Advanced+Final+Cut+Pro+7

Welcome to Advanced Editing with Final Cut Pro Other Classes: - Final Cut Pro - Introduction to Video Editing

Major Topics Covered:
 * Becoming More efficient with the interface (know your keyboard commands)
 * Applying filters and changing Motion properties
 * Keframing motion properties and filters
 * Using Ripple, Roll and Extend edits and the Slip and Slide tools
 * Working with graphics (PSD, SVG, JPG, PNG, PDF)
 * Adding Music, Cutting to the beat
 * Fixing common audio problems (hum, hiss, mono)
 * Fixing common video problems (white balance)

__DAY 1__
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 * Becoming More efficient with the interface (know your keyboard commands)**[[image:FCP7_interface.png width="459" height="349" align="right" link="@http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/"]]
 * You can turn tooltips off and on in the General tab of the User Preferences window.
 * Take a look at the FCP 7 user manual
 * Before working in a window in Final Cut Pro, you must make sure it’s the currently selected (or “active”) window. Otherwise, your actions and commands might trigger actions in another window.
 * Keyboard shortcuts make life easier - KeyXL has a good list,
 * There are also User Groups and Blogs that you should check out
 * The **Creative Cow Forums**are the best place I know of to find answers to FCP questions.
 * http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html

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 * Some Basic Vocabulary**
 * Nonlinear & Nondestructive
 * Framerate - The frame rate of any motion picture, whether film or video, defines how often pictures are taken per second.
 * Aspect Ratio -Video aspect ratios are often written as ratios, such as 4:3 for SD video or 16:9 for HD video. Film aspect ratios are often written as decimal equivalents, such as 1.33, 1.85, and 2.40. The larger the decimal number, the wider the image. An aspect ratio of 2.40 is wider than 1.85, and 1.85 is wider than 1.33. Digital video resolutions are usually written as absolute pixel dimensions, such as 720 x 480, 1280 x 720, 1920 x 1080, and so on.
 * Frame Dimensions, Number of Lines - A video frame is composed of lines. In digital video, each line is sampled to create a number of pixels (samples) per line. The more lines per frame, the higher the image resolution. The more pixels per line, the higher the resolution of each line.
 * Sample Rate - The video sample rate of a digital video format determines how often the light intensity of each video line is sampled.
 * Compression - Once a video signal is digital, it requires a large amount of storage space and transmission bandwidth. To reduce the amount of data, several strategies are employed that compress the information without negatively affecting the quality of the image. Some methods are lossless, meaning that no data is lost, but most are lossy , meaning that information is thrown away that can’t be retrieved.
 * MPEG-4 Part 10 defines a high-quality video compression algorithm called Advanced Video Coding (AVC). This is more commonly referred to as H.264 . H.264 video compression works similarly to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding but adds many additional features to decrease data rate while maintaining quality.
 * Applying filters and changing Motion properties**
 * Review the ways we can add filters and copy filters from one clip to another, or many
 * Review the Motion tab
 * Quickly review the video transitions, generators and filters and how to apply them
 * Quickly review the audio filters
 * Adjusting filter parameters
 * FX factory filters


 * Keyframes**
 * Using Keyframes to create motion
 * Using Keyframes to make changes to filters


 * Simple Technique - creating a freeze frame**

__DAY 2__

 * Advanced Technique - Color Isolation using Color Corrector 3-way**
 * Apply the filter - Open limit effect
 * pick the color you want to isolate
 * Un-check Luma and Saturation and bring the saturation all the way down
 * Invert
 * add keyframes to the saturation to have this effect fade in or out


 * Using Ripple, Roll and Extend edits and the Slip and Slide tools**
 * Roll Tool - r - changes the edit point (in and out points of multile clips)
 * Ripple Tool - rr **-** trim clips without leaving a gap


 * Using the Boris Text Generator**


 * Working with graphics (PSD, SVG, JPG, PNG, PDF)**
 * Using PSD files for titles and lower thirds
 * Using PDf files for credits
 * What about other formats of image and video?


 * Adding Music, Cutting to the beat**
 * Finding Music
 * Creating Music
 * Buying Music
 * Using markers to edit to the beat

__DAY 3__

 * Fixing common audio problems (hum, hiss, mono)**


 * Fixing common video problems (white balance, too bright, too dark)**