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Final Cut Pro - Basics Training
- A. A Beginner's Overview
- - A beginner's overview
  - A beginner's tour of the Viewer window
  - A beginner's tour of the Tools window
  - A beginner's tour of the Timeline window
  - A beginner's tour of the Canvas window
  - A beginner's tour of the Browser window
- B. From an iMovie Perspective
- - Different than iMovie #1: Creating a new project
  - Different than iMovie #2: Importing clips
  - Different than iMovie #3: When to "render"
  - Different than iMovie #4: Setting "in" and "out"
  - Different than iMovie #5: Doing an "insert"
- C. Getting Started
- - Beginning a new DV video project
  - Adding a video clip to the sequence timeline
  - Marking IN and OUT points in video clips
  - Inserting a clip with default transition
  - Changing the default transition settings
  - Creating a SLUG
  - Making a video FADE OUT
- D. Working with Text
- - Creating a basic text title in Final Cut Pro
  - Superimposing text over a background
  - Animating text movement over a background
- E. Techniques, Effects, Utilities
- - Creating a background gradient
  - Adding color bars and a test tone
  - Inserting video noise effects
  - Adding cylindrical distortion to a clip
  - Adding a 3d perspective effect
  - Analyzing a movie file or clip
  - Viewing the properties of an item
  - Quickly changing and saving screen layouts
  - Using the "recent clips" pop-up in the viewer.
- F. Keyboard Shortcuts
- - Using the "jkl" key shortcuts
  - More about the "jkl" key shortcuts
- G. Preferences
- - Setting levels of undo
  - Modifying your scratch disk settings
  - Setting autosave preferences
- H. Using Photoshop(r) Files
- - Photoshop docs for use in Final Cut Pro
  - Importing Photoshop documents
- I. Using the Browser
- - Working with browser columns
  - Sorting items in the browser
  - Browser Display options
  - Using the Find command
  - Using the browser to "storyboard"
  - Creating and using "bins" in the browser

Final Cut Pro - Basics Training

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Apple^® Final Cut Pro^®, Apple's "Studio in a Box" solution for Digital Video Editing, brings many compositing and editing features to the home, educational, and semi-pro videomaker that were once only available to professionals working on million-dollar equipment.

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A. A Beginner's Overview

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	A beginner's overview	211	1:05
2.	A beginner's tour of the Viewer window	208	1:30
3.	A beginner's tour of the Tools window	209	1:54
4.	A beginner's tour of the Timeline window	210	1:11
5.	A beginner's tour of the Canvas window	213	2:17
6.	A beginner's tour of the Browser window	214	1:23

B. From an iMovie Perspective

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Different than iMovie #1: Creating a new project	596	1:49
2.	Different than iMovie #2: Importing clips	597	2:43
3.	Different than iMovie #3: When to "render"	598	1:34
4.	Different than iMovie #4: Setting "in" and "out"	599	1:16
5.	Different than iMovie #5: Doing an "insert"	600	1:19

C. Getting Started

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Beginning a new DV video project	88	1:23
2.	Adding a video clip to the sequence timeline	90	1:07
3.	Marking IN and OUT points in video clips	89	0:54
4.	Inserting a clip with default transition	194	1:54
5.	Changing the default transition settings	197	1:10
6.	Creating a SLUG	212	1:43
7.	Making a video FADE OUT	77	1:10

D. Working with Text

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Creating a basic text title in Final Cut Pro	76	1:41
2.	Superimposing text over a background	191	1:40
3.	Animating text movement over a background	199	2:21

E. Techniques, Effects, Utilities

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Creating a background gradient	193	1:24
2.	Adding color bars and a test tone	196	1:32
3.	Inserting video noise effects	192	1:49
4.	Adding cylindrical distortion to a clip	195	1:04
5.	Adding a 3d perspective effect	198	2:11
6.	Analyzing a movie file or clip	200	0:51
7.	Viewing the properties of an item	601	1:31
8.	Quickly changing and saving screen layouts	849	1:49
9.	Using the "recent clips" pop-up in the viewer.	859	0:39

F. Keyboard Shortcuts

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Using the "jkl" key shortcuts	860	1:24
2.		More about the "jkl" key shortcuts	861	1:08

G. Preferences

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Setting levels of undo	850	1:20
2.	Modifying your scratch disk settings	851	2:01
3.	Setting autosave preferences	853	1:18

H. Using Photoshop(r) Files

Tutorial Number	Availability Status	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.		Photoshop docs for use in Final Cut Pro	847	1:25
2.		Importing Photoshop documents	848	1:44

I. Using the Browser

Tutorial Number	Tutorial Title	Key #	Length
1.	Working with browser columns	852	1:31
2.	Sorting items in the browser	854	1:23
3.	Browser Display options	855	1:43
4.	Using the Find command	856	1:39
5.	Using the browser to "storyboard"	857	1:51
6.	Creating and using "bins" in the browser	858	1:43

Tutorial series by Jim Norwood

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