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Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing

You're reading from   Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing A step-by-step guide to smart video editing with FCP 10.6

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213243
Length 796 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Iain Anderson Iain Anderson
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Importing and Organizing
2. Chapter 1: Quick Start: An Introduction to FCP FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Before the Edit: Production Tips 4. Chapter 3: Bring It In: Importing Your Footage 5. Chapter 4: Sort It Out: reviewing and keywording 6. Chapter 5: Choose Your Favorites: Selecting, Rating, and Searching 7. Section 2: Rough Cut to Fine Cut
8. Chapter 6: Build the spine of the story: Quick Assembly 9. Chapter 7: Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines 10. Chapter 8: Neaten the Edges: Trimming Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Consider Your Options: Multicam, Replacing, and Auditions 12. Chapter 10: Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks 13. Section 3: Finishing and Exporting
14. Chapter 11: Play with Light: Color Correction and Grading 15. Chapter 12: Refine and Smooth: Video Properties and Effects 16. Chapter 13: Blend and Warp: Video Transitions and Retiming 17. Chapter 14: Boost the Signal: Audio Sweetening 18. Chapter 15: A Few Words: Titles and Generators 19. Chapter 16: You're Done: Exporting Your Edit and Finishing Up

Summary

While Keywords let you know roughly what you shot, you now know that Favorites let you focus in on the very best of what you shot. As you continue through the rest of the editing process, you'll love being able to instantly locate the best shot for any situation simply by viewing only Favorites. A huge chunk of your job is done, you don't need to repeatedly and manually search through all your clips, and you don't need to build "stringouts" either. The traditional workflow of making throwaway timelines to gather "good" clips simply can't compete with the efficiency of Keywords combined with Favorites.

For larger productions, you can see that changing clip names and adding notes, Markers, and range-based "selective" Keywords will help you (or your editorial team) to add less obvious and more subtle information to clips. With the added metadata you now know how to add, along with searching, filtering, and Smart Collections...

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