Contents

Welcome

1 Preparing for Final Cut Pro X

Getting Your System Ready to Edit

Why Use an Editing Workflow?

Summary

2 Get Started Editing

Learning About Events and Projects

Starting Final Cut Pro X

Touring the Interface

Creating a New Event

Importing Media

Creating a New Project

Creating a Simple Edit

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

3 Managing Events, Projects, and Shortcuts

All About Events

All About Projects

Creating Keyboard Shortcuts

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

4 Managing Media

Overview

Naming Media Folders

Importing Media

Special Cases

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

5 Organizing Clips: Ratings, Keywords, and Extended Metadata

Displaying Events and Clips

Working the Ratings

Keying in on Keywords

Managing Metadata

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

6 Editing

The Editing Process

The Editing and Playback Preferences

Editing Techniques

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

7 Organizing Your Edit

Making Selections

Using Markers and To-Dos

Copy and Paste Options

The Magnetic Timeline

The Magic of Compound Clips

A Grab Bag of Tools

Roles

The Timeline Index

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

8 Trimming Your Edit

Getting Ready to Trim

Setting the Scene

The Precision Editor

Twelve Trimming Techniques

Introducing the Trim Tool

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

9 Audio

Audio Basics

Audio in Final Cut Pro X

Introducing the Inspector

Audio Techniques

Special Situations for Audio

Mixing

Explaining Keyframes

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

10 Transitions

Transitions Overview

Transition Basics

Advanced Transitions

Transition Inspector

Transition Browser

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

11 Titles and Text

Title Basics

Modifying Titles

Displaying Action and Title Safe

Finding and Replacing Text

Specific Title Examples

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

12 Built-in Effects

Effects Basics

Transform Effects

Animate Using Keyframes

Trim, Crop, and Ken Burns

Distort, or Corner Pinning

Image Stabilization

Rolling Shutter

Spatial Conform

Compositing

Special Case: Use Compound Clips for Effects

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

13 Themes and Generators

Themes

Generators

Adjusting a Generator in Motion

Summary

14 Keying

Planning a Key

Creating a Luma Key

Creating a Chroma Key

Adding a Mask

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

15 Retiming

The Basics of Retiming

Hold Frames

Constant Speed Changes

Variable Speed Changes

Other Speed Effects

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

16 Color Correction

Color Correction Basics

Color Looks

Color Correction with the Enhancement Menu

How to Read the Video Scopes

Adjusting Grayscale and Color

Using Masks for Color Correction

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

17 Sharing and Exporting

Overview of the Output Process

Exporting a High-Quality Master File

Exporting Roles

Other Options in the Share Menu

Summary

Keyboard Shortcuts

Index