Cut a scene from the USA Network television series Monk, create a promo for Seaworld’s Belief documentary, and master filters and effects as you edit a segment of BBC Motion Gallery's Living Colour documentary. Completely revised for Final Cut Pro 6 and featuring all-new footage, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features. Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video editing and finishing, using actual broadcast footage. After marking and editing clips to create a rough cut, you’ll learn how to trim and refine the cut before moving on to complex tasks such as mixing sound, adding titles, creating transitions and motion effects, applying filters, real-time color correcting, and working with multi-format and multi-camera footage.
Creating a Rough Cut
- Lesson 1 Screening and Marking in the Final Cut Pro Interface
- Lesson 2 Editing Clips to the Timeline
- Lesson 3 Finishing the Rough Cut
Refining the Rough Cut
- Lesson 4 Trimming to Refine Clip Duration
- Lesson 5 Trimming and Adjusting Two Edit Points
- Lesson 6 Refining the Editing Process
Supporting the Process
- Lesson 7 Supporting the Editing Process
- Lesson 8 Capturing Footage
Completing the Cut
- Lesson 9 Applying Transitions
- Lesson 10 Mixing Audio Tracks
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