Overview

Use Final Cut Pro X 10.4 to create professional-looking video projects. Learn essential video and audio editing techniques including color correction and media management.

Syllabus

Introduction

All Roads Lead to Final Cut Pro X
What you should know
The Final Cut Pro X Ecosystem
Relinking exercise files
New features in Final Cut Pro 10.4.7
New features in FCPX 10.4.9
New features in Final Cut Pro 10.5
Object tracker, part 1
Object tracker, part 2

1. Getting to Know the Editing Environment

The fundamentals of video editing
An under-the-hood introduction: Understanding the Final Cut Pro (FCP) X file structure
A tour of the FCP X interface: Basic clip viewing and organization
A tour of the FCP X interface: Browser
A tour of the interface: Organizing the browser
A tour of the FCP X interface: Timeline
A tour of the FCP X interface: Tools and effects
Using Sidecar with Final Cut Pro X

2. Ingesting Assets

Setting up libraries and events
Organizing files: Keeping it clean on your OS
Importing assets: Copying vs. leaving files in place
Organizing files: Keeping it clean on your OS
Importing assets: Fixing common problems
Importing assets from a file-based camera

3. Organizing Assets

Organizing footage with keywords
Applying keywords to part of a clip
Rating and filtering clips
Performing searches
Working with and creating Smart Collections
Deeper organization in list view
Organizing video and audio into rolls
Importing assets from another Final Cut Pro X library
Sending projects from iMovie to FCP X
Working with the info inspector and metadata views

4. Basic Editing: Laying the Foundation

Navigating and marking footage
Creating a project and using the Append edit
Using Edit > Insert
Using connect edits and bringing in only video
Overwriting clips and replacing edits
Moving and trimming clips in the timeline
Creating secondary storylines for connected clips
Removing clips in the timeline
Adjusting your project's audio levels
Changing timeline appearance and navigation
Using the timeline index

5. Refining the Edit Using the Trim Tools

Trimming with the edit point in mind
Marking clips
Ripple and top and tail trimming
Roll trim
Slip and slide trimming
Fine-tuned editing via the precision editor

6. Working with Speed and Transforming Clips

Adjusting scale, position, and rotation
Using different cropping methods
Using Distort to create a split screen
Creating a video fade-in and fade-out
Making constant speed changes
Using speed presets
Creating speed ramping effects
Working with stills and Ken Burns
Interpreting slow motion shot in camera

7. Basic Audio Editing

Audio post-production basics
Looking at different audio types in FCP X
Monitoring audio
Adjusting levels in the browser
Adjusting levels in the project
Fading, keyframing, and ducking audio
Fixing audio automatically
Recording voice-overs and narration
Syncing your audio and video
Working with audio rolls for final mix

8. Multicam Editing and 360 Video

Syncing a multicam clip
Performing a multicam edit
Refining a multicam edit
Creating a 360 project
Viewing 360 clips
Working with stereoscopic media
Effects for 360 clips

9. Working with Effects

Adding and adjusting transitions
Adding and adjusting video effects
Adding and adjusting audio effects
Keyframing video over time
Copying and pasting effects and nesting clips
Auditioning effects
Creating effect presets

10. Working with Titles and Graphics

Creating a title
Adding a lower third
Finding and replacing title text
Working with generator effects
Working with layered Photoshop files
Working with titles for nonstandard formats

11. Basic Color Correction

Analyzing and fixing shots for white balance
Applying color looks
Color matching clips automatically
Following a proper color correction workflow
An intro to the FCP X Color Inspector
Performing a basic color grade
Adding style to your shots
Working with color masks
Working with shape masks
A word on HDR
Working with ProRes RAW

12. Project and Media Management

Customizing a workspace
Customizing a keyboard
Media management introduction
Moving, copying, relinking, and deleting clips in a library
Moving and copying clips between libraries
Managing library storage locations
Sending your library to another editor, consolidating media, and deleting generated content
Copying and Sending a Library with no Media

13. Sharing and Exporting