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1. In the Timeline double click on Bloomies mov to zoom in on that area of the sequence Zooming in makes the view of each clip longer in the Timeline providing a better view of the clips and the points where they meet Click the Arrow tool in the Tool palette or press A In the Timeline click once on the edge between the second and third clips Bloomies mov and Johnny n Cari mov to select the edit The pointer changes to indicate that it is over an edit point Be careful not to double click because this will open the Trim Edit window 01 00 04 00 b e mov Pome salnas Click the Roll tool in the Tool palette or press R The Roll tool affects both clips the Ripple tool adjusts only one side of the edit EN Final Cut Pro Tutorial 44 42 Chapter 2 6 ao A Q N In the Timeline press and hold down the mouse button on the selected edit and drag the Roll tool to the right The edit is represented in the Canvas as a small window for each clip that displays the frame points and adjustments Trim the edit by dragging to the right until the male dancer s eye contact with the camera is edited out of Johnny n Cari in the right window about five frames Press A to select the Arrow tool in the Tool palette Note You can also trim an edit by double clicking a clip in the Timeline to open it in the Viewer then dragging the In and Out point indicators in the Viewer to adjust t2. Open the View menu and choose Image Wireframe to change the display mode for the background image Click the image in the Canvas A frame with diagonal crosshairs appears on top of the image You use this wireframe to scale the image or change its position Canvas Sequence 1 in My Project 2 fcp Be Press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the clip In the Canvas click the Add Keyframe button Add Keyframe button The crosshairs in the wireframe turn green when you add a keyframe 6 Press the End key or press Shift Home to move the playhead to the end of the clip Final Cut Pro Tutorial 53 54 Chapter 2 7 In the Canvas place the pointer at one corner of the wireframe and drag toward the center until the frame s outline is just outside the edges of the viewable area Canvas Sequence 1 in My Project 2 fcp Be ty uv E 01 00 10 00 In the Canvas drag the playhead through the Scrubber The wireframe indicates the change in image size between the beginning and end of the 17 second clip _ S Playbead in the af Scrubber Putting Dancers on the Background Next you ll add a pair of dancers to the velvet background add a filter and add motion In the Canvas press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence Type 1 00 to move the playhead 1 second into the sequence Drag Blue Dance mov from the Browser to the Superimpose section of the Edit Overlay i
3. art122 photovideo CHAPTER Final Cut Pro Tutorial This tutorial is designed to give you a hands on introduction to Final Cut Pro Working through the step by step procedures in the tutorial you will create a short video using a variety of the editing effects and compositing features of the application You will create a Final Cut Pro project and sequence m play clips and mark edit points perform several types of edits m add special effects to your sequence render and play the sequence you ve put together output your final sequence to videotape or a QuickTime file for use on the World Wide Web or in multimedia The tutorial should take about one hour to complete Getting the Tutorial Files and Starting the Program If you haven t installed Final Cut Pro follow the instructions in Chapter 1 Getting Started on page 17 Next consult the Read Me file installed with the program for the location of the tutorial files on the Final Cut Pro CD ROM disc Then copy the necessary files from the CD and open the project you will use for the tutorial Note The tutorial files require about 90 megabytes MB of free space on your hard disk 1 Ifnecessary clear 90 MB of space on your hard disk 2 Copy the Tutorial folder from the Final Cut Pro CD to your hard disk 3 Double click the Final Cut Pro icon to start the program 29 30 Chapter 2 The Final Cut Pro Workspace In Final Cut Pro you work in four main wi
4. Compositing for the tutorial s compositing and special effects Opening and Saving a New Project Next you ll open the new project for this part of the tutorial To open the files for compositing Choose Open from the File menu select the project Compositing fcp in the Projects folder and click Open Choose Save Project As from the File menu type My Project 2 fcp and click Save Previewing the Introduction s Titles Next you ll open the sequence for this part of the tutorial and preview it Double click Intro mov in the Browser to open it in the Viewer Press Home to reposition the playhead at the beginning of the sequence Press the Space bar to play the clip This is the title portion of the introductory sequence you ll create Building the Background The background for the introduction is a still image of velvet that you ll animate by changing its size or scaling it Adding the Background Image to the Sequence The first task in preparing the background is to add it to your sequence Double click Sequence 1 in the Browser to open it The sequence opens in the Canvas and Timeline No clips are in the sequence yet Double click Velvet Background pict in the Browser to open it in the Viewer Drag Velvet Background pict from the Viewer to the Canvas Scaling the Background Over Time Next you ll change the size of the background image over time Click the Canvas window to make it active
