Apple Final Cut Pro 3 Tutorial

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Preparing to Capture
The Audio and Video Settings
The Preferences
The Creation of a Logging Bin
Log and Capture Window
Capture Settings Tab
Clip Settings
Log Settings (Reel Numbers & Naming Clips)

The OfflineRT Option
Realtime Overview
Offline RT and Online RT Explained
Specifications
Which FX are RT
Capturing and Converting to PhotoJPEG
How to Use Stills in OfflineRT
Offline to Online Conversion

Log and Capture Window
The DV Deck in Final Cut Pro
The Capture Settings
Clip Setting Explained
Logging Settings

Video Capture
Overview
Your Deck and Camera
Logging the Footage
Mass Capture of Clips
Capture NOW Alternative
Capture Troubleshooting

Audio/Video Preferences Window
Sequences and Settings - Lesson 1
Sequences and Settings - Lesson 2
Sequences and Settings - Lesson 3
Creating Capture Presets
How to Create Device Control Pre-sets
External Video Presets
View Video

Preference Window
General Settings - Lesson 1
General Settings - Lesson 2
General Settings - Lesson 3
General Settings - Lesson 4
The Auto Save Vault
Restore and Revert Project Commands
User Mode and Timeline Options
Labels
External Editors
Scratch Disk Tab

Before Editing
Shots in the Browser
Setting Clip Views
Creating a Sequence

The Browser
Overview
Info Columns
Customising These
Cool Thumbnail View in FCP
Control Commands - Lesson 1
Control Commands - Lesson 2
Control Commands - Lesson 3
Browser Navigation
How to Check Item Properties
Making an Offline Command
Browser Tabs

Importing Media into FCP
Importing:
• Video Clips
• Folders
• Music Sounds from CDs
• Stills - Lesson 1
• Stills - Lesson 2

Basic Editing in Final Cut Pro
Intro to the Viewer
In and Out Points (How to Set)
How to Change in & Out Points
The Canvas - Overview
How to Set in and Out Points in the Canvas and Timeline
Editing (3 parts - Insert, Overwrite and Drag & Drop)
Shortening and Extending
Applying Lift
Applying Ripple Delete
The Track Forward Tool
Ripple and Roll Trim

The Viewer: Video Tab
Timecode Windows - Overview
Setting Clip View / Zooming
Choosing Backgrounds
Square and Non-Squared Pixels
Title Safe and Timecode Overlay
Recent Items and the Generator
Controls (Go to and Play)
Audio Levels - Lesson 1
Audio Levels - Lesson 2
Audio Levels - Lesson 3
In and Out Points
How to Load Clips From the Timeline

The Tools
Overview
Basics and Advanced Tools

Editing: Intermediate Techniques
The Timeline Basics
Navigating the Timeline
Split Edits
The Pen Tool for Opacity / Levels
Markers and Play Commands
Locking Tracks
Linked Selection and Linked Clips
Track Monitoring and Soloing
Copy and Switch
Snapping and Copying Transactions

The Trim Window
Trim Edit
How to Enter and Exit Trim Edit
Transition Points
The Trim Window in Action
Performing a Roll and Ripple Edit

The Motion Tab
Overview
Scale and Centre
Rotation and Anchor Point
Cropping and Distort
Opacity and Motion Blur
The Drop Shadow

Creating FCP Text
Basic Text - Lesson 1
Basic Text - Lesson 2
Outline Text - Lesson 1
Outline Text - Lesson 2

Effects: Basic Transitions
Cross Dissolves - Lesson 1
Cross Dissolves - Lesson 2
Change and Copy
Deleting and Customising Transitions
Audio Dissolves

Effects: SFX and Filters
Applying the Filters
Favourite Filter Creation
Freeze Frame Creation
Fast and Slow Reverse Motion
Using the Remove Attributes

The Colour Corrector 3-Way
Colour Corrector - Lesson 1
Colour Corrector - Lesson 2
Colour Corrector - Lesson 3
How to Set Auto Black and White
The Tool Bench and the Limit Effect
Using the Desaturate
Highs and Lows Filter

Using the Keyframes
Set Up
Changing
Moving
Deleting
Hands on Keyframing in the Timeline

Voice Over Tool
Overview

Media Management
Intro
Copy
Move Media
Going Online to Offline (and Vice Versa)
How to Delete Unused Footage
The Render Files
Forcing Offline and Reconnect

Outputting your Project
Overview
Mixing Down Audio
Render Before Output
Using the Render all Feature
Print to Tape
Black your Tape
Applying Edit to Tape Feature

Exporting Features
Export:
• QuickTime
• A Final Cut Pro Movie
Batch Exporting

Troubleshooting
Trashing your Preferences
Extension Management
Dropped Frames
Extension Management
Projects That Just Won't Open - Lesson 1
Projects That Just Won't Open - Lesson 2