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    Final Cut Pro X is a revolutionary video editing application that helps beginners and seasoned professionals achieve stunning results.

    Final Cut Pro X

    Learning Outcomes

    At the end of the course the participant will be able to

    • Create Corporate films
    • Video Editing for Broadcast media
    • Create Lisping Audio with Video
    • Add background music to the videos
    • Add special effects, motion animation and transitions to the videos

    Getting Started

    • Preparing to Install Final Cut Pro
    • Installing QuickTime Components
    • Installing Final Cut Pro
    • Hardware Setup and Configuration
    • Connecting Video Devices to Your Computer
    • Controlling Video Devices With Your Computer
    • About Apple FireWire
    • Apple FireWire Basic
    • System Configurations
    • Ultra Wide SCSI Hard Disk Drive and PCI Card Specifications Optimizing Performance
    • Troubleshooting

    Final Cut Pro Tutorial

    • The Final Cut Pro Workspace
    • Setting Up Your Environment
    • Editing in Final Cut Pro
    • Creating Your Own Project
    • Adding the Base Track for Your Sequence
    • Finishing the Rough Edit
    • Advanced Editing Techniques
    • Match-Frame Editing
    • Applying and Editing a Dissolve Transition
    • Audio Editing
    • Compositing and Special Effects
    • Opening and Saving a New Project
    • Previewing the Introduction’s Titles
    • Building the Background
    • Putting Dancers on the Background
    • Adding Circles Around the Dancers
    • Adding Titles for the Introduction
    • Copying a Title’s Attributes to Other Titles
    • Adding the Titles to the Introductory Sequence
    • Rendering the Sequence
    • Finishing a Project
    • Printing to Video
    • Exporting a Sequence for Multimedia or the Web
    • Moving Forward With a New Project

    Understanding Final Cut Pro

    • The Working Environment
    • The Viewer
    • The Canvas
    • The Timeline
    • The Browser
    • The Tool Palette
    • Other Windows You Will Use
    •  Log and Capture
    • Edit to Tape
    • Preferences
    • Sequence Settings
    • Project Properties
    • Item Properties
    • Trim Edit
    • Using Menus, Shortcuts, and Controls
    • Shortcut Menus
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Tabbed Windows
    • Customizing the Screen Layout
    • Undoing Changes
    • Working With Timecode
    • Navigating by Entering New Timecodes
    • Moving to a New Time by Adding or Subtracting Frames
    • Moving to a New Time by Entering Numbers That Are Converted
    • Separators for Timecode Entry and Logging
    • Timecode Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Editing in Final Cut Pro
    • Editing With the Tool Palette Tools
    • Background Information and Concepts

    Preferences and Presets

    • Setting General Preferences
    • Setting Device Control Preferences
    • Specifying Capture Preferences
    • Using Sequence Presets
    • Creating, Editing, and Deleting Presets
    • Setting Scratch Disk Preferences

    Getting Media Into Final Cut Pro

    • Log and Capture Window
    • Changing Device Control, Capture, or Scratch Disk Preferences
    • Calibrating the Timecode Signal You Are Capturing
    • Calibrating Capture Settings With Bars and Tone From Tape
    • Capturing Video Without Device Control
    • Choosing a Logging Bin for Offline and Captured Clips
    • Capturing Video With Device Control
    • Troubleshooting Your Video Deck
    • Logging Offline Clips
    • Batch Capturing Clips
    • Changing Duplicate Clip Names and Filenames
    • Importing a Batch List
    • Changing a Clip’s Source Timecode
    • Importing Media
    • Importing Still Images and Audio Files
    • Importing Layered Photoshop Files
    • Importing Audio Files From Audio CDs

    Creating and Organizing Projects

    • Creating, Opening, Closing, and Saving Projects
    • Autosaving Projects
    • Customizing the Browser Display
    • Selecting Items in the Browser
    • Sorting Items in the Browser
    • Organizing Projects With the Browser
    • About the Browser Columns
    • Using Bins to Organize Clips
    • Modifying Clip Properties in the Browser
    • Renaming Clips, Sequences, and Bins
    • Searching for Items in the Browser
    • Changing the Properties of a Project

    Working With Clips and the Viewer

    • Using Clips in Sequences
    • Using the Viewer
    • The Video Tab
    • The Audio Tab
    • The Filters Tab
    • The Motion Tab
    • Opening Clips in the Viewer
    • Playing Clips and Locating Specific Frames
    • Marking In and Out Points
    • Creating Subclips
    • Adding and Editing Markers
    • Renaming Markers and Attaching Comments
    • Moving and Extending the Duration of Markers
    • Using Markers as Subclips
    • Viewing Clips
    • Opening Clips From the View Menu
    • Changing Magnification in the Viewer or Canvas
    • Viewing Title and Action Safe Boundaries
    • Viewing Overlays
    • Viewing With Different Backgrounds
    • Working With Audio
    • Understanding Audio Formats
    • Compressed Audio Formats
    • Turning Off Audio Scrubbing
    • Using the Viewer to Display Audio Waveforms
    • Changing Your Computer’s Audio Level
    • Adjusting Audio Levels and Pan or Spread for a Clip
    • Synchronizing Audio and Video
    • Getting Information About the Properties of Clips