5. prompting you to start recording on your VCR Start recording and press OK Exporting a Sequence for Multimedia or the Web Final Cut Pro offers several ways to export your work You can create a QuickTime movie a format that is widely used and has relatively small files Or you can export an Edit Decision List EDL a record of all the files edits effects and other essential details of the project in text format An EDL is especially useful for projects in which several people are working with the media For this task you ll export a sequence as a QuickTime movie These files are quite popular for delivering video on Web sites and in multimedia presentations To export a sequence as a QuickTime movie Select the Sequence 2 tab in the Timeline Choose Export from the File menu then choose Movie from the submenu In the dialog box specify the options for the exported file type a name for it and click Save For this tutorial use the default settings Or experiment with changing options if you prefer and view the changes when you replay the video Final Cut Pro Tutorial 74
6. Edit Final Cut Pro allows you to add multiple clips in one step For this tutorial task you ll add two more clips to your sequence Positioning the Playhead to Add More Clips To make sure the added clips appear in the right place use the Timeline to check or adjust the position of the playhead in the sequence The Up and Down arrow keys move the playhead from one edit point to another Up moves the playhead to the previous edit point Down moves the playhead to the next edit point In this sequence the edit points are the points where the sequence begins and where each clip meets another clip Click in the Timeline window to make it active if necessary Use the Up Arrow backward movement or Down Arrow forward movement to position the playhead at the end of Bloomies mov the clip you just added to the sequence Timeline Sequence 2 in My Project 1 fcp Low Res 2 Y foo 00 01 00 15 00 01 00 30 00 A fean 01000521 fe Pt A Adding Multiple Clips at One Time Now add the two additional clips to your sequence In the Browser click the Name field so that the sort arrow at the right is pointing down This sorts the contents of the Browser in alphabetical order by name Select the following clips Johnny n Cari mov and Round n Round mov Command click to select separated items Drag the selected clips from the Browser to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas In the Canvas
7. Rob Dialog mov audio clip begins at approximately 15 seconds 4 5 A small diamond appears at the keyframe location Timeline Sequence 2 in My Project 1 Keyframe indicator Move about 2 seconds further to where the Rob Dialog mov audio clip actually begins and set another keyframe at approximately 17 seconds Drag the second keyframe s indicator the diamond at 17 seconds down to adjust the volume level to about 8 If you can t set an exact value choose a number between 8 and 10 if possible Holding down the Command key while dragging allows for more precise control Play back the sequence with the audio mixed in real time Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work You re now finished with the current project The concluding section of the tutorial uses a different project Compositing and Special Effects Compositing is the process of combining multiple layers of video usually along with special effects such as animation painting or retouching images and a variety of digital alterations using filters In this section you will use the introduction piece for the Swing Dance video to explore Final Cut Pro s special effects and compositing features The tasks include compositing a background animating multilayered elements and applying filter effects to add elements to a composition Final Cut Pro Tutorial 54 52 Chapter 2 You use a different project named
8. Title First you ll add motion to one of the titles 1 Select the Dance Names psd tab in the Timeline 2 Press the Home key to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence Timeline Dance Names psd in My Project 2 fcp 01 00 04 00 01 00 08 00 3 Open the View menu and choose Image Wireframe 4 Inthe Canvas drag the BOOGIE WOOGIE image to the lower left corner of the screen J Canvas Dance Names in My Project 2 fep CE Sal 00 00 16 21 ty es 01 00 00 00 BONGE WOOGIE mo OQo ee ee D hd a ON OOS In the Timeline double click BOOGIE WOOGIE to open it in the Viewer Click the Motion tab in the Viewer Click in the Scale text box type 0 zero and press Return Click the Add Keyframe button for Scale ono uw Final Cut Pro Tutorial 65 66 Chapter 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 Click the Add Keyframe button for Center Click the arrow to expand the Opacity section then click the Add Keyframe button for Opacity Press Shift O to position the playhead at the end of the clip Press the Left arrow once to move the playhead back one frame Click in the Scale text box type 150 and press Return In the Canvas drag the wireframe and title image to the middle of the screen If you don t see the wireframe choose Image Wireframe from the View menu LJ Canvas Dance Names psd in My Project 2 fep EE Sequence 1 Circle Rules psd Danc
9. are just slightly to the right of center 2 In the Viewer click the Motion tab 56 Chapter 2 3 Click the Drop Shadow checkbox to put an X in it Viewer Blue Dance_moy from Sequence 1 e Rotation Drop Shadow Doubling the Dancers The introduction uses two images of dancers in slightly different positions on the screen In this task you ll copy them and reposition the second image In the Timeline select Blue Dance mov if necessary Open the Edit menu and choose Copy In the Timeline click the filmstrip icon in track V3 to make it the target track Target Track indicator yellow when on 4 Position the playhead at the beginning of Blue Dance mov if necessary 5 Choose Paste from the Edit menu Acopy of Blue Dance mov appears on track V3 in the Timeline Final Cut Pro Tutorial 57 Stretching the Dancers Next you ll stretch one of the images of dancers and reposition it In the Timeline position the playhead over the Blue Dance mov clips Select Blue Dance mov on track V2 In the Canvas press the Shift key and drag upward from a top corner of the wireframe to stretch the image of the dancers Elongate the image so that the dancers heads are just below the edge of the image area 4 Drag the dancers to the right a short distance to offset them from the second image Changing the Opacity of an Image Nex
