Final Cut Pro X User Guide - Apple

476 Pages·2013·60.26 MB·English

by  Apple Inc.

Final Cut Pro X
User Guide
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Contents
10 Chapter 1: What’s new in Final Cut Pro?
10 What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6?
11 What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.3?
12 What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.1?
13 Chapter 2: Final Cut Pro basics
13 What is Final Cut Pro?
14 Final Cut Pro workflow overview
15 Final Cut Pro interface overview
17 Media files and clips
18 Events and projects
19 Chapter 3: Import media
19 Importing overview
20 If it’s your first import
20 Import from connected cameras
20 Import from file-based cameras
24 Import spanned clips
26 Import from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
28 Import from a digital still camera
29 Import from tape-based cameras
30 If your camera or device isn’t recognized
31 Import from other applications
31 Import from Motion
32 Import from iMovie
32 Import from iPhoto and Aperture
33 Import from iTunes
34 Import from devices
34 Import from a hard disk
36 Access media on an archive or disk image
37 Organize files while importing
39 Import while recording
40 About memory cards and cables
41 Supported media formats
43 Import and adjust REDCODE RAW video files
45 Chapter 4: Analyze media
45 Analyzing media overview
45 Video and still-image analysis options
46 Audio analysis options
47 Analyze your media
48 View analysis keywords on clips
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51 Chapter 5: Organize your media
51 Events and clips overview
52 Organize events
52 Create a new event
52 Rename an event
53 Merge or split events
53 Copy or move clips between events
54 Copy or move events
55 Sort events
56 Delete clips or events
57 Organize clips
57 View and sort clips
61 Rename clips
62 Rate clips as Favorite or Rejected
64 Add keywords to clips
67 Add or edit clip notes
68 Organize clips by roles
68 Find clips in the Event Browser
71 Save searches as Smart Collections
72 Organize Keyword and Smart Collections
73 Chapter 6: Play back and skim media
73 Playback and skimming overview
74 Play back media
76 Skim media
78 Play back and skim media in the Event Viewer
78 View playback on a second display
79 View playback on an external video monitor
80 About background rendering
81 Chapter 7: Create and manage projects
81 Create a new project
82 Preview and open a project
83 Modify a project’s name and properties
86 Organize projects in the Project Library
89 Save projects
90 Chapter 8: Edit your project
90 Editing overview
90 Select clips and ranges
90 About selections and filmstrips
91 Select one or more clips
93 Select a range
96 Manage multiple range selections in event clips
99 Add and remove clips
99 Adding clips overview
99 Drag clips to the Timeline
100 Append clips to your project
100 Insert clips in your project
103 Connect clips to add cutaway shots, titles, and synchronized sound effects
108 Overwrite parts of your project
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109 Replace a clip in your project with another clip
111 Add and edit still images
113 Create freeze frames
114 Add clips using video-only or audio-only mode
115 Remove clips from your project
116 Solo, disable, and enable clips
117 Find a Timeline clip’s source clip
117 Arrange clips in the Timeline
123 Cut and trim clips
123 Trimming overview
123 Cut clips with the Blade tool
126 Extend or shorten a clip
132 Make roll edits with the Trim tool
134 Make slip edits with the Trim tool
136 Make slide edits with the Trim tool
138 Show detailed trimming feedback
139 View and navigate
139 Zoom and scroll in the Timeline
141 Adjust Timeline settings
143 Navigate within your project
144 Navigate using timecode
145 Use the Timeline Index to view, navigate, and search your project
149 Work with markers
149 Markers overview
149 Add and remove markers
150 Edit, move, and navigate to markers
152 Manage chapter markers and their thumbnail images
154 Correct excessive shake and rolling shutter issues
157 Chapter 9: Edit audio
157 Audio overview
158 Audio editing basics
158 About audio waveforms
159 About audio channels and audio components
159 Ways to view audio clips
163 View audio waveforms at the audio sample level
164 View and correct audio levels
165 Solo and mute audio clips
166 Add audio
166 Add music and sound
166 Record audio
168 Edit audio clips or audio components
168 Audio editing overview
169 Configure audio channels
172 Adjust volume
174 Fade audio in or out
177 Pan audio
180 Multichannel audio editing examples
