APTS: Final Cut Pro X 10.2

Lesson 4 Making the First Edit

GOALS

• Create a project
• 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
• Share the project to a media file

After importing and organizing, the story elements sit as clips in the library, ready for editing. The editing phase of the post-production workflow involves crafting a story from the library clips into a project or timeline.

The first edit, or rough cut, of a project involves some or most of the major tasks from the remainder of the post workflow. An edit of the project is created; it’s trimmed down for timing, ...