Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors : A Guide for Editors Making the Switch

by Weynand, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780321515391
• ISBN10: 0321515390
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

If you're familiar with Avid Media Composer and want to add Final Cut Pro to your toolkit, this is the book for you. Written for professional video and film editors who already know their way around Avid nonlinear systems, this book shows you how to translate those skills to Final Cut Pro quickly and efficiently. Producer, editor, and Apple Certified Trainer Diana Weynand takes you through a comprehensive "translation course" covering all the essential operations, from project set-up and basic editing through transitions and effects, color correcting, compositing, titling, and output. You'll find detailed feature comparisons, practical conversion tips, and instructions on how to use Final Cut Pro features that aren't available in Media Composer. You'll also learn what's new in Final Cut Pro version 6. Packed with handy features-comparison charts, look-up tables, keyboard shortcuts, and dozens of advanced editing and workflow tips-this book will have you editing with Final Cut Pro in record time. Feature-comparison charts get you up to speed fast, Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side, Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast, Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time, Chapter review sections summarize what you've learned. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	p. XV
Projects and Interface	p. 1
Launching Final Cut Pro	p. 2
Exploring the FCP Interface	p. 4
Working with Projects	p. 8
Creating and Organizing Bins	p. 10
Opening and Closing Bins	p. 11
Viewing Source Clips	p. 13
Viewing Sequences	p. 15
Working with the Timeline	p. 16
Working with Tools and Audio Meters	p. 17
Controlling Timeline Tracks	p. 19
Zooming and Positioning the Timeline	p. 21
Using Keyboard Shortcuts	p. 23
What You've Learned	p. 24
Translating Basic Editing Skills	p. 27
Using Play Commands	p. 28
Using Mark Commands	p. 30
Patching Tracks in the Timeline	p. 31
Performing Overwrite and Insert Edits	p. 33
Snapping in the Timeline	p. 35
Enabling View Overlays	p. 37
Creating Subclips	p. 40
Lifting and Extracting	p. 42
Performing Split Edits and L-Cuts	p. 44
Adding and Deleting Tracks	p. 45
What You've Learned	p. 47
Customizing Your Project	p. 51
Selecting an Editing Preset	p. 52
Changing Audio/Video Settings	p. 55
Selecting User Preferences	p. 56
Choosing System Settings	p. 58
Changing Sequence Settings	p. 59
Viewing Item Properties	p. 61
Dynamically Resizing the Interface	p. 63
Changing Window Layouts	p. 64
Saving Layouts	p. 65
Customizing the Keyboard	p. 67
Changing Command Buttons	p. 69
Utilizing the Bin Text View	p. 72
Working with Icon Views	p. 74
Performing Storyboard Editing	p. 78
What You've Learned	p. 79
Trimming Clips	p. 83
Working with the Trim Edit Window	p. 84
Performing Dual-Roller and Single-Roller Trimming	p. 86
J-K-L Trimming	p. 90
Dragging Edit Points	p. 91
Trimming in the Timeline	p. 92
Asymmetrical Trimming	p. 96
Trimming in the Viewer	p. 97
What You've Learned	p. 99
Logging and Capturing	p. 103
Exploring the Log and Capture Window	p. 104
Viewing and Marking the Source	p. 105
Selecting Clip Settings	p. 107
Selecting Capture Settings	p. 108
Capture Preferences	p. 113
Targeting a Bin	p. 114
Logging Clips	p. 115
Capture Options	p. 119
Batch Capturing	p. 120
Using Capture Cards	p. 123
Acquiring Other Media	p. 123
What You've Learned	p. 124
Advanced Editing	p. 127
Selecting Clips in the Timeline	p. 128
Performing Segment Mode Editing	p. 129
Moving Clips in the Timeline	p. 130
Performing Drag-and-Drop Editing	p. 132
Copying and Pasting	p. 133
Working with Gaps	p. 138
Working with Master Clips	p. 140
Finding Match Frames	p. 144
Slipping and Sliding Clips	p. 147
Replacing Edits	p. 150
Adding Edits	p. 151
Extending Edits	p. 154
Placing Locators	p. 156
Editing Markers	p. 159
Ganging Clips	p. 161
What You've Learned	p. 163
Multicam Editing	p. 169
Organizing a Multiclip Editing Workflow	p. 170
Creating Multiclips	p. 173
Viewing and Modifying Multiclips	p. 175
Editing with Multiclips	p. 181
Collapsing Multiclips	p. 188
What You've Learned	p. 189
Editing Sound	p. 193
Viewing Audio Levels	p. 194
Monitoring Audio Tracks	p. 198
Editing and Viewing Audio Tracks	p. 201
Changing Audio Levels in the Viewer	p. 203
Changing Audio Levels in the Timeline	p. 205
Working with Stereo and Mono Audio	p. 207
Linking Clips	p. 208
Using Sync Indicators	p. 211
Keyframing Audio Levels	p. 212
Working with the Audio Mixer	p. 216
Merging Clips	p. 222
Adding Voice-Over	p. 226
What You've Learned	p. 228
Transitions and Effects	p. 233
Exploring Effects	p. 234
Adding and Modifying Transitions	p. 237
Editing with Transitions	p. 241
Using the Transition Editor	p. 243
Changing and Copying Transitions	p. 245
Applying Segment Effects	p. 248
Modifying Filters	p. 252
Creating Effect Templates	p. 256
Copying and Pasting Attributes	p. 258
Rendering Effects	p. 260
Superimposing Clips	p. 266
Keyframing Filter Parameters	p. 269
Applying a Composite Mode	p. 274
Travel Mattes	p. 278
Speed and Motion Effects	p. 285
Applying a Constant Speed Change	p. 286
Applying a Freeze-Frame Effect	p. 288
Editing with Fit to Fill	p. 289
Exploring the Motion Effects Tab	p. 292
Applying Variable Speed Changes	p. 293
Changing the Image View	p. 300
Sizing and Positioning an Image	p. 303
Rotating an Image	p. 306
Cropping and Distorting an Image	p. 308
Creating and Nesting Comps	p. 310
Copying and Pasting Motion Attributes	p. 313
Creating a Motion Path	p. 315
Modifying a Motion Path	p. 318
Creating Favorite Motion Effects	p. 320
Title Tool and Generators	p. 325
Exploring Video Generators	p. 326
Working with the Controls Tab	p. 328
Creating Titles	p. 330
Applying Effects to Generated Items	p. 333
Creating Scrolling and Crawling Text	p. 334
Applying Lower 3rds and Preprogrammed Text	p. 337
Creating 3D Text with Boris Calligraphy	p. 341
Using Slugs, Mattes, and Render Items	p. 344
Applying Shapes	p. 347
Saving Generators as Favorites	p. 348
Using Master Templates	p. 349
What You've Learned	p. 351
Importing and Exporting	p. 355
Importing Files	p. 356
Importing EDLs and Batch Lists	p. 360
Importing Sequences from Avid	p. 363
Reconnecting Media	p. 365
Importing Graphics	p. 369
Using the External Editor	p. 373
Working with Alpha Channels	p. 374
Sending Files to Other Applications	p. 376
Exporting Clips, Sequences, and Stills	p. 377
Batch Exporting Media	p. 385
Exporting Files	p. 387
Understanding Compressor and Cinema Tools	p. 390
What You've Learned	p. 391
Project Management	p. 395
Using the Find Command	p. 396
Changing Clip Properties	p. 401
Detecting Duplicate Frames	p. 408
Render Management Tips	p. 410
Managing Render Files	p. 414
Working with the Media Manager	p. 418
Copying and Moving a Project	p. 421
Consolidating Media	p. 423
Recompressing and Creating Offline Clips	p. 426
Decomposing a Sequence	p. 428
What You've Learned	p. 430
Finishing and Outputting	p. 433
Detecting Audio Peaks	p. 434
Modifying Audio Output Levels	p. 437
Changing Audio Output Channels	p. 439
Working with Video Scopes	p. 441
Checking Video Levels	p. 444
Correcting Video Levels	p. 447
Correcting Image Color	p. 449
Outputting to Tape	p. 454
Making a Timecode Window Burn	p. 461
Backing Up Projects	p. 463
What You've Learned	p. 466
Avid to Final Cut Pro Comparison Chart	p. 469
Startup and Digitizing	p. 470
Interface and Keyboard	p. 471
Basic Editing	p. 474
Moving and Trimming Edits	p. 475
Audio	p. 476
Transitions	p. 477
Motion Effects	p. 478
Compositing	p. 479
Titles, Slates, and Keys	p. 480
Backing Up and Output	p. 481
Index	p. 485
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