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Making the First Edit in Final Cut Pro X 10.2 By Brendan Boykin Jul 30, 2015 In this chapter from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X 10.2: Professional Post-Production, Brendan Boykin walks you through the first edit, or rough cut, of a project.

The Import Process for Final Cut Pro X 10.1 By Brendan Boykin Jan 12, 2015 Learn how to import media from Final Cut Pro X 10.1, including importing from a camera, importing from a volume, and media import options, in this excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X 10.1 Quick-Reference Guide.

Editing with Blade Speed in Final Cut Pro X 10.1 By Brendan Boykin Mar 26, 2014 The variable speed change applies at least two different playback rates within a single clip. This effect requires dividing the clip into segments, one for each speed rate. Brendan Boykin shows you how in this excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X 10.1: Professional Post-Production.

Making the First Edit in Final Cut Pro X 10.1 By Brendan Boykin Mar 20, 2014 In this excerpt from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X 10.1: Professional Post-Production, learn how to add and rearrange clips within a primary storyline; Ripple, Roll, and Slip trim clips; blade, replace with gap, ripple delete, and join through edit; perform connect edits; create and edit in a connected storyline; adjust audio levels; and share the project to a media file.

Building a Rough Cut in Final Cut Pro X By Diana Weynand Mar 13, 2013 In this lesson you’ll build a rough cut using the source media you’ve imported. To begin, you will create a new project, and mark clips you’ve placed in Keyword Collections. Then, you’ll choose your Favorite clips and edit them into the project to create a primary storyline.

Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing: Working with Sound By Michael Wohl, Mark Spencer, Alexis Van Hurkman May 29, 2012 Final Cut Pro X contains an impressive number of ways to improve your video’s sound. It has tools to set the audio levels to a uniform, accurate volume; multiple methods to create audio fades and four fade styles; intuitive controls for panning sound between speakers, in both stereo and surround sound environments; and much more. Learn how to work with sounds in Final Cut Pro X in this chapter from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X Advanced Editing.

Editing DSLR Video with Final Cut Pro X: Organizing Your Media By Richard Harrington, Robbie Carman, Abba Shapiro Feb 8, 2012 Final Cut Pro X has several tools that let you sort, sift, filter, and find the perfect shot. You can use embedded metadata as well as attach powerful keywords to improve your ability to locate the perfect shot. In this chapter you'll learn the many ways to organize your media.

Final Cut Pro X: Visual QuickStart Guide: Marking Clips By Lisa Brenneis, Michael Wohl Jan 19, 2012 This chapter will cover different ways of identifying, selecting, and highlighting bits of clips in Final Cut Pro X.

Author Interview: Lisa Brenneis and Michael Wohl By Lisa Brenneis, Michael Wohl Dec 7, 2011 Hot on the heels of the release of their new book, Final Cut Pro X Visual QuickStart Guide, expert authors, filmmakers and teachers Lisa Brenneis and Michael Wohl sat down with us to discuss Final Cut Pro and a few more things besides!

Apple Pro Video Series: Final Cut Pro X: Import By Steve Martin Oct 27, 2011 Steve Martin discusses the three main paths for ingesting media into Final Cut Pro X: importing from a camera (file- and tape-based), importing files, and importing from iMovie.

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X: Building the Rough Cut By Diana Weynand Oct 20, 2011 In this lesson you’ll build a rough cut using the source media you’ve imported. To begin, you will create a new project, and mark clips you’ve placed in Keyword Collections. Then, you’ll choose your Favorite clips and edit them into the project to create a primary storyline.

Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors: Speed and Motion Effects By Diana Weynand Mar 29, 2011 By using a hybrid approach to building composites, you will learn how to scale, position, crop, distort an image’s perspective, and even set keyframes, all directly on the sequence clip in the Canvas.

Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors: Trimming Clips By Diana Weynand Mar 9, 2011 Diana Weynand covers the basic Avid approach to trimming and shows how to perform those same functions in Final Cut Pro.

Final Cut Pro Power Skills: Working in the Application By Larry Jordan Nov 16, 2009 Based on how well you understand the Final Cut Pro interface, it can determine whether we are happy or frustrated, productive or panicking. Larry Jordan offers dozens of Power Skills you can use to turn yourself into an interface master.

Q&A with Lisa Brenneis By Lisa Brenneis, Damon Hampson Oct 6, 2009 Peachpit marketing manager Damon Hampson interviews Lisa Brenneis, author of Final Cut Pro 7: Visual QuickPro Guide, about some of her favorite new features in Final Cut Pro 7, exciting new developments in the world of film/video production and editing, and why all-girl bands aren't for her.

Working with Projects, Sequences, and Clips in Final Cut Pro 7 By Lisa Brenneis Oct 6, 2009 Lisa Brenneis gives an overview of Final Cut Pro's organizing frameworks—projects, sequences, and clips. You'll also learn how to manipulate that organizational framework so that your projects, sequences, and clips stay sound and organized.

Exporting Still Images from Final Cut Pro By Larry Jordan Feb 18, 2009 So how do you export a still frame from Final Cut? Tom Wolsky shows you how and also alerts you to a number of gotchas to avoid along the way.

News Flash: How to Log and Capture Footage from Videotape By Joe Torelli Jul 14, 2008 Most broadcast organizations aspire to tapeless acquisition, but the reality is that most are still using videotape in the field. This sample chapter focuses on techniques that accelerate the process of working with videotape in a nonlinear environment, specifically as it relates to fast-paced news and sports editing.

Preprocessing: How Real Movie Magic is Made By Andy Beach May 5, 2008 In this excerpt from Real World Video Compression, author Andy Beach shares industrial-strength preprocessing techniques that will make your video look professional no matter what device you're watching it on.

Beginner's Guide to Editing in the Final Cut Pro HD Timeline By Diana Weynand Dec 15, 2006 In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to use the Timeline in Final Cut Pro. By the end of the hour, you'll have learned how to select and move clips in the Timeline, copy and paste clips, select multiple clips in the Timeline, work with the Snapping control and more.

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