This document provides an overview of an "Instant Wizard Session" to teach basic skills for ramping up skills in Final Cut Pro X (FCPX). It outlines 10 key tools and techniques covered: 1) Transform Tool, 2) Distort Tool, 3) Color Board, 4) Custom Titles, 5) Speed Tool, 6) Opacity Tool, 7) Shapes and Keyframing, 8) Audio Sweetening, 9) J and L Cuts, and 10) Audio Effects. The session teaches how to use these tools to create layered video clips, add titles, adjust effects like speed and opacity, add animated shapes, enhance audio, and create special audio cuts in only one hour.

1. Final Cut Pro X
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Instant Wizard Session
Jon Corippo
jcorippo@gmail.com - @jcorippo
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So you made 1 or 2 basic projects,
and you want to ramp your FCPX a bit?

3. Instant Wizard Session
Transform Tool
Distort Tool
Magic Wand
Audio Sweetening
Keyframing
Opacity Tool
Color Board
Audio Effects
J and L Cuts
This isn’t EVERY trick - but these are good to know!

4. You should want to be Dan Meyer in class - FCPX lets you.

5. You should want to be Dan Meyer in class - FCPX lets you.

6. This is the preso for you!

7. Pick a clip, any clip
Don’t worry about a story

8. 1. Transform Tool
Located here

9. New items appear
1. Transform Tool

10. Change the size to get to the edges
1. Transform Tool

11. Make your clip about this size/location
1. Transform Tool

12. In the timeline, copy the clip
Move the playhead, then hit paste
1. Transform Tool

13. Stack the clips
Drag the clip where you want it
1. Transform Tool

14. Copy/paste a third clip
Move it, now you have a triple stack!
1. Transform Tool

15. Drag the third clip out
Click done
1. Transform Tool

16. Admire your work!
1. Transform Tool

17. Select a clip - click here
1. Color Board - The Magic Wand!
Slide these up and down

18. Note the result
1. Color Board
Color all three

19. Click on Titles
1. Custom titles
Select basic title

20. 1. Custom titles
Locate the title and drag it
Highlight the title

21. 1. Custom titles
New controls appear in the Inspector
Put the title ABOVE the other clips

22. 1. Custom titles
Put the title ABOVE the other clips
Admire your work!

23. Time to add one more

24. 2. Speed tool
With the clip selected, pick Slow, 50%
Add a fourth clip to the timeline

25. 2. Speed tool
Drag the 4th clip to the BOTTOM of the stack
Drag here to change speed

26. 2. Four layers!
Admire your work!

27. 2. Opacity tool
Slide here to adjust Opacity
Select Video in the Inspector
How to find the inspector

28. 2. Opacity tool
EVEN BETTER!

29. 2. Distort tool
Click here to Distort

30. 2. Distort tool
Set view at 25% for more space when distorting

31. 2. Distort tool
Grab corners and drag

32. 2. Distort tool
Admire your work!

33. 3. Mini project - Put stuff on TV
Search on Google - 1950s TV living room

34. Put what you want on TV ABOVE the tv shot
Resize the tv shot with Transform
3. Transform tool

35. Get the shot close to where you want it
Crop if needed
3. Crop tool

36. 3. Distort tool
Stretch the shot…..

37. Admire your work!
3. Distort tool
To round the corners, you can use a Matte tool

38. 4. Split Screen

39. Stack two clips
4. Split Screen
Select the Crop tool

40. Simply drag for effect
4. Split Screen

41. 4. Split Screen
Add as many streams as you like!

42. 5. Shapes and Keyframing.

43. Go to Generators
Select Shapes
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

44. Drag the Generator ABOVE the clip
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

45. Click to select arrow
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

46. 5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Not that helpful…yet

47. Click on Transform
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Click here to rotate

48. Reduce scale to 25% to get the corners
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Click here to resize

49. 5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Admire your work

50. Keyframe Icon
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

51. With the Scrubber at the beginning of the move…
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Activate the Keyframe button

52. Move the Scrubber to the STOP point
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Drag the object
NOTE!
THE
RED !
LINE

53. Admire your work!
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

54. Keyframe any thing that has this icon
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Works the same with text
NOTE!
THE
RED !
LINE

55. More control: Right click on the clip
5. Shapes and Keyframing.

56. Simply drag in and out points
5. Shapes and Keyframing.
Option + Click to add points

57. You have a MAGIC WAND, use it!
6. Audio Sweetening

58. Use the Audio tab in the Inspector
6. Audio Sweetening
Click here!
In the Inspector

59. Watch for Alerts
6. Audio Sweetening
Adjust the sliders for best results
In the Inspector

60. VERY handy presets
6. Audio Sweetening
Explore the equalizer
In the Inspector

61. Simulate 5.1
6. Audio Sweetening
Explore the Pan Mode
In the Inspector

62. 6. Audio Sweetening
Keyframe sounds

63. 6. Audio Sweetening
Click here
Get a FULL EQ

64. 7. J and L Cuts
J and L cuts bring in audio early
or carry over audio after a video cut
Audio before video

65. Right click on the clip
7. J and L Cuts

66. Expand Audio
7. J and L Cuts

67. Grab and drag the VIDEO clip
7. J and L Cuts

68. SUCCESS!
7. J and L Cuts

69. AUDIO continues after video ends
An L cut is the reverse process, as a clip ends
7. J and L Cuts

70. Effects
They live in the Effects tab
8. Audio Effects

71. Roll over for a live preview
8. Audio Effects

72. Audio tab
8. Audio Effects
Advantages over iMovie:
Multiple Effects
Sliders to set the levels
Use the sliders

73. Instant Wizard Session
Transform Tool
Distort Tool
Magic Wand
Audio Sweetening
Keyframing
Opacity Tool
Color Board
Audio Effects
J and L Cuts
In only one hour

74. Final Cut Pro X
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Instant Wizard Session
Jon Corippo
jcorippo@gmail.com - @jcorippo
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