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Final Cut Pro X Beyond the Basics, 2nd Edition

by Tom Wolsky

September 2017

Beginner

378 pages

9h 28m

English

Routledge

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What Is Editing?Why Do 1 Get to Write This Book?Who Should Read This Book?Where's the Media?
Optimizing Your Computer for FCPComing from Other ApplicationsA Look Around the ApplicationEditing ClipsSummary
PreferencesImportingRed RawSummary
Loading The MediaOrganizing MediaCollaboratingWorkspacesOrganizing ClipsKeywordsSmart CollectionsSummary

Loading the MediaLook Before You CutDynamic EditingContinuity EditingTrimmingSummary
Setting Up the ProjectRolesThe Split EditControlling LevelsPan SettingsEditing MusicTimeline IndexSynchronizing ClipsRecording AudioSummary
Setting Up the ProjectMaking the Multicam ClipEditing The Multicam ClipSummary
Setting Up the ProjectText StylesTitles3D Titles3D Titles in MotionCustom AnimationCompound TitlesStill ImagesSummary
Setting Up the MediaApplying an EffectVideo EffectsAudio EffectsRetimingStabilizationSummary
Color CorrectionSecondary CorrectionColor ContinuitySummary
Setting Up the ProjectTransformCropAnimationSplit ScreenMotion ControlMultilayer AnimationSummary
Setting Up the ProjectBlend ModesStencils and SilhouettesVideo In TextSummary
SharingWorking with CompressorArchivingSummary

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Chapter 3 Organization

In this chapter, we’ll look at working in the Libraries Sidebar and the Browser to organize footage using FCP’s tools for working with metadata, the extra information attached to a piece of media that either comes from the camera itself or that you add to it.

Loading the Media

If you skipped directly to this chapter, you should download the material that we’ll be using later in the chapter from the eResources section at www.routledge.com/products/9781138735842. We’ll be working with the ZIP file called BB2.zip: