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Introduction to Final Cut Pro

• Welcome to Digital Nonlinear Editing Demo
• Pros: Final Cut Pro Described in your Terms Demo
• What's New in 2.0 Demo

Setting Up

• Proper Memory and Display Configurations Demo
• Ram Allocation - Changing in Mac OS Demo
• Attaching DV Video Equipment Demo
• The General Tab Demo
• The User Mode Tab Demo
• The Timeline Options Tab Demo
• The Labels Tab Demo
• The Scratch Disks Tab Demo
• Choosing an initial Setup Demo
• Creating a New Easy Setup Demo
• Audio/Video Settings Demo

Getting Media in to the System

• Starting a New Project Demo
• Creating An Initial Bin Demo
• Creating Additional Bins Demo
• The Log and Capture Window Demo
• The Logging Tab Demo
• The Preferences Tab Demo
• The Capture Settings Tab Demo
• Capture Now Without Device Control Demo
• Capture Now With Device Control Demo
• Capturing Clips One at a Time Demo
• Logging Clips Demo
• Preparing For a Batch Capture Demo
• Batch Capture Demo
• Importing Animations or Video Demo
• Importing Stills and Graphics Demo
• Importing Audio Files Demo
• Importing Audio Files on Audio CDs Demo

Managing Bins

• Bin Viewing Options
• Storyboard View
• Moving Clips Between Bins
• Using Column information
• Creating Custom Column information
• Sorting Bin Contents
• Finding Content Within Bins

Viewing Clips

• Loading a Video Clip into the Viewer
• Loading an Audio Clip into the Viewer
• Loading a Still Image into the Viewer
• The Zoom Button
• The View Button
• Recent Clips List
• Timecode Displays in the Viewer
• Playing Clips in the Viewer
• JKL Key Heaven
• Timecode Navigation
• Creating Subclips

Creating Clips

• The Generators Pop-up
• The Text Generator
• The Lower Third Generator

Sequences

• What is a Sequence and How to Create One
• Sequence Settings
• Positioning Windows For Sequence Editing
• Changing Sequence Presets

Basic Editing

• 3 Point Edit - An Overview
• Set Split Edit On a Clip
• Target the Sequence Tracks
• Overwrite Editing
• insert Editing
• Overwrite/insert With Transition
• Selecting Clips
• Deleting Clips From the Timeline
• Moving Clips Directly in the Timeline
• Snapping

Advanced editing

• Replace Editing
• Changing Clip Speed
• Fit to Fill Editing
• Backtimed Editing
• MatchFrame Use - Restoring Tracks
• Marking Clip Ranges in the Timeline
• Replace Editing
• Fit To Fill Editing
• Superimpose Editing
• Using the Trim Window
• Linked Selections
• Breaking Sync/Re-establishing Sync
• Nesting

The Tools Window

• Rolling Edit Tool
• Ripple Edit Tool
• Slip Edit Tool
• Slide Edit Tool
• Razor Blade/Blade All Tool
• Zoom in/Out Tool
• Hand Tool
• Scrub Video Tool
• Crop Tool
• Distort Tool

Adding Video Transition FX

• intro to Rendering
• The Render Quality Settings
• Rendering a Selection
• Rendering the Timeline
• The Render Manager
• Setting a Default Transition
• Adding a Simple Dissolve
• Adjusting Transition Lengths
• Adjusting Transition Parameters
• Creating Wipe Designs
• Saving/Applying Transitions for Later Use

Adding Audio Transition FX

• Cross Fades

Adding Video Filters

• Adding a Filter to a Clip
• Editing a Filter
• Adding More Than One Filter

Adjusting Audio Levels

• Waveform Use in the Timeline
• Enabling Clip Overlays
• Using the Audio VU Meters

Adding Audio Filters

• Applying a Filter
• Real Time Audio Settings
• Saving Custom Audio Filters

Compositing Video

• Adding Video Tracks
• Layering of Video
• Using Clip Overlays
• Motion Tab and Scale FX
• Using the Canvas for Motion/Scale FX

Advanced Effects

• Keyframing: An Overview
• Adding Keyframes: Motion Tab
• Adding Keyframes: Filters
• Creating Smooth Keyframes
• Copying/Pasting Keyframe Settings Between Clips

Output to tape

• The Print to Video Process
• The Edit to Tape Process

Output to File: QuickTime

• Exporting Video For Compression in Final Cut Pro
• Exporting Video For Compression in Media Cleaner Pro or Other Program
• OMF Export to ProTools