186 Use roles to organize clips and export audio files
187 Add and adjust audio effects
187 Add audio effects
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189 Adjust audio effects
192 Adjust audio effects using keyframes
199 Audio tools and techniques
199 Enhance audio
202 Sync audio and video automatically
203 Match audio equalization settings
203 Preserve pitch when retiming clips
204 Chapter 10: Add transitions, titles, effects, and generators
204 Transitions, titles, effects, and generators overview
205 Add and adjust transitions
205 Transitions overview
205 How transitions are created
206 Set transition defaults
207 Add transitions to your project
209 Delete transitions from your project
209 Adjust transitions in the Timeline
211 Adjust transitions in the Transition inspector and Viewer
212 Adjust transitions with multiple images
213 Create specialized versions of transitions in Motion
213 Add and adjust titles
213 Titles overview
213 Add titles to your project
215 Adjust titles
218 Remove titles from your project
218 Find and replace text in your project
219 Adjust built-in effects
219 Built-in effects overview
220 Resize, move, and rotate clips
221 Trim clips
222 Crop clips
224 Pan and zoom clips with the Ken Burns effect
225 Skew a clip’s perspective
226 Work with built-in effects
231 Add and adjust clip effects
231 Clip effects overview
231 Add effects to your project
232 Adjust effects in Final Cut Pro
234 Change clip effect order
235 Copy effects and attributes between clips
236 Turn off or remove an effect from a clip
237 Create specialized versions of the video effects in Motion
237 Add generators
237 Generators overview
238 Use a placeholder
239 Use a timecode counter
239 Use a shape
240 Use a background
241 Create specialized versions of the generators in Motion
241 About themes
242 Use onscreen controls
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242 Onscreen controls overview
242 Show or hide onscreen controls
243 Onscreen control examples
247 Use the Video Animation Editor
247 Video animation overview
247 Adjust video effects using keyframes
253 Adjust effect curves using fade handles or keyframe animation
257 Chapter 11: Advanced editing
257 Group clips with compound clips
257 Compound clips overview
259 Create and break apart compound clips
263 Manage compound clips
265 Add storylines
268 Fine-tune edits with the Precision Editor
271 Create split edits
275 Make three-point edits
275 Three-point editing overview
277 Three-point edit examples
281 Try out clips using auditions
281 Auditions overview
282 Create auditions to try out clips
283 Add and remove clips in auditions
284 Use auditions to try out clips in your project
287 Retime clips to create speed effects
287 Retiming clips overview
288 Change clip speed
292 Reverse or rewind clips
294 Create instant replays
294 Create a hold segment
295 Reset retimed clips to play at normal speeds
296 Conform frame sizes and frame rates
299 Use roles to manage clips
299 Roles overview
300 View and reassign roles
303 Create custom roles and subroles
305 View clips by role in the Timeline
307 Use roles to export media stems
307 Use XML to transfer projects and events
308 Edit with multicam clips
308 Multicam editing overview
309 Multicam editing workflow
310 Import media for a multicam edit
311 Assign camera names and multicam angles
312 Create multicam clips in the Event Browser
316 Cut and switch angles in the Angle Viewer
324 Sync and adjust angles and clips in the Angle Editor
330 Edit multicam clips in the Timeline and the Inspector
332 Multicam editing tips and tricks
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334 Chapter 12: Keying and compositing
334 Keying
334 Keying overview
334 Use chroma keys
343 Use luma keys
348 Finalize the key
351 Compositing
351 Compositing overview
352 Use alpha channels
354 Use Compositing settings
355 Chapter 13: Color correction
355 Color correction overview
356 Analyze and balance color automatically
356 Color balance overview
356 Analyze a clip for color balance
357 Balance a clip’s colors
358 Match color between clips automatically
359 Adjust color manually
359 Manual color correction overview
359 Color correct the whole image
361 Target a specific color using a color mask
363 Target specific areas using shape masks
366 Add shape masks to a color mask
367 Apply multiple color corrections
368 Add a transition between color corrections
368 Save and apply color correction presets
369 Turn iMovie adjustments on or off
369 Turn ARRI Log C processing on or off
370 Measure video levels
370 Video scopes overview
370 Use the video scopes
