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Transition Year Teaching Programme 2012. An Introduction to Final Cut Pro. Post-production. Final Cut Pro. V ideo e diting s oftware developed by Macromedia and Apple inc. Allows users to log and capture, edit and output video footage to many file formats
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Transition Year Teaching Programme 2012 An Introduction to Final Cut Pro Post-production
Final Cut Pro • Video editing software developed by Macromedia and Apple inc. • Allows users to log and capture, edit and output video footage to many file formats • Over the last number of years, it has become more popular with film and television editors
Getting Started • Final Cut Pro is found in the applications folder on a Mac computer • On the Desktop, Click GO –Applications • Double click the icon
Importing a Video Clip • Importing files into Final Cut Pro is a similar procedure to other programmes. • Go to File, Import, Files (Select your files to import)
The Browser Window • The Browser Window displays all clips imported into Final Cut Pro • Gives basic information about each video clip
The Browser Window • The Browser Window also holds many different effects that can be used in an edit • By clicking on the “Effects” tab at the top of this window, you can chose from different types of effects for your film
The Browser Window • The “Effects” tab displays an array of all useful effects that may help your narrative • Basically the user “drags and drops” an effect onto the beginning or end of a clip in the Timeline
The Viewer Window You can view each clip stored in the Browser Window through the Viewer Window This is done by double clicking the video file
The Viewer Window • The Viewer Window also holds a tab for different features. • The motion tab allows for changing many features of the video including rotation and scale.
The Viewer Window • The Viewer Window displays the entire clip • When editing, we may only need to use various sections of the overall clip • In order to do this, we need to divide the clip into smaller clips
Dividing clips on the Viewer Window • Click on the Viewer Window • Press “I” where you want your clip to begin • Press “O” when you want it to end • These stand for “In” and “Out” Points and determine the length of your divided clip
Timeline • The selected clips from the Viewer Window are dragged down onto the Timeline to begin editing
The Canvas Window • The edited clips on the Timeline are viewed in the Canvas Window
The Tool Palette • Different types of tools are used to help edit video footage. • These tools are found in the Tool Palette • The audio levels are located beside the Tool Palette.
The Blade Tool • One of the most popular editing tools • Click anywhere on a clip on the Timeline to divide the clip • Reselect selection tool on the palette, select unwanted clip and press backspace to delete
Editing on Final Cut Pro • This is the basic knowledge that you will need to know to edit video footage on Final Cut Pro • There are many other advanced techniques available to achieve different edits • If there is any other technique that you would like to use during post-production, just ask!