10. press the Space bar to play the sequence Finishing a Project When you ve completed the editing for your project you have several options for saving your work in the format that s best suited to the way you ll use it The formats available in Final Cut Pro include printing or editing on videotape saving as a QuickTime movie a digital video stream a still image or a series of still images and saving as an audio file o Q N Printing to Video Use the Print to Video command to print a sequence or clip to video tape You can use the Print to Video command without device control If you have device control the Edit to Tape command in the Tools menu lets you perform insert and assemble edits to tape Note You must have a videotape recorder VCR connected to your computer and operating before you can actually print a sequence on videotape You can follow the steps in this procedure without having a VCR connected however To print a sequence on videotape Click the tab for My Project 1 fep in the Browser Double click Sequence 2 in the Browser to open it Select the Sequence 2 tab in the Timeline Choose Print to Video from the File menu In the dialog box specify the Print to Video options and click OK For this tutorial use the default settings Or experiment with changing options if you prefer and view the changes when you replay the video The sequence is rendered if necessary and a message appears
11. tracks Click the left side of the dual speaker icon in audio track A3 then click the right side of the dual speaker icon in audio track A4 Target track indicators currently on Final Cut Pro Tutorial 49 50 Chapter 2 10 11 The numeral 1 appears in the left part of the target indicator in A3 and the numeral 2 appears in the right part of the indicator in A4 Select the Timeline window if necessary and press Home to put the playhead at the start of the sequence Using the Drag Hand the hand icon in the upper right corner of the Viewer drag the audio clip to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas My project 1 fep EE foo 00 11 A1 Select the Timeline window and press Home to put the playhead at the start of the sequence Play the sequence Notice that the volume of the music is too loud when Rob starts talking and needs to be adjusted Adjusting the Volume Over Time To change the music s volume to hear the voiceover In the Timeline find the point where the interview footage starts and move the playhead to that location Click the Clip Overlays button at the lower left area of the Timeline to display audio volume levels HiRes 1 00 00 Clip Overlays button Notice that a thin line the volume level indicator appears over the audio tracks Press Option and click the volume level line of Jumptown aiff to set a keyframe about 2 seconds before the
12. Browser is the central storage area for all media It provides management features such as sorting and finding and allows for complex organization of media combined with quick access to files The program organizes clips sequences and other data in a project Projects are represented by tabs in the Browser Open the File menu and choose Save Project As type My Project 1 fep and click Save It s a good idea to save your project with a new name to be sure that your work is saved in a separate file and to prevent inadvertent changes in the model project Swing fcp In the Browser expand the Dance Shots folder called a bin to view its contents Double click The Lindy Hop to open it The Canvas and Timeline windows open with The Lindy Hop displayed es Canvas The Lindy Hop in My Project 1 fcp Be AOU en ifooo0e17 awg ER e oroo SWING DANCING aS IN THE The Canvas is analogous to a record monitor it displays edited material The Canvas has the same transport controls as the Viewer and the two windows work in a similar way Playhead Timeline The Lindy Hop in Swing fcp 7 The Timeline displays clips and sequences over time Each open sequence is displayed on its own tab in the Timeline You can customize the appearance and functions of the Timeline and perform editing tasks in this window Click in the Canvas to make it active Press the Home key to move the playhead t
13. al turns targeting on for the track Setting In and Out Points for Another Clip In the next two tasks you will set an Out point for another clip and then perform an overwrite edit to replace the marked section of the original clip Rob Dialog mov You ll be using three point editing Final Cut Pro s system for calculating the boundaries of an edit from the information it has In this case you mark the Out point for the new clip and the program calculates the In point for that clip based on the In and Out points you set previously for Rob Dialog mov For the new clip Bloomies mov you ll mark the Out point in the Viewer 1 Double click Bloomies mov in the Browser to open it in the Viewer 2 Press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the clip Final Cut Pro Tutorial 37 38 Chapter 2 Type 500 and press Return to go to the frame 5 seconds into the clip As you type the number appears in the current time box at the upper right corner of the Viewer Press O to set the Out point at the position you entered Performing an Overwrite Edit Now you ll replace the marked section of Rob Dialog mov with the section you just marked in Bloomies mov with an Overwrite edit Drag the Bloomies mov clip from the Viewer to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas Select the Canvas window press the Home key and play the sequence Finishing the Rough
