Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

Creating a droplet based on a preset

Creating your own Compression preset

Burning a Blu-ray or DVD with chapter markers

Adding chapter markers in Compressor

Getting acquainted with the Compressor interface

Publishing parameters to a template

Publishing a template to FCPX

Creating a custom Lower Third

Enhancing title templates with Motion

Getting acquainted with the Motion interface

Introduction

Appendix A. Working with Motion and Compressor

Conclusion

Archiving a project for possible future editing

Duplicating or moving projects from one drive to another

Sharing your project with other applications using XML

Sharing large files over the web with Dropbox

Roles part 2 — exporting selected Roles

Roles part 1 — labeling clips with Roles

Burning a Blu-ray or DVD

Sharing your video on YouTube and other video sharing sites

Exporting for Apple devices and computers

Exporting an archive-quality version of your film

Introduction

Chapter 10. Getting Your Project Out of FCPX

Spotlighting an object or text

Keeping only one color in your image

Adding secondary color corrections part 3 — combining color and shape masks

Adding secondary color corrections part 2 — color masks

Adding secondary color corrections part 1 — shape masks

Fixing the exposure and adjusting the contrast with help from the Luma waveform monitor

Picking a color look or creating your own

Manually color balancing with the Color Board

Automatically balancing color and/or match color to another shot

Stabilizing a shaky shot

Introduction

Chapter 9. Altering the Aesthetics of Your Image

Customizing motion paths with Bezier handles and modifying interpolation

Changing keyframe timing in the timeline

Moving clips in sync with compound clips

Making your image move by keyframing in the Viewer

Creating a video wall

Panning and zooming over a photo or clip with the Ken Burns effect

Cropping or trimming a clip

Using the Transform tool

Showing an instant replay

Creating speed ramps

Making freeze frames and speed changes

Introduction

Chapter 8. Get Your Movie to Move

Creating and reusing show intro

Creating a custom animated title

Creating a video-in-text effect

Creating a credit sequence

Creating a text style template

Inserting a placeholder clip

Adding a timecode overlay

Creating counters and countdowns

Adjusting the transition's parameters in the Viewer Inspector and timeline

Adding transitions to clips

Introduction

Chapter 7. Titles Transitions and Generators

Going green (screen) addendum — using the mask effect to cut out unwanted parts of an image

Going green (screen) part 2 — improving your key

Going green (screen) part 1 — the basics

Copying and pasting effects onto multiple clips

Disguising a voice

Blurring out a face or logo

Downloading and installing more effects

Adding a watermark or logo to your video

Animating parameters of an effect over time with keyframes

Adding an effect and changing its parameters

Introduction

Chapter 6. Practical Magic a.k.a Useful Effects

Recording a voiceover

Using FCPX's auto audio enhancements

Unlinking audio from video

Removing unwanted audio channels

Sound effects part 3 — working in a surround sound space

Sound effects part 2 — animating with keyframes

Sound effects part 1 — browsing connecting and panning

Replacing bad audio with a cleaner recording

Lowering a loud unexpected background sound with manual keyframes

Lowering your music during speakers

Reading and understanding the audio meters

Introduction

Chapter 5. Sweetening and Fixing Your Sound

Multicam part 3 — fine-tuning your multicam edit

Multicam part 2 — making the live cut

Multicam part 1 — getting your media synced and prepped

Using the Precision Editor

Editing in beat to the music

Auditioning multiple shots or takes

Adding markers and to do items

Grouping clips together as a compound clip

Trimming audio and video separately with a split edit (also known as making a J or L cut)

Creating additional storylines

Making a three-point edit

Introduction

Chapter 4. Enhancing Your Editing

Creating and working with gap clips

Using the Trim tool part 3 — slipping and sliding

Using the Trim tool part 2 — rolling

Using the Trim tool part 1 — trimming and rippling

Splicing clips with the Blade tool

Replacing a clip

Creating connected clips

Working with (and without) the Magnetic Timeline

Appending inserting and overwriting clips to a storyline

Introduction

Chapter 3. Basic Editing Mechanics

Editing efficiently with optimized and proxy clips

Batch changing clip names and other metadata

Customizing the Event Library and Event Browser

Working with a broadcast safe monitor

Working with a second computer monitor

Creating a Smart Collection

Marking clips as favorites and rejected

Adding keywords to your clips

Customizing the keyboard

Getting acquainted with the Final Cut Pro X interface

Introduction

Chapter 2. Customizing Your Workflow

Relinking media files

Working with your already organized media

Importing Final Cut Pro 7 projects

Importing iMovie projects

Importing and working with layered Photoshop files

Importing data from a tape-based camera

Importing still images

Importing music from iTunes and GarageBand

Importing DSLR video

Importing MTS M2TS and M2T files

Importing from a tapeless video camera

Introduction

Chapter 1. Importing Your Media

Customer support

Reader feedback

Conventions

Who this book is for

What you need for this book

What this book covers

Preface

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

www.PacktPub.com

About the Reviewers

About the Author

Credits

Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

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coverpage

Final Cut Pro X Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Importing Your Media

