Final Cut Pro is a revolutionary video-editing application that helps beginners and seasoned professionals achieve stunning results. In this 3-day, hands-on course, you’ll become familiar with the user interface while you learn how to perform editing functions. You’ll work with real-world media to learn practical approaches to video editing – from basic techniques to powerful advanced features.
Participant profiles
Anyone who wants to edit professional-quality video with Final Cut Pro and who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the software’s functions
Objectives
Use libraries to organize and manage media and projects
Apply exceptionally fast, fluid editing techniques for video and audio
Fine-tune clips in the timeline
Apply effects and transitions, and retiming clips
Worki with 3D titles, 360º video, and multicam clips
Create captions
Manipulate images with the color correction effects
Prerequisites
macOS and basic computer navigation
Video editing terminology (highly recommended)
Course content
Day 1
Module 1: Getting Started
Download and prepare media files
Understand the basic Final Cut Pro workflow
Module 2: Importing Media
Define the clip, event, and library containers
Understand the differences between internal and external media files
Create a camera archive
Import files using Media Import and the Finder
Module 3: Organizing Clips
Apply keywords to a clip and clip ranges
Search and filter clips by keywords
Add notes and ratings to a clip
Create Smart Collections
Detect people and composition within clips
Understand and assign roles
Module 4: Making the First Edit
Create a project
Understand the attraction and repulsion behaviors of a storyline
Append, insert, and rearrange clips within a primary storyline
Batch edit a storyboard of clips
Ripple, Roll, and Slip edit clips
Use the Blade tool
Replace with a gap clip, ripple delete, and join through edit
Day 2
Module 1: Making the First Edit (continued)
Perform connect edits
Create and edit in a connected storyline
Adjust audio levels
Share the project to a media file
Module 2: Revising the Edit
Define and distinguish between the two types of project duplication;
Understand the replace edit options
Use markers for clip sync and task notes
Create and edit with an audition clip
Refine clip duration using Trim to Playhead and Trim to Selection
Module 3: Enhancing the Edit
Vary the playback speed of clips
Modify the look of clips with effects
Use transitions
Adjust the transform and compositing controls
Create compound clips
Module 4: Finishing the Edit
Add and modify a lower third
Add and modify a 3D title
Split-edit audio and video
Keyframe audio
Adjust an image using the Color Board, Color Wheels, and Color Curves
Day 3
Module 1: Sharing a Project
Export to a media file
Post media to an online host
Create a bundle for multiple platforms
Understand the XML workflow
Integrate Compressor export options
Module 2: Managing Libraries
Differentiate between external and internal media
Import media as referenced and managed
Move and copy clips within and between libraries
Consolidate media files in one location
Module 3: Advancing Your Workflow
Identify manual options for new projects
Sync dual system recordings
Create a chroma key
Understand the multicam workflow
Configure for 360º video editing
Create and share closed captioning
Documentation
Digital courseware included
Complementary courses
Temptraining funding
ITTA is a partner of Temptraining, the continuing education fund for temporary workers. This training fund can subsidize continuing education for anyone who works for an employer subject to the Collective Work Agreement (CCT) Rental of services.
