Final Cut Pro Essential Training

7h 51mBeginner2022-07-12

Authors

Nick Harauz

Certified Adobe, Apple, and Avid Trainer

Course details

Learn how to edit video and create polished, professional-looking projects with Final Cut Pro, the flagship nonlinear video editing software from Apple. Instructor Nick Harauz covers all phases of post-production—from ingest and organization to editing and refining clips in the timeline, correcting audio, managing media, and delivering the final project. He also covers primary and secondary color correction, and shows how to use effects to change the look and feel of video, audio, and graphics. Each stage of the post-production workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, using real-world examples and projects. If you want to learn to navigate the Final Cut Pro interface with speed and ease and use its toolset to breathe new life into your productions, join Nick in this course.

Skills covered

Final Cut ProVideo EditingAppleVideoEssential Training

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Final Cut Pro
02 - What you should know

1. Editing a Trailer - Getting Up to Speed with Final Cut Fast

03 - Touring the interface and import
04 - Creating a project
05 - Adding additional edits to the timeline
06 - Removing unwanted dialogue - Part one
07 - Removing unwanted dialogue - Part two
08 - Adding B-roll clips at markers
09 - Adding more cutaways with markers
10 - Adding final shots
11 - Stabilizing clips and matching color
12 - Adding titles
13 - Exporting a project

2. Getting to Know and Setting Up Your Editing Environment

14 - The fundamentals of video editing
15 - Under the hood - Understanding the FCP X file structure
16 - Looking deeper at the FCP interface
17 - Using and customizing workspaces
18 - Customizing a keyboard
19 - New features in 10.6.2

3. Ingesting Assets

20 - Creating libraries and events
21 - Organizing files - Keeping it clean on your OS
22 - Importing assets - Copying vs. leaving files in place
23 - Importing assets - Transcoding footage
24 - Importing assets - Fixing common problems
25 - Importing assets from a file-based camera
26 - Sending projects from iMovie iOS to FCP

4. Organizing Assets

27 - Organizing footage with keywords
28 - Applying keywords to part of a clip
29 - Using keyboard shortcuts to apply keywords
30 - Rating and filtering clips
31 - Performing searches
32 - Working with and creating Smart Collections
33 - Deeper organization with list view and custom columns
34 - Organizing video and audio into roles
35 - Working with the Info inspector and metadata views

5. Basic Editing - Laying the Foundation

36 - Navigating and marking footage
37 - Creating a project and using the append edit
38 - Using the insert edit
39 - Using the connect edit
40 - Using the overwrite and replace edit
41 - Moving and trimming clips in the timeline
42 - Creating secondary storylines for connected clips
43 - Removing clips in the timeline
44 - Adjusting your project's audio levels
45 - Changing timeline appearance and navigation
46 - Using the timeline index

6. Refining the Edit Using the Trim Tools

47 - Trimming with the edit point in mind
48 - Markers
49 - Ripple and top and tail trimming
50 - Roll trim
51 - Slip and slide trimming
52 - Fine tuned editing via the precision editor

7. Working with Speed and Transforming Clips

53 - Adjusting scale, position, and rotation
54 - Using different cropping methods
55 - Using Distort
56 - Creating a video fade in and fade out
57 - Making constant speed changes
58 - Working with slow motion shot in camera
59 - Using speed presets
60 - Creating speed ramping effects
61 - Working with stills and Ken Burns

8. Basic Audio Editing

62 - Audio post-production basics
63 - Looking at different audio types in FCP
64 - Monitoring audio
65 - Adjusting levels in the browser and project
66 - Fading, cross fading, and ducking audio
67 - Fixing audio automatically
68 - Recording voice-over and narration
69 - Syncing audio and video
70 - Working with audio roles and lanes for final mix
71 - Audio isolation

9. Multicam Editing and 360 Video

72 - Syncing a multicam clip
73 - Performing a multicam edit
74 - Refining a multicam edit
75 - Viewing 360 clips
76 - Creating a 360 project and cloning out a tripod

10. Working with Effects

77 - Adding and adjusting transitions
78 - Adding and adjusting video effects
79 - Adding and adjusting audio effects
80 - Animating video effects
81 - Copying and pasting effects and nesting clips
82 - Auditioning effects
83 - Creating effect presets
84 - Using masks and the object tracker with effects

11. Working with Titles and Graphics

85 - Creating a title
86 - Adding a lower third
87 - Finding and replacing title text
88 - Working with generator effects
89 - Working with a layered Photoshop file
90 - Titles for social media
91 - Using the object tracker with 3D titles

12. Basic Color Correction

92 - Analyzing and fixing shots for white balance
93 - Applying color looks
94 - Color matching clips automatically
95 - Following a proper color correction workflow
96 - An intro to FCP Color inspector
97 - Performing a basic color grade
98 - Adding style to your shots
99 - Working with color and shape masks
100 - Working with HDR iPhone footage

13. Project and Media Management

101 - Media management introduction
102 - Deleting generated media files
103 - Relinking and deleting clips in a library
104 - Moving and copying clips between libraries
105 - Managing library storage locations
106 - Sending your library to another editor
107 - Referencing a backup library

14. Sharing and Exporting

108 - Exporting a still image
109 - Exporting a hi-res movie
110 - Exporting part of your project to YouTube
111 - Exporting a project to different destinations
112 - Exporting different title languages through video roles
113 - Exporting audio roles
114 - Exporting closed captions
115 - Exporting a selection of clips

15. A Few Things to Know about Compressor and Motion

116 - Using Compressor in Final Cut Pro
117 - Creating a Compressor preset with a watermark
118 - Free Motion content
119 - Bringing a Motion generator to FCP
120 - Exploring title behaviors

Conclusion

121 - Where do you go from here