FINAL CUT PRO X

with Rob Adams & Vanessa Joy

YOU GET FREE STUFF...

During 3 Days of Final Cut Pro X

When you purchase this course:

- Keynote Slides
- www.VanessaAndRob.com - 50% off the whole store!
- Our Vendor Resource Guide
- Robs Video Color Presets
- Cinema Business Pack

YOU GET FREE STUFF...

During 3 Days of Final Cut Pro X

When you sign-up for our mailing list:

My Short-Form Wedding Format (.PDF)
A guideline to building great feature wedding films for
your clients. Proven and Effective
Sign-up NOW @ www.VanessaAndRob.com

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ROB ADAMS
Rob Adams

AND

VANESSA JOY

- Wedding Cinematographer - since 1997

www.robadamsfilms.com
Started
My

editing on Adobe Premiere, then FCP Legacy

entire studio now equipped with FCPX

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ROB ADAMS
Vanessa

AND

VANESSA JOY

Joy - Wedding Photographer and Educator - Since 2002

www.vanessajoy.com
www.VanessaAndRob.com
Married

in 2009

Teaches

Photo/Video Fusion to photographers

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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

Beginning
New

FCPX users

event cinematographers who want to see an actual workflow in FCPX

Experienced
Those

editors looking to transition from FCP 7 or other legacy versions.

curious about video editing

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DISCLAIMERS
Not

intended to be a Key-Stroke, all-encompassing software course.

Focus

will be on the basic functionality of the program, and my workflow.

Editing

theory - How I build my stories and use Final Cut Pro X to do it more
efficiently.

The

program is buggy and will likely crash.....

Every

time FCPX crashes...we will give away a prize.

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TECH-SPECS
Apple
Mac
2

Final Cut Pro X - Version 10.0.8 - just released on 3-28-13

Pro System - OSX - 10.7.5 - Lion

x 2.4 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Processors (12 Cores of CPU total)

12GB

1333 MHz DDR3 ECC RAM

RED

ROCKET Graphic Processing Card - 2K, 4K, and 5K Real-Time Playback

Dual

3TB 7200 RPM SATA Internal HDs - 1 for System OS, 1 for Media

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WHAT WE WILL COVER IN 3 DAYS

How to optimize your system for video editing

Prepare and organize your media for editing

Understanding the FCPX file system (Events and Projects)

Get familiar with the FCPX window layout and basic features

How to effectively import media and organize it within the program

Learn about Background Tasks

Learn basic video and audio editing functions

How to synchronize footage and build a story

Edit, correct and sweeten audio dialogue

Edit music and understand how music is used

Color-correcting and grading, plus various FCPX and plugin effects tools

How to finalize, export and archive finished projects

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OPTIMIZING YOUR SYSTEM

FCPX runs on a 64-bit platform - THE MORE RAM THE BETTER!

8GB minimum - 12-16GB is optimal

Dual-Core (Minimum) - Quad-Core Processors very helpful

A fast graphics processor - Post 2011 iMac, MacBookPro and Mac Pro should suffice

Always keep (and work with) your media on a separate drive than the
FCPX application

Close all other applications and running processes (when possible) while using FCPX

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THE FCPX FILE SYSTEM

FCPX uses a dual (2) database file system

EVENTS : Store your media

PROJECTS = Your edited projects

PROJECTS always reference EVENTS - Media used in a PROJECT must belong to an EVENT or EVENTS

There is no limit to the number of events you can have

There is no limit to the number of projects you can have

Events are stored in the Final Cut Events folder

Projects are stored in the Final Cut Projects folder

Each folder is stored (by default) in your Movies folder on your MacHD

Events and Projects can be re-located using FCPX, but should never be copied manually

Files in these folders should never be changed, moved or re-named

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THE FCPX FILE SYSTEM

The idea is that all of your media is stored in one place, so you never have to worry about
missing files, assets* or project saves. (*If you allow FCPX to manage your media for you)

You do not have to periodically save your FCPX project. FCPX will do it for you
automatically and ensure that your edits and changes are saved in the event of a crash

EVENTS do not need to be saved. They are just storage collections of your media.

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LETS GET FAMILIAR WITH FCPX

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IMPORTING AND ORGANIZING MEDIA

Final Cut has some very powerful features for organizing footage

You can organize your imported footage by keywords and tags (words that describe the
content of the video clips)

We can also batch rename our video clips within Final Cut for easy filtering and sorting

Only the best parts of our footage can be rated as favorites and keyword tagged to bypass
unwanted parts of our video clips.

Bad video clips (shots you wont use) can be rejected without being deleted.

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LETS GET ORGANIZED

Organize our footage in Finder for easier import

Import our media into FCPX

Organize our media using Keyword Collections

Skim and Rate our video clips

Re-name some clips for faster sorting later

Apply keyword tags and learn about filtering for further organization

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YOU GET FREE STUFF...

During 3 Days of Final Cut Pro X

When you purchase this course:

- Keynote Slides
- www.VanessaAndRob.com - 50% off the whole store!
- Our Vendor Resource Guide
- Robs Video Color Presets
- Cinema Business Pack

YOU GET FREE STUFF...

During 3 Days of Final Cut Pro X

When you sign-up for our mailing list:

My Short-Form Wedding Format (.PDF)
A guideline to building great feature wedding films for
your clients. Proven and Effective
Sign-up NOW @ www.VanessaAndRob.com

PROJECTS/TIMELINES

Final Cut Projects are Timelines where we build the video/story with the media in our Final
Cut EVENTS

We can use media from multiple EVENTS in our any number of PROJECTS

PROJECTS are always linked to an EVENT or EVENTS.

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PROJECTS/TIMELINES

PROJECTS/Timelines have 2 distinct features:

They have a Primary Storyline

They are a Magnetic Timeline

There are no tracks - media can be placed anywhere on the timeline and stacked at will

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FCP LEGACY TIMELINE

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FCPX TIMELINE

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PROJECTS/TIMELINES

No specified place for video

No specified place for audio

Both video and audio can be placed anywhere on the timeline

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PROJECTS/TIMELINES

How to create a project/timeline

How to append video clips onto our timeline

How to edit, move and trim clips on our timeline

Understand the Primary Storyline

Get familiar with working in a Magnetic Timeline

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EDITING AUDIO

Video editing requires you to be a Jack-Of-All-Trades

Audio is the MOST IMPORTANT part

Bad or poorly edited audio will RUIN your video

Audio drives the story and completes the viewing experience

Bad audio can only be fixed to an extent - Garbage-In, Garbage-Out

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EDITING AUDIO

We will get a feel for working with audio on the project/timeline

Volume and gain control

Panning channels - Working with Stereo audio

J and L editing - Edits that blend video and audio together

Fixing common audio problems

Importing and working with music

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DAY 1 RECAP

Overview of the program interface

How to import media and work with Events and Projects

How to make basic video and audio edits

How to import music and make a basic sound mix

You are now prepared for Day 2

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DAY 2 LOOK-AHEAD

You will see my wedding film workflow

Learn to synchronize footage with external audio

Edit a wedding film - Build a compelling story

Audio/dialogue/sound mastering

Foley Effects

Learn a ton about FCPX along the way

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