14. e Names psd 3 00 00 16 21 103 ti vy es 01 00 04 03 A motion path appears to show the movement of the image Control click at the beginning of the motion path a green circle and choose Ease In Ease Out from the pop up menu Ease In Ease Out Linear Delete point A tiny purple dot appears on the motion path 16 17 vn o sh Place the pointer on the purple dot and drag it up and to the left to create a curved motion path Bit 1GEAWOOGIE In the Canvas scrub through the part of the sequence with BOOGIE WOOGIE to see the title s motion Fading a Title In and Out Next you ll change the title s opacity so that it fades in and out as it moves across the screen In the Timeline press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence Press the Tab key to select the Timecode box at the lower left side of the Timeline window Sequence 1 l TTA Dance N Low Res 2 Y fag 00 Timecode Type 15 and press Return The playhead moves forward 15 frames In the Timeline double click BOOGIE WOOGIE to open it in the Viewer Click the Motion tab Click the Add Keyframe button for Opacity In the Viewer click the previous keyframe indicator in the opacity graph to move the playhead to it Click in the Opacity textbox type 0 zero and press Return Final Cut Pro Tutorial 67 Chapter 2 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 Press Shift O to mov
15. e the playhead to the end of the clip Click in the timecode field in the bottom left corner of the Viewer Type 15 and press Return Click the Add Keyframe button for Opacity Press Shift O to move the playhead to the end of the clip Click in the Opacity textbox type 0 zero and press Return The opacity graph in the Viewer shows the fade in fade out effect you created Viewer BOOGIE WOOGIE from Dance Names psd JEg i Copying a Title s Attributes to Other Titles In Final Cut Pro you can copy and paste attributes from one clip to another In this task you ll copy the motion and fade effects from BOOGIE WOOGIE to the other title images in the introduction In the Timeline select BOOGIE WOOGIE Open the Edit menu and choose Copy 3 Option click the visibility indicator for track V1 in the Timeline the bright green bar at the left edge of the track so that all tracks indicators are turned on Circle Rules ys Low Res 2 J loo 00 Visibility indicator When visibility for other tracks is off Option clicking the visibility indicator of the visible track turns on visibility for all tracks 4 Inthe Timeline select the clips in tracks V2 to V6 above BOOGIE WOOGIE Command click clips individually or drag across the clips to select them Open the Edit menu and choose Paste Attributes Select Basic Motion and Opacity in the Paste Att
16. e transition in the Timeline you can see the effect in the Canvas Render bar red over transition that must be rendered f Transition icon The render bar over the transition is red indicating that this part of the sequence must be rendered before you can play the transition Replacing the Transition Now you can replace the current transition with one of the other video transition effects available in Final Cut Pro In the Timeline window drag the playhead to position it anywhere in the transition ly Project 1 fep on es eee Choose Video Transitions from the Effects menu choose Wipe from the submenu and then choose Center Wipe from the second submenu 3 Position the playhead over the transition to see the change 4 Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Editing the Transition Once you ve replaced the transition you can edit it by changing its length and type To edit the transition in the Timeline 1 Click the transition to select it in the Timeline 2 Control click on the transition to open the shortcut pop up menu and then choose Duration Cut Copy Paste Duration 00 00 01 00 Open Center wipe 3 Type 25 in the Duration dialog box and click OK to change the duration of the transition to 25 frames You can also edit a transition in the Viewer by double clicking it in the Timeline Rendering the Transition To play the transition in the sequence yo
17. en played at a variety of speeds using analog tape In addition Final Cut Pro displays separate waveforms for left and right audio tracks and offers independent fade controls panning controls and a variety of audio filters Adding an Audio Introduction You can give this Swing Dance sequence a lively introduction by adding a music file Then you ll adjust the music s volume so that it fades to the background when Rob begins speaking In the Browser double click Jumptown aiff to open it into the Viewer vn o Ah Notice that when you open an audio file audio controls become available in the Viewer i Viewer Jumptown aiff in My Project 1 fep CE Audio 00 03 12 07 E 00 00 00 0 Shuttle control Using the Shuttle control move the shuttle button to various locations You should hear the audio playing at different speeds This is pitch shifting at various levels depending on the speed Press the Tab key to select the duration in the upper left corner of the Viewer type 43 the number 43 and a period and press Return Entering the new duration sets an Out point for the audio clip at 43 seconds past the In point Click in the Timeline window to make it active Choose Insert Tracks from the Sequence menu In the dialog box type 2 in the Insert Audio Tracks box then click OK In the Timeline click the target track indicator a dual speaker icon for tracks A3 and A4 to make them the target
18. f the edit or its location in the final program For example you can use a slip edit to indicate a different part of a clip if you have unwanted content in the section currently in use In the Bloomies mov clip that you ve included in your sequence you discover that the dancers do not catch hands for a moment when they both turn at one point You want to eliminate that small error but not change the clip s duration or its location in the sequence Final Cut Pro Tutorial 39 40 Chapter 2 To make a slip edit that avoids the dancers missed hands In the Timeline use the Up or Down Arrow to position the playhead at the beginning of Bloomies mov the second clip in the sequence Press the Space bar to play the clip Notice that the dancers are not clasping hands as they swing around at the very beginning of the clip You can see the man s empty hands as he faces the camera while turning They clasp hands again right hand to right hand at approximately 1 00 02 20 If you have trouble seeing the missed hand clasp use the Shuttle control in the Canvas to move slowly through the clip or move frame by frame using the Right and Left arrow keys Shuttle control Choose Snapping from the View menu to turn snapping off No checkmark should appear next to Snapping With snapping off the playhead won t snap to the nearest edit point so small movements are easier to make In the Timeline press and ho
