Final Cut Pro X Tutorial for Beginners
This tutorial is for the course ART100D. It covers the basics of Final Cut Pro X that you will need for your video project, in a from-the-ground-up manner meant for first time users.
Table of Contents with times:
A. Formatting your external drive for use with Final Cut Pro X 0:00
B. Getting Set Up 2:21
1. Create a new FCPX Library on Your External Drive 2:41
2. Create a new FCPX Project 4:29
C. Importing Video 5:00
From camera/desktop
D. Anatomy of Editing Suite Interface 8:41
E. Adding Media to your project 12:31
Compound clips 15:56
F. Basic Editing Tools 17:16
1. Select Tool 17:20
2. Position Tool 17:36
3. Zoom Tool 18:48
4. Blade Tool 20:08
5. Trim Tool 21:01
a. Ripple Edit 21:38
b. Roll Edit 23:04
c. Slip Edit 23:45
d. Slide Edit 24:57
6. Precision Editor 25:57
7. Generating a “Gap” 27:21
8. Transforming, Cropping, and Distorting 30:11
a. Transform 30:45
b. Crop 33:45
c. Distort 34:56
9.Adding Transitions 35:40
a. Cross Dissolve 37:21
b. Fade to Color 39:28
10. Adjusting Opacity 43:01
11. Retiming 46:14
a. Slow Motion and Fast Forward 46:25
b. Reverse 48:44
12. Adding Effects to Clips 49:32
13. Copying effects from one clip to another 53:46
G. Editing Audio 54:56
1. dB (decibels) 55:03
2. Fade Handles 56:14
3. Expand Audio/Video 58:05
4. Importing Audio Clips 1:00:06
5. Detach Audio 1:01:25
6. Range Selection Tool 1:02:10
H. Exporting video to YouTube 1:04:03