Final Cut Pro X Guru: Advanced Trimming
1h 27mAdvanced2016-07-28
Authors
Nick Harauz
Certified Adobe, Apple, and Avid Trainer
Course details
Cutting a video means being able to trim your clips effectively in the timeline. This integral part of the editing process can make or break a production, determining how all of the captured video will play together as a whole. This course covers the tools in Final Cut Pro X that allow you to fine-tune your projects so you can become a trimming master.
Join Nick Harauz as he demonstrates advanced techniques for shortening clips, trimming video, and selecting ranges on clips. He shows you how to extend edits, deal with connected clips, compare cuts, use dynamic trimming, and more. Along the way, he includes shortcut commands, so you can expedite your workflow, driving all your editing from the keyboard. To ensure you're ready to use his tips in the real-world, he wraps up the course by going through two examples, cutting dialogue and cutting documentary footage in the timeline.
Learning objectives
Extending edits
Splitting edits
Lifting clips
Comparing cuts
Working with video from multiple cameras
Overlapping footage
Moving between edit points
Trimming numerically
Trimming dynamically
Using the Precision Editor
Join Nick Harauz as he demonstrates advanced techniques for shortening clips, trimming video, and selecting ranges on clips. He shows you how to extend edits, deal with connected clips, compare cuts, use dynamic trimming, and more. Along the way, he includes shortcut commands, so you can expedite your workflow, driving all your editing from the keyboard. To ensure you're ready to use his tips in the real-world, he wraps up the course by going through two examples, cutting dialogue and cutting documentary footage in the timeline.
Learning objectives
Extending edits
Splitting edits
Lifting clips
Comparing cuts
Working with video from multiple cameras
Overlapping footage
Moving between edit points
Trimming numerically
Trimming dynamically
Using the Precision Editor
Skills covered
Final Cut ProVideo EditingAppleVideoLimited Series
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know before watching this course
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Trimming Tricks
- 04 - Trim start and trim end
- 05 - Trimming to the playhead
- 06 - Extending edits
- 07 - Removing sections of a clip or clips with Range Selection
- 08 - Splitting edits
- 09 - Dealing with connected clips while trimming in the primary storyline
- 10 - Lifting clips from the primary storyline to overlap footage
- 11 - Using Auditions to compare cuts
- 12 - Trimming when working with multicamera video
2. Mastering FCP X Trim Tools
- 13 - Understanding trimming preferences
- 14 - Moving between and playing around edit points
- 15 - The Default Selection vs. the Position tool
- 16 - Using the Trim tool
- 17 - Moving between Trim modes and trimming by 1, 8, or 10 frames
- 18 - Numerical trimming
- 19 - Dynamic trimming
- 20 - Creating storylines from connected clips for trimming
- 21 - Using the Precision Editor
3. Real-World Scenarios with the Trim Tool
- 22 - Cutting dialogue in the Precision Editor - Part 1
- 23 - Cutting dialogue in the Precision Editor - Part 2
- 24 - Cutting documentary footage in the timeline - Part 1
- 25 - Cutting documentary footage in the timeline - Part 2
Conclusion
- 26 - Next steps
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- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Blending Mode Secrets
- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Creating Speed Changes
- DaVinci Resolve Guru: Moving Timelines Between Editing Apps
- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Titles and Effects
- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Color Correction
- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Motion Graphics in Motion and After Effects
- Final Cut Pro X Guru: Keyboard Shortcuts