19. fy that these files be stored on a single disk on separate disks or in folders within a disk Click the Sequence Presets tab and choose Software Preset Click the Set Default button If the button is dimmed that option is already the default Click OK Now you re ready to begin editing in Final Cut Pro Editing in Final Cut Pro This section gives you practice with the basic editing features of Final Cut Pro including adding clips to a sequence trimming slip editing match frame editing using transitions and audio manipulation The Lindy Hop sequence in the project Swing fcp is a section of a documentary about swing dancing in the 1990s This sequence introduces you to the power and productivity of Final Cut Pro In the tasks that follow you will recreate this video segment and learn some of the ways the program facilitates the creative process Creating Your Own Project To begin open the program create your own project and play the sequence named The Lindy Hop This sequence is the model for the learning tasks in the tutorial Choose Open from the File menu locate the Tutorial folder on your hard disk open the Projects folder inside it select the file Swing fcp one of the tutorial s project files and click Open Final Cut Pro Tutorial 34 32 Chapter 2 A tab named Swing fcp appears in the Browser and the Timeline and Canvas windows close Browser oE Name TT T The
20. hose points In this method of trimming you don t see the changes in the adjoining clip as you do when using the Roll tool in the Timeline Match Frame Editing Final Cut Pro provides powerful tools to perform sync point editing edits in which you need a visual to match an audio cue Audio cues can easily be marked using Final Cut Pro s markers When a clip is already in a sequence the Match Frame button cues the original version of the clip in the Viewer with the playhead Then you can use the Replace edit mode to select the video frame that will synchronize to the playhead in the sequence In your sequence you ll mark frames and use the Match Frame command to align the voiceover at the point where Rob says stops with a frame in the sequence where a dancer actually stops To create a Match Frame edit that matches a dancer s movement to a specific phrase in Rob s narration Select the Zoom Out tool from the Tool palette To locate the tool press on the Zoom In tool Click once in the Timeline to zoom out Press A to select the Arrow tool Press Home to go to the beginning of the sequence Play through the sequence until Rob says there s a lot of stops approximately 13 seconds in Notice the male dancer jumps to a stop at a different point from where Rob says stops 11 12 Play the sequence again and press M to place a marker where Rob says stops A green marker appears in the Timel
21. ine at the point you marked and a yellow marker appears in the Canvas Marker in Canvas _ Q Timeline Sequence k Marker in Timeline Note When the sequence is not playing you can jump to the next marker moving forward by pressing Shift M or to the previous marker moving backward by pressing Option M Position the playhead on the marker you just added by pressing Shift M or Option M Choose Markers from the Mark menu then choose Edit from the submenu Name the marker Stops add the comment he says stops and click OK Click the Match Frame button in the Canvas Match Frame button The Match Frame button opens a copy of the marked clip in the Viewer and cues it to the frame displayed in the Canvas window If the image in the Viewer appears jagged make sure the zoom level is set to 100 using the pop up menu above the image In the Viewer use the Jog control to locate the frame where the dancer lands from his jump The timecode in the Viewer is approximately 00 00 07 00 when the dancer lands Final Cut Pro Tutorial 43 44 Chapter 2 13 14 Drag the clip from the Viewer to the Replace section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas as onoo D All Replace section of Edit Overlay Notice that the image in the Canvas now matches the Viewer Replacing the clip with the playhead at the marker after using the Match Frame button aligns the frame showing in the Viewer with the
22. ld down the mouse button on Bloomies mov with the Slip tool The Canvas window displays the head left and tail right images from the clip with their times in that clip Using the images as a reference slip the edit past the point of the mistake by dragging to the left The mistake will be fixed when the dancers hands meet in the left head reference image Release the mouse button when you have finished the slip operation Pressing the Command key as you drag provides more precise control You can check your edit with the numbers for the head and tail frames displayed in the Canvas when you hold down the mouse button with the Slip tool The times in the head and tail reference windows should be approximately 03 11 47 16 and 03 11 51 13 Press Home and then press the Space bar to play the sequence Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Trimming an Edit To make precise adjustments where two clips meet you can trim one or both clips Trimming fine tunes the In or Out point of a clip within a sequence Final Cut Pro offers many ways to trim an edit These include using the Trim Edit window the Ripple and Roll tools and keyboard commands In this task you ll trim some frames from one clip to eliminate a moment in which the male dancer in the clip Johnny n Cari mov looks upward directly into the camera To trim an edit using a Trim tool Click the Zoom In tool in the Tool palette or press Z
