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Final Cut Pro 6 - Basics
Learn all the basics of Final Cut Pro and Express in one simple course. In this course you will learn: the tools you'll need to load footage into your computer, how-to setting up a capture scratch folder, saving and naming your project, logging your footage, capturing your footage, the final cut editing interface viewing, selecting your footage, basic editing and using B-Roll.
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About the Instructor
As a producer, writer, director, cinematographer, and editor; I am a genuine hybrid. Having filmed throughout the world, I have made pieces for the Travel Channel, Discovery Asia, MTV, Google Travel, Current TV, Fuji TV, ESPN, Match.com, Ford Models, Conde Naste, Lucent, Aviation Week, Asia Society, Idealist, Common Ground, and the Association of Schools for Public Health. My films have screened in dozens of film festivals including Sundance, Hot Docs, and the Manila International Film Festival.
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| The Tools | Comments (22) | 1:53 | |
Francisco goes over what tools you'll need to get your footage loaded into Final Cut and to edit. |
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| Capture Scratch | Comments (9) | 2:24 | |
Francisco teaches how to set up a folder on your computer to hold all of your video files. |
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| Saving & Naming | Comments (5) | 1:19 | |
Francisco teaches you how to save your project and name it properly. |
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| Logging | Comments (8) | 1:54 | |
Francisco shows you how to properly log your tape footage from your camera to Final Cut. |
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| Capture | Comments (3) | 1:43 | |
Francisco show you how to capture your tape onto Final Cut. |
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| The Interface Part 1 | Comments (1) | 1:40 | |
Francisco gives you a tour of Final Cut's interface. Part 1 of 2. |
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| The Interface Part 2 | Comments (2) | 2:07 | |
Francisco gives you a tour of Final Cut's interface. Part 2 of 2. |
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| Loading & Viewing | Comments (5) | 2:27 | |
Francisco teaches you how to load and view your video clips into Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express. |
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| Marking In & Out Points | Comments (0) | 2:20 | |
Francisco shows you the basics of marking in and out points in Final Cut. |
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| What Where and When | Comments (9) | 1:54 | |
Francisco shows you where and when you can add your clips to the timeline in Final Cut. |
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| Overwrite Edit | Comments (4) | 1:48 | |
Francisco shows you how to make an overwrite edit in Final Cut. |
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| Insert Edit | Comments (1) | 0:53 | |
Francisco shows you how to make an insert edit in Final Cut. |
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| The Blade Tool | Comments (1) | 1:53 | |
Francisco shows you how to use the blade tool in Final Cut. |
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| Move and Undo | Comments (0) | 1:32 | |
Francisco shows you how to move around clips in your timeline and how to undo actions in Final Cut. |
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| B-Roll Over Sound | Comments (12) | 1:32 | |
Francisco shows you how and why to add B-roll in Final Cut. |
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