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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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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

Rating as Rejected

So far, there are two levels of “good” — the Favorite parts and the rest. But how about the “bad” parts? If you’d like to approach your rating process from the other end, you’ll want to get into Rejecting, and that’s what you’ll learn here.

Marking part of a clip as Rejected is the opposite of marking part of a clip as a Favorite: you’re saying that the selection is bad or unusable. The workflow is very similar, too:

  1. With the keyboard or mouse, mark In and Out points on a clip.
  2. Press the delete key (not forward delete) to mark that selection as Rejected:
Figure 5.12: The camera was shaky at the start of this clip, so I Rejected that section

Figure 5.12: The camera was shaky at the start of this clip, so I Rejected that section

If your current Browser view is showing All Clips, then you’ll see a red line appear on that part of the clip. A range cannot be both a Favorite and Rejected at the same time; it’s one or the other...

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