23. line double click circle 1 to open it in the Viewer One circle appears in the Viewer against a checkerboard background In the Viewer click the Motion tab Click the Add Keyframe button for Rotation to add a motion keyframe at the beginning of the clip A diamond shaped keyframe symbol appears at the left edge of the graph area in the Viewer You may want to enlarge the Viewer s window to see the entire graph area Viewer circle 1 from Circle Rules psd Keyframe symbol Add K butt center P 30 79 1599 ranean 5 Press Shift O to move the playhead to the end of the clip 6 Click in the Rotation text box type 1000 and press Return to set a new value for rotation Final Cut Pro Tutorial 641 The program adds a motion keyframe at the end of the clip and displays a graph of the rotation values at the right side of the Viewer window Viewer circle 1 from Circle Rules psd Rotation text box Rotation graph Rotating the Second Circle Next you ll rotate the other circle around a different center point 1 Inthe Timeline select circle 2 2 Select the Distort tool from the Tool palette 62 Chapter 2 3 O ONORA In the Canvas click the center of the wireframe and drag to the right about one eighth of an inch Sequence 1 Circle Rules psd gi 00001000 a002 w In the Timeline double click circle 2 to open it in the Viewer Click the Motion tab Press
24. marker in the Timeline Select the Canvas window press the Up Arrow to go back one or two edits and press the Space bar to play the completed edit Applying and Editing a Dissolve Transition You can make the transition between clips less abrupt and more interesting by adding a transition one type of special effect provided in Final Cut Pro You can see a list of the video and audio transitions in the Effects tab of the Browser Transitions can be applied automatically using either of the Edit with Transition buttons in the Canvas You can edit transitions in the Timeline Adding a Transition Along With a Clip In the next task you ll add a transition at the same time you add a new clip to the sequence In the Browser double click the clip Jeremy Solo mov to open it in the Viewer In the Timeline position the playhead at the end of Round n Round mov You may want to turn Snapping on to help position the playhead If so press N Drag the clip Jeremy solo mov from the Viewer to the Overwrite with Transition section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas C3 or 001327 Overwrite with Transition section AMOOCOG The icon for a transition appears in the Timeline between the clips Round n Round mov and Jeremy Solo mov Final Cut Pro Tutorial 45 46 Chapter 2 Note This edit uses the default transition in this case a cross dissolve If you position the playhead over th
25. n the Canvas Blue Dance mov appears on track V2 in the Timeline Timeline Sequence 1 in My Project 2 fep Adding a Filter to the Clip Next you ll add a filter to the dancers Select Blue Dance mov in the Timeline Open the Effects menu and choose Video Filters then choose Key from the submenu and Blue and Green Screen from the second submenu You can use a blue and green screen key to isolate a subject that was shot against a specially lit blue or green background Editing the Filter Once you ve applied a filter you can change its parameters Double click Blue Dance mov in the Timeline to open it in the Viewer If the image in the Viewer appears jagged make sure the zoom level is set to 100 using the pop up menu above the image Click the Filters tab Final Cut Pro Tutorial 55 4 Select the Color Level text box type 40 in it and press Return Color Level Adding Another Filter Next you ll add a second filter to the dancers 1 Open the Effects menu choose Video Filters then choose Image Control from the submenu and Desaturate from the second submenu 2 Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Adding Motion and a Drop Shadow To ensure that the titles and dancers are visible in the final sequence you ll reposition the dancers Then you ll give them more definition by adding a drop shadow 1 Inthe Canvas drag the wireframe to the right until the dancers
26. ndows the Viewer Canvas Timeline and Browser These windows open the first time you start the program In addition the Tool palette opens with the program Viewer Canvas Sequence 1 in Untitled Project Ti 00 02 00 00 yox v tl 00 00 00 00 Ta 00 00 00 00 99 v oy 01 00 00 00 CS Sky ay Choy a a a a a a a a a a a a S goddam Browser afol Untitled Project 1 Effects EJ Name 9 Duratig amp Sequence 1 01 00 15 00 Browser Timeline Tool palette Each of the four main windows has multiple functions Functions are grouped by tabs within the windows You can drag tabs out of their parent windows to customize the workspace for your individual needs When you drag a tab its content opens in a new window Note In some instances the windows on your screen may look slightly different from the pictures in this tutorial Setting Up Your Environment When you install Final Cut Pro you provide information about your system that the program uses to establish its basic settings You don t have to change those settings for this tutorial Before you begin working however you should specify a scratch disk for storing video audio and render files To specify the scratch disk and file type Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences Click the Scratch Disks tab and specify a scratch disk for your video audio and render files Note You can speci
