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Final Cut Pro X 10.4 - Apple Pro Training Series: Professional Post-Production

by Brendan Boykin

June 2018

Beginner

561 pages

13h 4m

English

Peachpit Press

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Learned from a LegacyReference 1.1 Using This BookExercise 1.1.1 Downloading the Source Media FilesExercise 1.1.2 Preparing the Source Media FilesReference 1.2 Introducing the Job and the WorkflowLesson Review
Reference 2.1 Understanding Clips, Events, and LibrariesExercise 2.1.1 Creating a LibraryExercise 2.1.2 Preparing to Import Camera Source FilesReference 2.2 Using the Media Import WindowExercise 2.2.1 Creating a Camera ArchiveReference 2.3 Importing Source Media from a CameraExercise 2.3.1 Navigating Within a Filmstrip PreviewExercise 2.3.2 Importing Files from a Camera CardReference 2.4 Choosing Media Import OptionsExercise 2.4.1 Applying Media Import OptionsReference 2.5 Import Files from a VolumeExercise 2.5.1 Importing Existing Files from a VolumeLesson Review
Reference 3.1 Introducing the Libraries sidebar, Browser, and Viewer AreasReference 3.2 Using KeywordsExercise 3.2.1 Keywording a ClipExercise 3.2.2 Keywording a RangeExercise 3.2.3 Adding Notes to a ClipReference 3.3 Assigning RatingsExercise 3.3.1 Applying RatingsExercise 3.3.2 Customizing a FavoriteReference 3.4 Search, Sort, and FilterExercise 3.4.1 Filtering an EventExercise 3.4.2 Working with Smart CollectionsExercise 3.4.3 Creating a Library-Wide Smart CollectionExercise 3.4.4 Detecting People and Shot CompositionReference 3.5 RolesExercise 3.5.1 Assigning RolesLesson Review
Reference 4.1 Understanding a ProjectExercise 4.1.1 Creating a ProjectReference 4.2 Defining the Primary StorylineExercise 4.2.1 Appending the Primary StorylineExercise 4.2.2 Rearranging Clips in the Primary StorylineReference 4.3 Modifying Clips in the Primary StorylineExercise 4.3.1 Performing Insert EditsExercise 4.3.2 Rippling the Primary StorylineReference 4.4 Timing the Primary StorylineExercise 4.4.1 Inserting a Gap ClipExercise 4.4.2 Blading and DeletingExercise 4.4.3 Joining a Through EditExercise 4.4.4 Refining Some Sound Bite EditsReference 4.5 Editing Above the Primary StorylineExercise 4.5.1 Adding and Trimming Connected B-rollExercise 4.5.2 Understanding Connected Clip Sync and Trimming BehaviorsReference 4.6 Creating a Connected StorylineExercise 4.6.1 Converting Connected Clips into a Connected StorylineExercise 4.6.2 Appending Clips to a Connected StorylineReference 4.7 Editing Below the Primary StorylineExercise 4.7.1 Connecting a Music ClipReference 4.8 Finessing the Rough CutExercise 4.8.1 Adjusting the EditsExercise 4.8.2 Adjusting Clip Volume LevelsExercise 4.8.3 Connecting Two Additional B-Roll ClipsExercise 4.8.4 Refining Edits Using Cross Dissolves and Fade HandlesReference 4.9 Sharing Your ProgressExercise 4.9.1 Sharing an iOS-Compatible FileLesson Review
Reference 5.1 Versioning a ProjectExercise 5.1.1 Snapshotting a ProjectReference 5.2 Lifting from a StorylineExercise 5.2.1 Lifting Clips Out of a StorylineReference 5.3 Replacing a ClipExercise 5.3.1 Replacing the Primary StorylineExercise 5.3.2 Creating Time at 0:00Reference 5.4 Working with MarkersExercise 5.4.1 Creating MarkersReference 5.5 Using the Position ToolExercise 5.5.1 Realigning Sound Bites and B-roll to MusicReference 5.6 Working with AuditionsExercise 5.6.1 Repositioning Storylines and Deleting WithinExercise 5.6.2 Importing the Aerial Clips Using Finder TagsExercise 5.6.3 Working with an Audition ClipReference 5.7 Trimming the Tops and TailsExercise 5.7.1 Trimming the AerialsLesson Review

Reference 6.1 Retiming ClipsExercise 6.1.1 Setting a Constant Speed ChangeExercise 6.1.2 Editing with Blade SpeedReference 6.2 Working with Video EffectsExercise 6.2.1 Experimenting with Video EffectsExercise 6.2.2 Creating a Depth of Field EffectReference 6.3 Working with Video TransitionsExercise 6.3.1 Experimenting with TransitionsReference 6.4 Compositing Using Spatial ParametersExercise 6.4.1 Creating a Two-Up Split ScreenExercise 6.4.2 Exploring the Video Animation EditorReference 6.5 Compounding ClipsExercise 6.5.1 Collapsing a Composite into a CompoundLesson Review
Reference 7.1 Using TitlesExercise 7.1.1 Adding and Modifying a Lower ThirdReference 7.2 Creating 3D TitlesExercise 7.2.1 Exploring 3D OptionsReference 7.3 Working with AudioExercise 7.3.1 Adding Sound to a ClipExercise 7.3.2 Adjusting Volume Levels over TimeReference 7.4 Understanding Audio EnhancementsReference 7.5 Recording a VoiceoverExercise 7.5.1 Using the Voiceover ToolReference 7.6 Correcting the ImageExercise 7.6.1 Exploring the Color Correction Tools for LumaExercise 7.6.2 Exploring the Color Correction Tools for ChromaLesson Review
Reference 8.1 Creating a Viewable FileExercise 8.1.1 Sharing to an Online HostExercise 8.1.2 Sharing to a BundleExercise 8.1.3 Sharing a Master FileReference 8.2 Creating an Exchangeable FileReference 8.3 Utilizing CompressorExercise 8.3.1 Adding a Compressor Setting to the Share DestinationsExercise 8.3.2 Sending to CompressorLesson Review
Reference 9.1 Storing the Imported MediaExercise 9.1.1 Importing Existing Files as Externally ReferencedExercise 9.1.2 Importing as Internally Managed ClipsExercise 9.1.3 Copying as Externally ReferencedExercise 9.1.4 Moving and Copying Clips Within a LibraryExercise 9.1.5 Making a Library PortableLesson Review
Sub-workflow 10.1 Using Manual Settings for a New ProjectSub-workflow 10.2 Synchronizing Dual System RecordingsSub-workflow 10.3 Using Chroma KeySub-workflow 10.4 Working with MulticamSub-workflow 10.5 Manipulating 360-VideoSub-workflow 10.6 Generating CaptionsLesson Review
Assigning Keyboard ShortcutsReviewing the Default Command Set
Native Video FormatsNative Still-Image FormatsNative Audio Formats
Downloading and Relinking the Checkpoints LibraryUsing the Checkpoints Library

Content preview from Final Cut Pro X 10.4 - Apple Pro Training Series: Professional Post-Production

Lesson 1Getting Started

GOALS

Download and prepare lesson media files
Understand basic Final Cut Pro workflow

Editing is storytelling. It’s choosing from a sometimes vast array of video and audio clips and assembling them into a coherent experience that can educate, excite, motivate, or move viewers. Built on that fundamental truth of video editing, Final Cut Pro X enables a rich workflow that permits you to approach editing as a storyteller, rather than an equipment technician. The goal of this book is to guide you through that creative workflow, ...