Final Cut Pro 4 Tutorials - Online Training Course

Course Title: Final Cut Pro 4

Whether using it for home movies shot on DV, broadcast standard uncompressed 10-bit 601 compliant, or HD video, Final Cut Pro 4 is the perfect tool for editing and exporting a wide variety of projects at virtually any resolution, or frame rate. With new features such as: scalability, advanced trimming, a multi-channel audio mixer, and support for the DVC PRO 50 broadcast format; this version allows any user to easily migrate to professional based formats. Final Cut 4 ships with four powerful complete standalone applications: LiveType, Sound Track, Compressor, and Cinema Tools, allowing users more creative possibilities than ever before. Certified Apple Trainer Nathan Haggard begins the course with lessons on capturing video and audio, importing graphics and music from CDs, following up with more advanced editing techniques: adding special effects, animating video, creating composites, and outputting video. To begin learning today, click a movie topic below.

Course Author/Expert: Nathan Haggard

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 120

Course Duration: 7.5 hours

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Organizing Clips In The Browser

Tabbed Windows in Final Cut Pro

Elements in the Browser Window

Creating Sequences and Bins

Icon View

Sorting and Organizing Columns

Showing and Hiding Columns

Thumbnail Column and Storyboard Layout

Playing And Marking Clips In The Viewer

The Video Tab

Transport Controls

The Audio Tab

The Filters and Motion Tab

Marking Clips

Keyboard Shortcuts for Playing Clips

Editing Clips Into The Canvas And Timeline

Dragging Clips into the Timeline

The Timeline and Canvas Windows

Dragging Clips into the Canvas

Overwrite and Insert Edits

Other Overwrite and Insert Techniques

Sequence Timecode

3-Point Editing

Basic Editing In The Timeline

Timeline Settings

Timeline Buttons and Controls

Zooming and Navigation

Moving Clips in the Timeline

Trimming with the Selection Tool

Clip Handles and Media Limits

Finding and Closing Gaps

Linking in Final Cut Pro

Sync in Final Cut Pro

The Tool Palette

Working with the Tool Palette

Selection Tools

Rolling Edit Tool

Ripple Edit Tool

Slip Edit Tool

Slide Edit Tool

Razor Blade Tools

Zoom and Hand Tools

Time Remap Tool

Crop and Distort Tools

Pen Tools

Audio In Final Cut Pro

Adjusting Levels

Reading Audio Meters

Stereo and Mono Clips

Adjusting Pan

Adjusting Audio Over Time

The Audio Mixer

The Voice Over Tool

Advanced Editing

Editing with the Keyboard

Creating L-Cuts

Deleting Between In/Out Points

Understanding the Trim Edit Window

Editing in the Trim Edit Window

MatchFrame

Canvas and Viewer Sync Controls

Superimpose Edit

Fit to Fill Edit

Replace Edit

Editing Sequence Clips in Viewer

Preferences And System Settings

Importance of Matching Settings

Item Properties

User Preferences

System Settings

Audio/Video Settings

Creating an Easy Setup

Customizing Layouts pt. 1

Customizing Layouts pt. 2

Transitions

Applying Transitions

Adjusting Transitions

Favorite and Default Transition

Rendering And Realtime

Realtime Capabilities

Rendering

Rendering Settings

Managing Render Files

Previewing Effects Without Rendering

Filters

Applying Filters to a Clip

Applying Multiple Filters to Clips

Paste Attributes

Color Correction

Color Correction Principles

3-Way Color Corrector

The Frame Viewer

Titles

Creating a Basic Title

Using Motion Enhanced Titles

Using Title 3D

Keyframing And Compositing

Using Multiple Tracks in the Timeline

Adjusting Basic Motion Attributes

Adding Keyframes

Working With Keyframes

Modifying the Speed of a Clip

LiveType

Exporting for LiveType

Creating an Animated Title in LiveType

Creating an Original Title

Adding Effects

Adding Graphics and Textures

Exporting from LiveType / Importing into FCP

Soundtrack

Exporting for Soundtrack

Composing in Soundtrack

Exporting from Soundtrack / Importing into FCP

Output To Tape

Finishing Video and Audio

The Three Ways to Layoff to Tape

Preferences to Check

Outputting From the Timeline

Print to Video

Edit to Tape

Exporting Files

Export a Full Quality QuickTime Movie

Export for the Web

Export for DVD Using Compressor

Credits

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Introduction

Setting Up Final Cut Pro

Input