27. ng a finished sequence that might show one clip playing inside another clip or a changing collage of still images playing over a clip This tutorial creates a sequence with multiple layers The next several tasks create the primary layer the base video and audio tracks for the sequence Adding a Clip to Your Sequence Click in the Viewer window to make it active if necessary Play Rob Dialog mov by pressing the Space bar or clicking the Play button Press the Space bar or click the Play button again to stop play Add Rob Dialog mov to the sequence by dragging it from the Viewer to the Canvas window The Edit Overlay appears in the Canvas window and the Overwrite section is highlighted when you drag the image into the window Overwrite is the default edit Canvas Sequence 2 in My Project 1 fo eh 00 00 00 00 100 i v ey 01 00 00 00 Q AQ Overwrite section of Edit Overlay TT Ghd ay When you release the mouse button an image from Rob Dialog mov appears in the Canvas and the clip s one video track and two audio tracks appear in the Timeline Final Cut Pro Tutorial 35 36 Chapter 2 4 5 a A QN O on oOo Click in the Canvas window to make it active if necessary Press Home and then press the Space bar to play the new sequence Note Final Cut Pro provides several ways to add clips to a sequence These include drag and drop used in step 3 above a source record metapho
28. o the beginning of the sequence Press the Space bar to play the sequence in the Canvas Creating a New Sequence Next create a new sequence and open a clip to use in it Open the File menu and choose New then choose Sequence from the submenu The new sequence appears in the Browser as Sequence 2 Double click Sequence 2 in the Browser to open it Final Cut Pro Tutorial 33 3 Inthe Canvas window choose 100 from the zoom level pop up menu at the top center of the window Fit to Window Pere oy Fit All cp Be 800 Sequence 1 The Lindy Hop 400 33 00 00 00 00 im 200 01 00 00 00 Dl bd a liao yrs 4 Double click the clip named Rob Dialog mov in the Browser to open it in the Viewer The clip opens in the Viewer window Viewer Rob Dialog moy in My Project 1 fcp be gP 00 00 26 09 100 fy 0100 00 01 When you open a clip in Final Cut Pro it appears in the Viewer which is analogous to your source monitor The Viewer provides features for viewing and marking source clips customizing transitions and viewing and editing effects filters and special effect clips called generators 34 Chapter 2 3 Adding the Base Track for Your Sequence The base track is the primary set of media clips audio still images for the sequence Many times the base track may be the only one used in a sequence at other times you may want to add other tracks to make multiple layers creati
29. point immediately after the phrase the Lindy Hop You can adjust the point later in step 10 below Press Home to reposition the playhead at the beginning of the clip Press the Space bar to play the clip When you hear Rob say constantly moving press the Space bar to stop play Click the Mark Out button or press O to mark the Out point The current time should be approximately 1 00 05 20 10 Inthe Canvas drag the indicators for the In and Out points in the ruler just above the row of buttons to match them to the desired timecodes In point Out point ie When you drag the In or Out point s indicator the current time is displayed for that point Get the points as close to 1 00 01 23 and 1 00 05 20 as you can Targeting Audio Tracks In an upcoming task you will overwrite the part of Rob Dialog mov that you marked with another video clip But you want to hear Rob s voice continuously as the original and overwritten sections of Rob Dialog mov are playing So you should protect Rob s voice in this clip by turning off the audio target in Rob Dialog mov m Inthe Timeline click the audio targeting icon a double speaker for tracks A1 and A2 to turn off targeting m Target track indicators ii E i currently on When you click the side of the speaker containing a numeral targeting is turned off and the numeral and color in the icon disappear Clicking a speaker icon that contains no numer
30. position the playhead at the beginning and then play the sequence Your sequence now begins and ends with Rob talking onscreen and there are three different clips of dancers in between Adding One More Clip To provide a greater focus on the dancers at the end of the sequence add one more clip at the end In the Canvas type 01 00 20 00 and press Return As you type the numbers a timecode appear in the Current Timecode box at the upper right corner of the window When you press Return the playhead moves to the position corresponding to the timecode you typed Select the clip Overhead mov in the Browser and drag it to the Overwrite section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas The clip covers the last portion of Rob Dialog mov Press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence Press the Space bar to play the sequence Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Advanced Editing Techniques Final Cut Pro includes advanced editing features such as moving In and Out points slip and slide techniques trimming in the Trim Edit window and in the Timeline with the Ripple and Roll tools and Match Frame editing The program is designed to let you refine edits quickly so that you can focus on the timing and rhythm of your work Slipping Use slip editing when you want to simultaneously change the In and Out points of a placed edit one already in the sequence without changing the duration o
31. r using the Viewer and the Canvas an assembly timeline film metaphor using the Viewer and the Timeline and keyboard commands to execute specific types of edits All these methods of moving clips are detailed in later chapters of the Final Cut Pro User s Manual This flexibility makes Final Cut Pro easy to use and lets you choose the work flow that best suits your needs and work style Identifying Part of a Clip for Use In this sequence you don t want to show Rob s talking head for the entire sequence but you want to use all of his speaking in the clip You can set In and Out points to mark the starting and ending points for a section of the clip and then substitute other video for Rob s image in that section or even eliminate the section between In and Out points The clip itself is not changed by marking In and Out points Next you ll set In and Out points on one clip and then overwrite that section of the clip with part of another clip Click in the Canvas window to make it active Press Home to position the playhead at the beginning of the clip In the Canvas window press the Space bar to begin playing the clip When you hear Rob say the Lindy Hop press the Space bar to stop the clip Click the Mark In button or press I to mark the In point The current time in the upper right corner of the Canvas should be approximately 1 00 01 23 Mark Out button Mark In button Don t worry if you didn t mark the
