Overview of Final Cut Pro 6 (FCP 100)

Overview of Final Cut Pro 6 (FCP 100)

What You Will Learn
- Working with the Browser and Bins
- Marking clips and creating insert and overwrite edits
- Drag-and-drop editing
- Trimming edit points
- Using Ripple, Roll, and Extend edits and the Slip and Slide tools
- Finishing and final output

Course Outline

Day 1
Topic Description
- Screening and Marking in the Final Cut Pro Interface Launching Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro Interface
- Following a Workflow
- Working with Projects
- Organizing Elements
- Playing Clips in the Viewer
- Navigating Clips
- Project Tasks
- Navigating a Sequence
- Marking Clips
- Quitting and Hiding Final Cut Pro
- Editing Clips in the Timeline Managing Project Elements
- Editing a Rough Cut
- Making Overwrite Edits
- Managing Timeline Tracks
- Making Insert Edits
- Adding Audio Clips
- Moving Clips in the Timeline
- Drag-and-Drop Editing, and Changing Volume of Edited Clips
- Finishing the Rough Cut Adding Cutaways
- Editing to Narration
- Editing to Music
- Copying, Cutting, Pasting and Positioning Clips
- Trimming to Refine Clip Duration Preparing a Project for Trimming,
- Trimming Overview
- Rippling Edit Points
- Rippling in the Viewer and by Numbers
- Trimming on the V2 Track, and Trimming One Track of a Linked Clip
- Trimming to Refine a Sequence Preparing Your Sequence
- Adjusting Two Edit Points
- Slipping One Clip
- Slipping Sequence Clips
- Rolling Two Edit Points
- Sliding Clips to Refine Position
- Dragging Clips to New Locations, and Keeping Linked Clips in Sync

Day 2
Topic Description
- Refining the Edit Process Creating Subclips
- Adding Markers to Clips
- Storyboard Editing
- Replacing Edits, and Editing Multicamera
- Supporting the Editing Process Reconnecting Media
- Playing Multiple Formats
- Working with Master Clips
- Logging Information in Browser Columns
- Finding and Labeling Project Items
- Customizing Shortcut Keys and Buttons
- Saving and Loading Layouts, and Optimizing User Preferences
- Capturing Footage Connecting Sources for Capture
- Creating a New Project for Capturing
- Previewing and Marking Your Source
- Logging Clips
- Choosing Clip Settings
- Choosing Capture Settings
- Choosing Capturing Options
- Setting Capture Preferences and Acquiring Other Media
- Applying Transitions Evaluating Project Needs
- Understanding Transitions
- Viewing Transition Options
- Applying Transitions
- Modifying and Copying Transitions
- Using the Transition Editor
- Changing Transition Parameters
- Previewing and Rendering Effects
- Finishing and Outputting Detecting Audio Peaks
- Adjusting Video Levels for Broadcast
- Understanding File Formats
- Exporting QuickTime Files
- Outputting to Tape, and Backing up Projects

Course book included: Yes
Exam included: No
Certificate of acheivement supplied: Yes

Classes are scheduled approximately every 6-8 weeks, however we can run bespoke courses and classes for groups outside this schedule please contact us for details.