Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing - Second Edition

10 Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks

“FCP has been at the core of my creative life for nine years now, and every year, this tool has surprised me. It’s crazy fast, remarkably dependable, and oddly FUN to use.

Since I switched to it, I constantly look forward to my editing work with a new level of inspiration. And after all these years in the trenches, THAT is a remarkable thing to be able to say.”

— Bill Davis, 30-year editor, narrator, and producer, Southern California

Feeling confident? With everything you’ve done so far, you’re able to import and organize your shots, create a new Project, add clips to it, remove parts of those clips, connect new ones above, Trim, Roll, Slip, and Slide the right parts of clips into the right ...