32. ributes dialog box then click OK In the Canvas drag the playhead through the Scrubber to see the titles in motion Adding the Titles to the Introductory Sequence The final task in preparing the introduction is to add the titles to the dancers and background In the Timeline click the Sequence 1 tab Click the target indicator filmstrip in video track V1 to make it the target track Position the playhead over the clip on track V1 if necessary Q N Open the Mark menu and choose Mark Clip This sets In and Out points at the boundaries of the clip on track V1 Final Cut Pro Tutorial 69 70 Chapter 2 5 Drag Dance Names psd from the Browser to the Superimpose section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas Canvas Sequence in My Project 2 fcp Sequence 1 Ei 00 00 11 00 100 ms 0100 11 00 fi v3 D None Ar Superimpose section Rendering the Sequence Now it s time to render the introductory sequence so you can play it with all the new effects The Timeline indicates which sections of the sequence need to be rendered by displaying a red bar above the Ruler Depending on the computer you re using and size of the media files rendering can take a few minutes or longer Rendering time for this sequence is approximately 10 minutes To render and play the sequence Choose Render All from the Sequence menu A status bar reports the progress of rendering When rendering is complete
33. t change the opacity of the pair of dancers you stretched to add yet another effect in the introduction 58 Chapter 2 In the Timeline click the Clip Overlays button at the lower left side of the window Clip Overlays button Select Blue Dance mov on track V2 if necessary Drag the overlay a white line on track V2 downward to a value of approximately 40 As you drag numerical values appear next to the overlay Press the Command key as you drag to make more precise adjustments Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Overlay and numeric value Adding Circles Around the Dancers In this task you ll work with two circles that move with the dancers Double click Circle Rules psd in the Browser This file is an Adobe Photoshop file which opens as a new sequence with video tracks for circle 1 V1 and circle 2 V2 In the Timeline select circle 1 Choose Image Wireframe from the View menu if necessary Final Cut Pro Tutorial 59 4 Inthe Tool palette press the Crop tool then select the Distort tool from the pop up menu 5 Sequence 1 Circle Rules psd y i 00 00 10 00 100 7 iy 3 o 00 00 00 This movement offsets the point around which the circle rotates 60 Chapter2 Changing a Circle s Rotation Over Time Next add rotation to the circle Press the Home key to position the playhead at the beginning of the sequence 2 Inthe Time
34. the Home key to position the playhead at the beginning of the clip Click the Add Keyframe button for Rotation Press Shift O to position the playhead at the end of the clip Click in the Rotation text box type 500 and press Return Adding the Circles to the Sequence Next you ll add the circles to the sequence with the dancers In the Timeline select the Sequence 1 tab Choose Snapping from the View menu to turn it on A checkmark appears next to Snapping to indicate that it is turned on Drag Circle Rules psd from the Browser to the blank area above video track V3 in the Timeline aligning it with the beginning of Blue Dance mov Final Cut Pro Tutorial 63 4 5 6 64 Chapter 2 A track V4 is added automatically and Circle Rules psd appears on it in the Timeline Timeline Sequence 1 in My Proje Select Circle Rules psd in the Timeline Select the Arrow tool in the Tool palette In the Canvas drag the wireframe to place the circles around the dancers Canvas Sequence 1 in My Project 2 fcp eS a n Ei 00 00 17 00 100 ER EX 0100 01 13 If you don t see the wireframe choose Image Wireframe from the View menu Adding Titles for the Introduction To finish the introduction you ll animate several titles Double click Dance Names psd in the Browser Because it s an Adobe Photoshop file Dance Names psd opens as a new sequence in the Timeline Animating One
35. u need to render it In the Timeline click the transition to select it if necessary Choose Render Quality from the Sequence menu then choose Hi Res from the submenu Choose Render Selection from the Sequence menu A status bar shows the progress of rendering 4 Position the playhead to the left of the transition and play through the transition Final Cut Pro Tutorial 47 48 Chapter 2 1 Performing an Insert Edit To perform an Insert edit in the Timeline In the Timeline press Home to move the playhead to the beginning of the sequence In the Browser drag the clip named Intro mov to the Insert section of the Edit Overlay in the Canvas The clip is inserted at the location of the playhead the beginning of the sequence All the items to the right of the playhead are moved further to the right and further out in time In the Timeline press Home to move to the new starting point for the sequence and press the Space bar to play the title section Choose Save Project from the File menu to save your work Now you re ready to add sound to the sequence s new opening Audio Editing Final Cut Pro can use up to 99 tracks of audio which you can edit and adjust without leaving the application A minimum of eight tracks can be manipulated and mixed in real time and some computer models permit working with 24 or more audio tracks in real time The program includes audio pitch shifting which mimics how audio sounds wh
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