Taking a tour of FCP X Notes

Three main areas of final cut: event library, project library, viewer

Event library

-where you store and organize all your media.

-For audio skimming go to view – audio skimming

-under event library clips there is a menu with slider to indicate the length of the clip. From ½ second to 10.

-can also show the wave forms.

Project Library

-Projects within FCP are sequences or edited programs made from combos of clips. --Each project can contain only one sequence.

-to show two screens for event and for project library

window- show event viewer.

One icon in left corner with lightswitch can change size of chips in project library and also video in relation to audio---far left under clip is only audio waveform, far right is no audio.

Spacebar- start/stop

Function left arrow- return to beginning

Function right- return to end

Arrows- frame by frame

Clip to clip- up and down arrows

Time reading above clips showing where in project program you are temporally.

To return to project library to access other projects click film canister in bottom left corner.

To select event library- command 1

To select timeline- command 2

To select viewer- command 3

Creating and Organizing Events from Scratch Notes

Different ways to create events:

-File-new event

-Right click on event library- then new event

-Right click in drive you want to create event in and name event.

Bringing in footage:

-File-import-media (Command I)

-Within media import-select data and click “Import Selected”

-within the next pop up window:

 Organizing

-copying files to FCP events folder means new media will be made and placed in media events. If unchecked, only a pointer file will show up, referring you to the location of the media.

-best to click if you want to copy all files to one folder.

-Botton below (import folders as keyword collections)

-If media is organized in folders outside FCP the structure will remain unchanged when brought to FCP.

-Footage comes into final cut

-Gives files as pointer files 1^st then creates media in background

-H.U.D can see media being created

Playing and Marking Clips in Prep for Editing Notes

Go to event

Open up file you want and select “list view”—this gives more room in the clip

New navigation method: J,K,L

J-Play

K-Pause

L-Play Forward

Play clip until another edited portion needs to be inserted.

I-set in pt.

O-set out pt.

Play selection press- “/” key

When roughly selected you can then move to the thumbnail view to get more room on the clip.

To mark and play in slow motion

Press K- then rock back on J or L to jump forward or back.

-You can make it a selection fav. and you can also rename

-can also save in sound bite keyword Selection

-make sure to save because exiting out will result in the erasing of the portion of the clip you selected.

Understanding Different Types of Editing Tools  Notes

Different types of edits in FCP:

-Insert edit

-Shortcut of “W”

-can drop a selected clip in the beginning, middle or end of the clip in project library.

-can also drag clips to project lib.

-keyboard commands are faster

-Append Edit

Press “e”

-puts shot @ end regardless of where the playhead is

-overwrite edit

-press “d”

-used to write over a shot or portion of shot

-mark an “I” for in and an “O” for out.

-“Control d” tells how long the in and out section is.

-When overwriting, the selected clip in the event library will run the same amount of time as the in and out shot you selected in the project library.

Replace edit

To replace one shot with another, drag a marked clip from the event lib. Onto a clip in the sequence.

-when you see the green plus sign, can replace, replace from the start, or replace from the end.