Price: £110 (Concessions £66)
Earlybird Discount: £88 (book for Spring by 8th February)
This one-day hands-on course will show you how to make the most of the new Final Cut Pro X with its computer-enhanced workflow, creative tools, and robust delivery solutions. This course covers the entire editing process from selecting and organising your clips to building a finished story. You will learn how to perform basic editing functions while becoming familiar with the Final Cut Pro X User interface and new features including Automatic import features, Media management, Improved timeline and Streamlined audio editing.
Upon completing this course, you will have covered:
• Final Cut Pro User interface, Workflow & Media Management
• Understanding Events and Projects
• Organising your files and your system
• Working with Keywords and Ratings
• Import, Editing, and Trimming
• Marking clips, using insert, overwrite and drag-and-drop editing
• Trimming techniques - Ripple, Roll and Extended edits as well as the Slip and Slide tools
• Transitions, Effects, and Export
• Using and modifying transitions
• Applying filters and Changing Motion properties
• Image Stabilisation and Analysis
• Chroma-keying (green-screen)
• Using Colour Balancing to make your images look great
• Applying audio filters
• Streamlined audio editing
• Finishing and final output
Lesson Structure:
Part 1 Organisation - workflow, media management, events, projects, keywords, ratings
Part 2 Practical Exercises - Importing, editing, trimming, transitions, effects
Part 3 Practical Exercises - Finishing and output: colour balance, audio editing and mix-down, final output
Tutor: Pierre Vella