patching and editing audio tracks
• Changing audio levels
• Adding voiceover

[b]Transitions and effects[/b]
• Adding dissolve transitions
• Using the Transition Editor
• Creating effects templates
• Keyframing effects

[b]Motion effects[/b]
• Speed and freeze-frame effects
• Sizing and positioning an image
• Editing with Fit to Fill
• Creating a motion path

[b]Title tool and generators[/b]
• Scrolling and crawling text
• Preprogrammed text options
• Creating 3D text
• Mattes and gradients

Suitable for
AnApple authorised course designed to provide a smooth and seamless transition for Avid editors who are migrating to Final Cut Pro 7.

Requirements
No previous knowledge of Final Cut Pro is required although you must have prior knowledge of Avid editing systems.