The Focal easy guide to Final cut pro X / Rick Young.

Introduction xiii
System Setup i
A Word about Preferences 2
Editing Preferences 2
Playback Preferences 4
Background Render 5
Import Preferences 6
The Interface i3
The Three-Window Interface 14
The Five-Window Interface 16
Working with Dual Viewers 18
Working with Dual Monitor Displays 19
Importing Media 25
Importing Media into Final Cut Pro X 26
Understanding the Final Cut Pro X file structure 26
Create a Library and Importing Media 27
Importing Media 29
Importing from Camera or Media Card 31
Importing Media from Hard Drive 36
Capture from Tape 39
Importing to Events by dragging 41
Organization 43
Organizational concepts within Final Cut Pro X 44
Creating Libraries, Events and Projects 47
Getting practical, hands-on reviewing and organizing of footage 50
Reviewing Footage 51
Rating Footage 52
Marking Sections within Clips 55
Labeling and Searching Clips 57
Adding Notes to Clips 59
Batch Renaming of Clips 61
Keywording 65
Editing 71
The Process 72
Creating a New Project 73
Manually Setting Up a Project 75
Basic Cutting 76
Sliding Clips around in the Timeline 79
Separating Audio from Video 81
The Concept of Connected Clips 83
Directing the Flow of Video and Audio 87
Insert Editing 89
Overwrite Editing 91
Marking a Range in the Timeline 92
Editing Overview 93
Editing Tools 95
Turning Skimming On and Off 98
The Concept of Storylines 99
Trimming (in general) 101
Working with the Trim Tool 102
Slide Edits 104
The Precision Editor 105
Trimming While Playing Back in the Timeline 108
Retiming 110
Create a Freeze Frame 112
Setting Clip Durations 113
Solo Clips 114
Disable Clips 115
Compound Clips 116
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Automatic Backups of Libraries, Events and Projects 125
Versioning 126
Creating Custom Project Sizes 127
Active Clip Indicator 129
Auditioning 130
Rendering 132
Adjusting represented size of image in the Viewer 133
Switching between Better Quality and Better Performance 133
Working with Proxies 134
Mulitcam editing 137
Creating a Multicam Clip 138
Editing Multicam Clips 142
Copying media between Libraries and Events 147
Organizing media in the Event Browser with Folders 149
Putting it all Together 151
Audio 153
Sound Mixing 154
Back to Basics 154
Adjust the Audio Level within a Clip 156
Fading Audio 158
Fading Audio Using the Range Tool 159
Keyframing Audio 160
Adding Audio Mixes 161
Expand Audio Components 163
Break Apart Clip Items 165
Relationship of the Inspector to Audio Output 166
Setting Audio Pan Controls 167
Switching Audio Tracks On and Off in the Inspector 170
Boosting Audio Levels with the Gain Filter 171
Keyframing Audio Gain 174
Automated Loudness: Setting Audio Levels Quickly 176
Graphic Equalizer 177
Effects 181
Types of Effects 182
Video and Audio Effects 184
Transitions 186
Text 188
Creating a Static Title 193
Going Wacky with Fonts 196
Fading Titles On and Off and Adjusting
Transparency 198
Keyframing Text 200
Show Title/Action Safe Zones 203
Generators 204
Themes 206
Working with Title Themes 206
Working with Transition Themes 207
Transform Controls 209
Transform 210
Crop Controls 211
Trimming Images 212
Cropping Images 214
Working with the Ken Burns Effect 215
Distort Controls 218
Basic Keyframing 221
Stabilization 224
Keying 225
Chroma Key 225
Luma Key 228
Color Correction 231
Color Board 235
Working with the Color Board 237
Adjusting Saturation 240
Exposure Adjustment 242
Color Presets 244
Paste Attributes 247
Share and Archive 251
Export Media Using Share 252
Media Management 260
Delete Render Files for Projects and Events 260
Relink Media 262
Archive and Backup 266
Enjoy the Ride 271