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Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing

You're reading from   Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing The ultimate guide to editing video with FCP 10.7.1 for faster, smarter workflows

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837631674
Length 828 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Iain Anderson Iain Anderson
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface PART 1: Importing and Organizing
1 Quick Start: An Introduction to FCP FREE CHAPTER 2 Before the Edit: Production Tips 3 Bring It In: Importing Your Footage 4 Sort It Out: Reviewing and Keywording 5 Choose Your Favorites: Selecting, Rating, and Searching PART 2: Rough Cut to Fine Cut
6 Build the spine of the story: Quick Assembly 7 Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines 8 Neaten the Edges: Trimming Techniques 9 Consider Your Options: Multicam, Replacing, and Auditions 10 Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks PART 3: Finishing and Exporting
11 Play with Light: Color Correction and Grading 12 Refine and Smooth: Video Properties and Effects 13 Blend and Warp: Video Transitions and Retiming 14 Boost the Signal: Audio Sweetening 15 A Few Words: Titles and Generators 16 You’re Done: Exporting Your Edit and Finishing Up Other Books You May Enjoy Index Appendix A: 360° Video Workflows

More tricks with tools

This section looks at a couple of commands to move clips up or down in the timeline, as well as techniques to move around it and change your view, by using tools that haven’t been fully explored yet. Although the Select and Trim tools have had most of the attention, there are other tools that solve some unique problems:

Figure 10.29: There’s no tail on the Position tool cursor

Figure 10.29: There’s no tail on the Position tool cursor

Glancing down the Tools pop-up menu, you’ll see several options. The Blade tool has some tricks, and the Zoom and Hand tools have some minor functions, but really, the Position tool sees the most use. If you’ve used the Multicam Angle Editor, you may have already used this tool, and as you’ll see, it enables all kinds of sneaky tricks. Let’s go there first.

Overriding the Magnetic Timeline with the Position tool

While you should stay with the regular Select, Blade, Range Selection, and Trim tools for most purposes...

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