Final Cut Pro 4

Training Provided by The Virtual Training Company Whether using it for home movies shot on DV, broadcast standard uncompressed 10-bit 601 compliant, or HD video, Final Cut Pro 4 is the perfect tool for editing and exporting a wide variety of projects at virtually any resolution, or frame rate. With new features such as: scalability, advanced trimming, a multi-channel audio mixer, and support for the DVC PRO 50 broadcast format; this version allows any user to easily migrate to professional based formats. Final Cut 4 ships with four powerful complete standalone applications: LiveType, Sound Track, Compressor, and Cinema Tools, allowing users more creative possibilities than ever before. Certified Apple Trainer Nathan Haggard begins the course with lessons on capturing video and audio, importing graphics and music from CDs, following up with more advanced editing techniques: adding special effects, animating video, creating composites, and outputting video. To begin learning today, click a movie topic below.

Final Cut Pro 4

Introduction

1. Non-Linear and Non-Destructive Editing
2. What's New in Final Cut Pro 4?

Setting Up Final Cut Pro

1. System Requirements and Setup
2. Basic Equipment Setup
3. Loading Settings and Saving a Project

Input

1. Log and Capture Window
2. Logging Tab
3. Clip Settings Tab
4. Capture Settings Tab
5. Capture Now and Capture Clip
6. Batch Capture
7. Importing Files
8. Importing CD Audio

Organizing Clips In The Browser

1. Tabbed Windows in Final Cut Pro
2. Elements in the Browser Window
3. Creating Sequences and Bins
4. Icon View
5. Sorting and Organizing Columns
6. Showing and Hiding Columns
7. Thumbnail Column and Storyboard Layout

Playing And Marking Clips In The Viewer

1. The Video Tab
2. Transport Controls
3. The Audio Tab
4. The Filters and Motion Tab
5. Marking Clips
6. Keyboard Shortcuts for Playing Clips

Editing Clips Into The Canvas And Timeline

1. Dragging Clips into the Timeline
2. The Timeline and Canvas Windows
3. Dragging Clips into the Canvas
4. Overwrite and Insert Edits
5. Other Overwrite and Insert Techniques
6. Sequence Timecode
7. 3-Point Editing

Basic Editing In The Timeline

1. Timeline Settings
2. Timeline Buttons and Controls
3. Zooming and Navigation
4. Moving Clips in the Timeline
5. Trimming with the Selection Tool
6. Clip Handles and Media Limits
7. Finding and Closing Gaps
8. Linking in Final Cut Pro
9. Sync in Final Cut Pro

The Tool Palette

1. Working with the Tool Palette
2. Selection Tools
3. Rolling Edit Tool
4. Ripple Edit Tool
5. Slip Edit Tool
6. Slide Edit Tool
7. Razor Blade Tools
8. Zoom and Hand Tools
9. Time Remap Tool
10. Crop and Distort Tools
11. Pen Tools

Audio In Final Cut Pro

1. Adjusting Levels
2. Reading Audio Meters
3. Stereo and Mono Clips
4. Adjusting Pan
5. Adjusting Audio Over Time
6. The Audio Mixer
7. The Voice Over Tool

Advanced Editing

1. Editing with the Keyboard
2. Creating L-Cuts
3. Deleting Between In/Out Points
4. Understanding the Trim Edit Window
5. Editing in the Trim Edit Window
6. MatchFrame
7. Canvas and Viewer Sync Controls
8. Superimpose Edit
9. Fit to Fill Edit
10. Replace Edit
11. Editing Sequence Clips in Viewer

Preferences And System Settings

1. Importance of Matching Settings
2. Item Properties
3. User Preferences
4. System Settings
5. Audio/Video Settings
6. Creating an Easy Setup
7. Customizing Layouts pt. 1
8. Customizing Layouts pt. 2

Transitions

1. Applying Transitions
2. Adjusting Transitions
3. Favorite and Default Transition

Rendering And Realtime

1. Realtime Capabilities
2. Rendering
3. Rendering Settings
4. Managing Render Files
5. Previewing Effects Without Rendering

Filters

1. Applying Filters to a Clip
2. Applying Multiple Filters to Clips
3. Paste Attributes

Color Correction

1. Color Correction Principles
2. 3-Way Color Corrector
3. The Frame Viewer

Titles

1. Creating a Basic Title
2. Using Motion Enhanced Titles
3. Using Title 3D

Keyframing And Compositing

1. Using Multiple Tracks in the Timeline
2. Adjusting Basic Motion Attributes
3. Adding Keyframes
4. Working With Keyframes
5. Modifying the Speed of a Clip

LiveType

1. Exporting for LiveType
2. Creating an Animated Title in LiveType
3. Creating an Original Title
4. Adding Effects
5. Adding Graphics and Textures
6. Exporting from LiveType / Importing into FCP

Soundtrack

1. Exporting for Soundtrack
2. Composing in Soundtrack
3. Exporting from Soundtrack / Importing into FCP

Output To Tape

1. Finishing Video and Audio
2. The Three Ways to Layoff to Tape
3. Preferences to Check
4. Outputting From the Timeline
5. Print to Video
6. Edit to Tape

Exporting Files

1. Export a Full Quality QuickTime Movie
2. Export for the Web
3. Export for DVD Using Compressor

Credits

1. About the Author

About The Training Provider: The Virtual Training Company

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