Introduction

Importing from a tapeless video camera

Importing MTS M2TS and M2T files

Importing DSLR video

Importing music from iTunes and GarageBand

Importing still images

Importing data from a tape-based camera

Importing and working with layered Photoshop files

Importing iMovie projects

Importing Final Cut Pro 7 projects

Working with your already organized media

Relinking media files

Chapter 2. Customizing Your Workflow

Introduction

Getting acquainted with the Final Cut Pro X interface

Customizing the keyboard

Adding keywords to your clips

Marking clips as favorites and rejected

Creating a Smart Collection

Working with a second computer monitor

Working with a broadcast safe monitor

Customizing the Event Library and Event Browser

Batch changing clip names and other metadata

Editing efficiently with optimized and proxy clips

Chapter 3. Basic Editing Mechanics

Introduction

Appending inserting and overwriting clips to a storyline

Working with (and without) the Magnetic Timeline

Creating connected clips

Replacing a clip

Splicing clips with the Blade tool

Using the Trim tool part 1 — trimming and rippling

Using the Trim tool part 2 — rolling

Using the Trim tool part 3 — slipping and sliding

Creating and working with gap clips

Chapter 4. Enhancing Your Editing

Introduction

Making a three-point edit

Creating additional storylines

Trimming audio and video separately with a split edit (also known as making a J or L cut)

Grouping clips together as a compound clip

Adding markers and to do items

Auditioning multiple shots or takes

Editing in beat to the music

Using the Precision Editor

Multicam part 1 — getting your media synced and prepped

Multicam part 2 — making the live cut

Multicam part 3 — fine-tuning your multicam edit

Chapter 5. Sweetening and Fixing Your Sound

Introduction

Reading and understanding the audio meters

Lowering your music during speakers

Lowering a loud unexpected background sound with manual keyframes

Replacing bad audio with a cleaner recording

Sound effects part 1 — browsing connecting and panning

Sound effects part 2 — animating with keyframes

Sound effects part 3 — working in a surround sound space

Removing unwanted audio channels

Unlinking audio from video

Using FCPX's auto audio enhancements

Recording a voiceover

Chapter 6. Practical Magic a.k.a Useful Effects

Introduction

Adding an effect and changing its parameters

Animating parameters of an effect over time with keyframes

Adding a watermark or logo to your video

Downloading and installing more effects

Blurring out a face or logo

Disguising a voice

Copying and pasting effects onto multiple clips

Going green (screen) part 1 — the basics

Going green (screen) part 2 — improving your key

Going green (screen) addendum — using the mask effect to cut out unwanted parts of an image

Chapter 7. Titles Transitions and Generators

Introduction

Adding transitions to clips

Adjusting the transition's parameters in the Viewer Inspector and timeline

Creating counters and countdowns

Adding a timecode overlay

Inserting a placeholder clip

Creating a text style template

Creating a credit sequence

Creating a video-in-text effect

Creating a custom animated title

Creating and reusing show intro

Chapter 8. Get Your Movie to Move

Introduction

Making freeze frames and speed changes

Creating speed ramps

Showing an instant replay

Using the Transform tool

Cropping or trimming a clip

Panning and zooming over a photo or clip with the Ken Burns effect

Creating a video wall

Making your image move by keyframing in the Viewer

Moving clips in sync with compound clips

Changing keyframe timing in the timeline

Customizing motion paths with Bezier handles and modifying interpolation

Chapter 9. Altering the Aesthetics of Your Image

Introduction

Stabilizing a shaky shot

Automatically balancing color and/or match color to another shot

Manually color balancing with the Color Board

Picking a color look or creating your own

Fixing the exposure and adjusting the contrast with help from the Luma waveform monitor

Adding secondary color corrections part 1 — shape masks

Adding secondary color corrections part 2 — color masks

Adding secondary color corrections part 3 — combining color and shape masks

Keeping only one color in your image

Spotlighting an object or text

Chapter 10. Getting Your Project Out of FCPX

Introduction

Exporting an archive-quality version of your film

Exporting for Apple devices and computers

Sharing your video on YouTube and other video sharing sites

Burning a Blu-ray or DVD

Roles part 1 — labeling clips with Roles

Roles part 2 — exporting selected Roles

Sharing large files over the web with Dropbox

Sharing your project with other applications using XML

Duplicating or moving projects from one drive to another

Archiving a project for possible future editing

Conclusion

Appendix A. Working with Motion and Compressor

Introduction

Getting acquainted with the Motion interface

Enhancing title templates with Motion

Creating a custom Lower Third

Publishing a template to FCPX

Publishing parameters to a template

Getting acquainted with the Compressor interface

Adding chapter markers in Compressor

Burning a Blu-ray or DVD with chapter markers

Creating your own Compression preset

Creating a droplet based on a preset