Final Cut Pro X : making the transition /

Overview: Final Cut Pro X has literally rocked the film and video-editing world by completely re-imagining the inherent concepts of nonlinear editing. For many editors and users of the previous versions of Final Cut Pro, it is like starting anew and learning a brand-new program. Those experienced wi...

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Main Author: Jordan, Larry, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA. : Peachpit Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Welcome
  • Preparing For Final Cut Pro X:
  • Getting your system ready to edit
  • Why use an editing workflow?
  • Summary
  • Get Started Editing:
  • Learning about events and projects
  • Starting Final Cut Pro X
  • Touring the interface
  • Creating a new event
  • Importing media
  • Creating a new project
  • Creating a simple edit
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Managing Events, Projects, And Shortcuts:
  • All about events
  • All about projects
  • Creating keyboard shortcuts
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Managing Media:
  • Overview
  • Naming media folders
  • Importing media
  • Special cases
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Organizing Clips: Ratings, Keywords, And Extended Metadata:
  • Displaying events and clips
  • Working the ratings
  • Keying in on keywords
  • Managing metadata
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Editing:
  • Editing process
  • Editing and playback preferences
  • Editing techniques
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Organizing Your Edit:
  • Making selections
  • Using markers and to-dos
  • Copy and paste options
  • Magnetic timeline
  • Magic of compound clips
  • Grab bag of tools
  • Roles
  • Timeline index
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Trimming Your Edit:
  • Getting ready to trim
  • Setting the scene
  • Precision editor
  • Twelve trimming techniques
  • Introducing the trim tool
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Audio:
  • Audio basics
  • Audio in final Cut Pro X
  • Introducing the inspector
  • Audio techniques
  • Special situations for audio
  • Mixing
  • Explaining keyframes
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Transitions:
  • Transitions overview
  • Transition basics
  • Advanced transitions
  • Transition inspector
  • Transition browser
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Titles And Text:
  • Title basics
  • Modifying titles
  • Displaying action and title safe
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Specific title examples
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Built-In Effects:
  • Effects basics
  • Transform effects
  • Animate using keyframes
  • Trim, crop, and ken burns
  • Distort, or corner pinning
  • Image stabilization
  • Rolling shutter
  • Spatial conform
  • Compositing
  • Special case: Use compound clips for effects
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Themes And Generators:
  • Themes
  • Generators
  • Adjusting a generator in motion
  • Summary
  • Keying:
  • Planning a key
  • Creating a luma key
  • Creating a Chroma key
  • Adding a mask
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Retiming:
  • Basics of retiming
  • Hold frames
  • Constant speed changes
  • Variable speed changes
  • Other speed effects
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Color Correction:
  • Color correction basics
  • Color looks
  • Color correction with the enhancement menu
  • How to read the video scopes
  • Adjusting grayscale and color
  • Using masks for color correction
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Sharing And Exporting:
  • Overview of the output process
  • Exporting a high-quality master file
  • Exporting roles
  • Other options in the share menu
  • Summary
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Index.