Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing - Second Edition

7 Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines

“If FCP had gotten rid of tracks and made no other paradigm changes, I’d still be an acolyte. Just from that one breakthrough! But instead of stopping there, the team reimagined what non-linear editing could be at every single step, and they got so much of it right. It really is like driving a Tesla while the legacy systems are chugging along in a four-cylinder station wagon. Sure, we’ll all get to the same place in the end. But us FCP drivers are having a lot more fun on the way.”

— Michael Yanovich, A.C.E.

Michael Yanovich is a Los Angeles-based editor who works on feature films and TV shows, is a decent guitar player, and is getting better on the drums. But plays them anyway. (FilmYak.com ...