371 Waveform Monitor display options
374 Vectorscope display options
375 Histogram display options
377 Chapter 14: Share your project
377 Sharing projects overview
378 Share projects, clips, and ranges
383 Modify share attributes
386 Export your project using Compressor
387 Status of shared projects
387 Shared project status overview
388 Visit, announce, and view the location of shared projects
389 Remove shared projects
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390 Chapter 15: Manage media files
390 Media management overview
390 Where your media and project files are located
392 Manage your media files
392 View a clip’s information
393 Relink clips to media files
397 Transcode media files
400 View background tasks
401 Delete render files to free up disk space
402 Manage your events and project files
402 Before you move or copy events and projects
402 Consolidate a project’s media files
403 Back up projects, your Project Library, and events
406 Edit your project on a different computer
410 Use SAN locations for events and projects
411 Create and manage camera archives
414 Solutions to common media management issues
414 Alert icons
416 Common media management issues
417 Chapter 16: Preferences and metadata
417 Preferences and metadata overview
417 Final Cut Pro preferences
417 Change preference settings
418 Editing preferences
419 Playback preferences
420 Import preferences
422 Destinations preferences
427 Work with destinations
432 Work with metadata
432 Display and change clip metadata
433 Modify metadata views
435 Batch rename clips
438 Chapter 17: Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
438 Keyboard shortcuts and Multi-Touch gestures overview
438 Keyboard shortcuts
452 Multi-Touch gestures
452 Customize keyboard shortcuts
452 View keyboard shortcuts in the Command Editor
455 Modify keyboard shortcuts in the Command Editor
456 Export and import command sets in the Command Editor
458 Glossary
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What’s new in Final Cut Pro?
What’s new in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6?
Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 includes numerous new features and enhancements, detailed below.
Advanced multichannel audio editing
Final Cut Pro automatically groups audio channels into audio components according to how the
channels are configured for the clip. You can now expand the audio portion of clips to view and
edit audio components down to the individual channel level. You can edit audio components in
a variety of ways, including any of the following:
• Adjust volume or pan.
• Disable or delete ranges within an audio component to quickly edit out unwanted sounds.
• Apply and adjust audio effects.
• Add or remove audio components in a multicam clip.
For more information, see Audio editing overview on page 168.
Streamlined sharing and export
Sharing your finished work is easier and more flexible in Final Cut Pro 10.0.6. Destinations—sets
of preconfigured export settings—allow you to quickly publish a project or clip to a sharing
website, export it for viewing on iPad or iPhone, or burn it to a disc. Final Cut Pro comes with a
variety of destinations, and you can also modify destinations and create new destinations.
The simplified and streamlined sharing workflow includes these enhancements:
• Simplified and consolidated menus that you can easily populate with customized destinations
• Reusable destination bundles that allow you to share to multiple output formats and locations
at once
• Automatic sharing of project and clip metadata, with the ability to customize the metadata
that is shared
• Support for multiple accounts at video-sharing websites such as YouTube
• Faster sharing and export using the GPU and background processing
• Sharing of a selected range in a project in the Timeline or in a clip in the Event Browser
For more information, see Sharing projects overview on page 377.
Unified import
Simplified and easier to use, the new unified Media Import window provides one place to go for
all your importing needs. Final Cut Pro 10.0.6 offers dedicated areas for connected cameras and
devices, both file-based and tape-based, as well as a new Favorites section, where you can add
frequently used folders for file import from your hard disk or an external drive. Other new import
features include list view to see multiple columns of metadata, multiple range selections within
individual clips from file-based cameras, and complete archive-management tools.
For more information, see Importing overview on page 19.
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