FinalCutPro interface
- Startup
- File > Easy Setup : set up project type and settings
- User Preferences
- Timeline option
- starting timecode : hh:mm:ss:00
- Working with media files
- Photos
- duration : better shorter than 6s
- to change : right click > Duration
- pan motion
- zoom motion
- Sound
- Video
- Editing operation
- track editing
- down pointing cursor → replace editing (when cursor below)
- right point cursor → insert editing (when cursor above)
- head, tail edge cursor → duration change
- Sequence setting
- Timeline option
- display thumb on timeline
- Viewer / Canvas panel
- View option
- image
- image and wireframe (for on-screen operation)
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- view percent
- on-screen Editing option (canvas)
- scale operation : drag the corner of footage in canvas panel
- duration change : type in top left time box
- insert source video to sequence [F9] : at play header
- overide source video to sequence [F10] : at play header
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- add motion keyframe [ctrl + k]
- Motion panel
- Basic motion
- scale
- rotation
- center
- anchor point
- Crop
- Distort
- Opacity
- Time remap
- Effect panel
For video transition : Drag effect filter to in-between / left / right of 2 clips,- Video transition set
- dissolve set
- cross dissolve filter
- Audio transition set
- cross fade (+3db)
- Video Filter set
- Perspective set
- Basic 3D
- Matte
- soft edges : create blurred edge
- Filter panel
it is for changing prameters of filters - Create footage in FCP from 1st view panel
Click A option button at the panel corner, and drag the video to timeline.- Matte > Color
- it create a solid color footage
- Text
- > 3rd [good for subtitle]
- > text [good for title and headline]
- Control panel
for making changes on created footage. - Track panel
- Source, Destination tab button
- it is define where to happen for operation of add source video to track
- Play header move operation
- left arrow : go back one frame
- right arrow : go forward one frame
- home key : go to 1st frame
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- view all : shift + z
- Display option
- view volume keyframes in track
- Hint in track
- red underline : means the video is in the line more than twice
- Audio panel
- Target range : -12 ~ -6
- Mono to Stereo trick : pan the left channel to the mid, and then increase the volume
- Note: stack of audio will increase total volume
- Project Browser
- right click on label bar for more view informations
Video Modification
- Change Speed (duration) : apple + j
Video Filters
- Perspective
- Flop : inverse video right left
- Style
- Diffuse : like through a diffuse glass
- Replicate : like multi copy pattern
- Image control
- tint : make black white or color tint
Common problem
- No audio at playing
- turn on audi scrubbing on
Common User preference setting
Browser Panel - customize label information layout
- 1. Duration
- 2. Frame size
- 3. Compressor
- 4. Video rate
- 5. In point
- 6. Out point
- 7. Pixel Aspect
- 8. Alpha
- 9. Audio
- 10. Audio rate
- 11. Audio format
- 12. offline
- 13. Media Start
- 14. Media End
- 15. Field Domia
- 16. Tracks
- 17. Reverse Alpha
- 18. Data Rate
- 19. Description
- 20. Good
- 21. Log Note
Editing in track
- Replace move : drag
- Switch move : alt + drag
- Insert move : drag with above line
- Duplicate : alt + d or alt + drag
Common Shortcut
Tools | |
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select move tool | a |
partial select tool | alt + drag select |
track move tool | t |
razor cut tool | b |
zoom tool | z |
pan tool | h → scrub (hh) |
pen tool | p [add keyframe] |
ripple tool | r [trim, and delete gap after trm] |
similar way : shift + delete clip will not leave a gap | |
Slip tool | s |
[change out point of pre-clip and in point of next-clip at same time] | |
or [change in out point while maintaining duration in source video] | |
crop tool: it crops the view region of source video | |
Navigation | |
view all | shift + z |
go to next mark | shift + m |
go to pre mark | alt + m |
snap on | n |
Option of playback | |
audio preview on | shift + s |
loop playback | ctrl + l |
play in to out | shift + \ |
play | space |
reserve play | shift + space |
Source video editing | |
set in point | i |
set out point | o |
Insert source video | F9 |
Replace with source video | F10 |
Canvas video editing | |
make a mark | m |
More
Working with HDV,
- Check lesson 13
Working with Color Correction
- check lesson 14
Working with Text Animation built-in
- check lesson 15
Working with multiple Camera project
- check lesson 16
- syn time of multiple camera
- wireless microphone for audio
- Make multiple clip [clips from each camera] with in points
- selectable camera during sequence [marked automatically]
Working with Keying
- check lesson 17
- Chroma key
- Luma key
Working with Shortcuts
- check lesson 18
Working with Tapes
- check lesson 19
Working with Compressor
- check lesson 20
Tips and Tricks
- check lesson 21