Chapter 1 Back to the Basics
Welcome to Final Cut Pro X (pronounced ten) version 10.3, referred to simply as FCP or FCPX. Like the operating system OS X, which began as Mac OS X 10.0 and eventually moved through to 10.12, so Final Cut Pro X started out as version 10.0 and has now, after more than six years, moved on to version 10.3. This is not to say that there have not been significant upgrades since it was introduced in 2011. There were three major upgrades: version 10.1 introduced libraries, version 10.2 brought great 3D titling, and version 10.3 substantially redesigned the interface. The libraries and media that accompany this book are based on this version and cannot be opened by older versions.
Version 10.3 is designed to take advantage ...
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