    Creating Sequences and Editing

    • About Sequences
    • Working With the Timeline and Canvas
    • About Three-Point Editing
    • About Audio in Sequences
    • Mixing Audio in Real Time
    • How Tracks Are Composited to Create the Final Sequence
    • About Presets and Sequence Settings
    • Creating a New Sequence
    • Changing the Settings for an Existing Sequence
    • Creating Sequences Using Edit Decision Lists
    • Viewing a Sequence
    • Copying Sequences
    • Setting Up an Edit
    • Specifying the Target Tracks for Editing
    • Positioning the Playhead at a Specific Edit Point
    • Marking Edit Points
    • Performing Edits in the Canvas
    • The Canvas Edit Overlay
    • Editing in the Timeline
    • The Canvas Two-Up Display
    • Marking Split Edits
    • Setting the Edit Points to the Current Selection
    • Locating a Match Frame

    Working in the Timeline and Canvas

    • The Timeline Window
    • Elements in the Timeline Window
    • Colors of Items in the Timeline Window
    • Customizing the Timeline Track Display
    • Timeline Scaling and Scrolling
    • Scaling the Timeline Display
    • Positioning the Playhead in a Sequence
    • Working With Tracks in the Timeline
    • Selecting Track Contents in the Timeline
    • Working With Markers in the Timeline and Canvas
    • Selecting Items in the Timeline
    • Selecting Clips
    • Linked Selection
    • Selecting Items Between the In and Out Points
    • Moving Clips Into the Timeline
    • Moving Clips Within the Timeline
    • Snapping in the Timeline
    • Deleting Clips
    • Copying and Pasting Clips and Clip Attributes
    • Modifying Clips in a Sequence
    • Making Individual Clips Visible or Invisible
    • Using Offline Clips
    • Changing the Playback Speed of a Clip
    • Working With Keyframes in the Timeline
    • Displaying Keyframes in the Timeline
    • Modifying Keyframes in the Timeline
    • Adding and Adjusting the Values of Overlay Keyframes
    • Searching for Items in the Timeline
    • Finding and Closing Gaps
    • Making Still Frames From Clips in the Canvas
    • Correcting Clips That Are Out of Sync

    Rendering

    • About Rendering
    • Rendering Versus Real-Time Playback
    • How Sequences Are Rendered
    • Setting a Sequence’s Render Qualities
    • Editing Render Quality Levels
    • Video Rendering
    • Audio Rendering
    • Using Nested Sequences
    • Using Nested Sequences to Render Transitions
    • Rendering Indicators
    • How to Avoid Rendering
    • Rendering
    • Specifying Storage Locations for Render Files
    • Using Cache Manager to Manage Rendered Files
    • Automatically Rendering Before Playing

    Creating Final Output

    • Printing to Video
    • Editing to Tape
    • Edit to Tape Operations
    • The Difference Between Insert and Assemble Editing
    • Choosing Which Tracks to Record
    • Setting Up for Editing to Tape
    • Performing an Edit to Tape
    • Setting Mastering Options
    • Edit to Tape Device Settings
    • Preparing a Videotape With Black and Code
    • Working With Edit Decision Lists
    • Exporting an EDL
    • Setting EDL Export Options
    • Importing an Edit Decision List
    • Working With Batch Lists
    • Exporting a Batch List
    • Exporting FXScripts as Text
    • Exporting Sequences and Clips
    • Exporting Sequences and Clips in a Batch Operation
    • Batch Export Columns
    • Naming Options Dialog Box

    Managing Complex Projects

    • Placing Sequences Within Other Sequences
    • Nesting Clips
    • Using the Sequence Trimmer
    • Relinking Offline Files
    • Moving a Project and Its Media
    • Managing Projects With Multiple Users

    Building Effects With FXBuilder

    • What Is Scripting?
    • How Does FXBuilder Work?
    • Opening FXBuilder
    • Opening and Applying Scripts
    • The FXBuilder Tabs
    • Running a Script in FXBuilder
    • Applying a Script in the Timeline
    • Rendering
    • Modifying Scripts
    • How Is a Script Structured?
    • Exporting Scripts
    • Exporting Scripts as Text Files
    • Preventing Scripts From Being Modified or Viewed
    • Making a Favorite Effect From a Script
    • Installing Scripts
    • Building Scripts
    • About the FXScript Commands
    • Statements