Final Cut Pro for Video Production

Price
$399.00 USD

Duration
2 Days

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

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Course Overview

Looking to leverage Final Cut for professional workflows and discover the most optimized and efficient use of the application? Look no further than this comprehensive course designed for expert content creators, broadcasters and film editors.

This class will teach you the fundamentals of post-production and walk you through editing two pieces of content; a high impact trailer with graphics and multi-cam interview from start to finish. In this class, we’ll learn how to import and robustly organize footage from multiple sources as well as create, edit, add video effects and animation, use video scopes, perform color correction tasks and export video for multiple formats and devices.

In addition to the 2 day live training, students will also walk away with 4.5 hours of self paced training you can take at any time to expand your knowledge of the application.

Course Objectives

The fundamentals of Post-Production
Creating high impact trailers
Editing multi-cam interviews from start to finish
Importing and organizing video files from multiple sources
Use video effects and animation
Understand the implementation of video scopes
Preform color correction tasks
Export Video for multiple formats and devices

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Course Prerequisites

End-User Mac OS computer skills Knowledge of common terms in production and post Some basic experience with creative applications for video

Agenda

Lesson 1: Preferences and Customization

Final Cuts Ecosystem
Key Preferences to streamline the editing process
Customizing Keyboards and Layouts

Lesson 2: Importing and Organize

Leaving files in Place versus copying files
Importing Footage from Your DSLR Camera
Transcoding Media
Getting the Most out of Proxy Workflows
Changing browser Clip Appearance and Sorting
Applying Keywords to all or part of a clip
Creating your own Smart Collections with multiple search criteria
Editing Column Views
Understanding Metadata Views

Lesson 3: Create Projects and Editing

Effective playback and preview methods
Making in and Out points
Creating a Project
Using Append, Insert, Overwrite and Connect
Backtiming edits
Advanced Timeline Navigation
Replacing and auditioning Clips
Bring Video or Audio of a source only
Using the Timeline Index
Creating and Editing Roles

Lesson 4: Refining the Edit

Moving, Rearranging and deleting clips
Trimming Clips including trim selection, trim start and trim end
Rolling, Slipping and sliding edits
Working effectively with connected clips
Working with the Precision Editor

Lesson 5: Working with Sound

Understanding Audio Configuration
Removing BG noise/hum
Amplifying BG sound
Panning Surround Sound Clips
Creating Audio Ducks
Creating Audio Fades with J and L Cuts
Using and Understanding categories of Logic Effects
Using Audio Roles and
Using Lanes from organize to export

Lesson 6: Transforming Clips

Scaling and Repositioning clips in the Viewer and Inspector
Resetting Parameters
Working with Ken Burns
Working with default clip size
Stabilizing a Shot

Lesson 7: Transitions, Speed, and Effects

Adding transitions
Replacing and modifying transitions
Working with Slo Mo Footage
Speeding Up and Slowing down clips
Creating Variable Speed changes
Adding Effects
Adjusting, resetting and copying effects to other clips
Adding Keyframes and soloing parameters
Working with Auditions and compound clips

Lesson 8: In Depth Color Correction

Performing White Balance and Matching Color
Working with Video Scopes
Working with the Color Board, Color Wheels, Color Curves and Hue/Satuturation Curves
Working with shape and color masks
Using the object tacker in color correction
Working with LUTs