Editing with Final Cut Pro 4: An Intermediate Guide to Setup and Editing Workflow

Front Cover......Page 1
Editing with Final Cut Pro 4......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 16
Macintosh OSX: The System Preferences......Page 20
Multi-User and Administrator Issues......Page 27
Installing FCP Software......Page 28
Project Setup: Do It Right the First Time and Every Time......Page 32
The Structure of FCP......Page 35
The System Settings......Page 54
The Audio/Video Settings......Page 72
The Easy Setup......Page 86
The User Preferences......Page 88
How Do We Get It Inside FCP?......Page 98
Pre-Log and Capture Techniques: The Paper Log and Timecode Window Burn......Page 100
Logging and Capturing......Page 103
What Importing Is and What It Is Not......Page 128
Audio CD Import the Right Way: Using QuickTime Pro to Import and Convert Sample Rates......Page 129
Importing Photoshop Graphics Files......Page 134
Working in the Viewer Window......Page 148
Drag and Drop to the Sequence: Insert/Overwrite......Page 154
Drag and Drop to the Canvas: Insert/Overwrite with a Transition......Page 159
Trimming Those Edits......Page 173
The Easiest Trimming Technique......Page 174
More Trimming Precision: The Trim Edit Window......Page 178
Calling Up the Trim Edit Window......Page 179
The Timeline and the Toolbar......Page 188
The Timeline Customization Controls......Page 197
Linking Operations Demonstrated......Page 207
Button Bars......Page 213
Toolbar vs. Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 218
The Selection Toolset and Accessing “Hidden” Toolsets......Page 220
The Track Selection Toolset (Keyboard Shortcuts–T, TT, TTT, TTTT, TTTTT)......Page 223
The Roll and Ripple Edit Toolset......Page 224
Gang-Synced Windows......Page 229
The Slip and Slide Toolset (Keyboard Shortcuts–S, SS)......Page 231
The Razorblade Toolset (Keyboard Shortcuts–B, BB)......Page 238
The Zoom Toolset (Keyboard Shortcuts–Z, ZZ, H, HH)......Page 243
Master Clips and Affiliates......Page 248
The Crop/Distort and Pen Toolsets......Page 256
Compositing Layers......Page 258
Special Effects: Motion Effects......Page 268
The Other Motion Tab Tools......Page 287
Applying Effects: The Color Corrector 3-Way Filter......Page 304
1. Picking the Master Shot......Page 305
2. Correcting the Master Shot......Page 308
3. Matching Shots to the Master Shot......Page 318
Secondary Color Correction......Page 324
Teamwork Equals Fast Work......Page 328
Composite Modes......Page 330
Speed and Duration......Page 337
Nesting and Effects, the FCP Way......Page 339
Fixing Audio Levels......Page 346
Using the Audio Filters......Page 359
The Voice Over Tool......Page 365
Output to Video Tape......Page 374
1. Output to Tape: Print to Video......Page 375
2. Output to Tape: Edit to Tape......Page 382
Exporting for Distribution: Optimizing the QuickTime Movie......Page 388
Exporting for Loss-Less Transfer: The QuickTime Reference Movie......Page 400
Export for Metadata......Page 405
Media Manager......Page 411
How Video Works: Analog and Digital Video......Page 422
Generation Loss and Digital Video......Page 423
Analog Video Formats......Page 424
Where Does Digital Video Originate?......Page 427
What Is a Codec?......Page 429
8-bit and 10-bit Uncompressed......Page 430
What about Digital Audio?......Page 432
What About Timecode?......Page 434
Device Control......Page 440
RAM: Random Access Memory......Page 442
Hard Drives......Page 445
The Input and Output Buses......Page 456
RAIDs and You......Page 459
Checking the Pieces: The Apple System Profiler......Page 461
Regular Operating System Maintenance: The Care and Feeding of a Jungle Cat......Page 463
Backing Up to CD-Rs......Page 472
Index......Page 478