Training: Final Cut Pro – Fundamentals

Day 1

• Module 1: Getting Started
  • Download and prepare media files
  • Understand the basic Final Cut Pro workflow
• Module 2: Importing Media
  • Define the clip, event, and library containers
  • Understand the differences between internal and external media files
  • Create a camera archive
  • Import files using Media Import and the Finder
• Module 3: Organizing Clips
  • Apply keywords to a clip and clip ranges
  • Search and filter clips by keywords
  • Add notes and ratings to a clip
  • Create Smart Collections
  • Detect people and composition within clips
  • Understand and assign roles
• Module 4: Making the First Edit
  • Create a project
  • Understand the attraction and repulsion behaviors of a storyline
  • Append, insert, and rearrange clips within a primary storyline
  • Batch edit a storyboard of clips
  • Ripple, Roll, and Slip edit clips
  • Use the Blade tool
  • Replace with a gap clip, ripple delete, and join through edit

Day 2

• Module 1: Making the First Edit (continued)
  • Perform connect edits
  • Create and edit in a connected storyline
  • Adjust audio levels
  • Share the project to a media file
• Module 2: Revising the Edit
  • Define and distinguish between the two types of project duplication;
  • Understand the replace edit options
  • Use markers for clip sync and task notes
  • Create and edit with an audition clip
  • Refine clip duration using Trim to Playhead and Trim to Selection
• Module 3: Enhancing the Edit
  • Vary the playback speed of clips
  • Modify the look of clips with effects
  • Use transitions
  • Adjust the transform and compositing controls
  • Create compound clips
• Module 4: Finishing the Edit
  • Add and modify a lower third
  • Add and modify a 3D title
  • Split-edit audio and video
  • Keyframe audio
  • Adjust an image using the Color Board, Color Wheels, and Color Curves

Day 3

• Module 1: Sharing a Project
  • Export to a media file
  • Post media to an online host
  • Create a bundle for multiple platforms
  • Understand the XML workflow
  • Integrate Compressor export options
• Module 2: Managing Libraries
  • Differentiate between external and internal media
  • Import media as referenced and managed
  • Move and copy clips within and between libraries
  • Consolidate media files in one location
• Module 3: Advancing Your Workflow
  • Identify manual options for new projects
  • Sync dual system recordings
  • Create a chroma key
  • Understand the multicam workflow
  • Configure for 360º video editing
  • Create and share closed captioning