This document provides tips for using Final Cut Pro, including: 1. It discusses file types and frame rates for projects and recommends DV-NTSC Anamorphic at 29.97 frames per second. 2. It recommends setting User Preferences like levels of undo to 35, auto save vault to save every 5 minutes and keep 100 copies. 3. It describes the interface including the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, and Timeline windows and how to organize media and edit video and audio. 4. It lists four ways to edit - pull down menus, keyboard shortcuts, buttons, and right click - and provides examples of ripple delete and shuffle edit functions.

1. FINAL CUT PRO TIPS

2. FILE TYPE
• NTSC (North American Television Standard)
• We’re going to choose DV-NTSC Anamorphic (wide screen)
• 29.97 frames per second

3. SAVE YOUR PROJECT
• File > Save Project As
• Final Cut will want to know where it should save your files

4. USER PREFERENCES
• File > User Preferences
• Levels of Undo: Set to 35
• AutoSave Vault: Save copy every 5 minutes
• Keep at Most: 100 copies

5. WINDOW > ARRANGE > STANDARD

6. THE INTERFACE:
BROWSER WINDOW
• Browser Window
• Top Left
• Where we organize all of
the media we’re going to
use: Video, Audio, & Images
• File Folders = Bins

7. THE INTERFACE:
VIEWER WINDOW
• Drag your media into this
window
• This is where you can
control what part of a clip
you want to put in your
show
• Examples: In points, Out
points, Change color, filters,
modifying audio

8. THE INTERFACE:
CANVAS WINDOW
• Representswhat your
viewer sees when watching
your program
• All
special effects, titles,
everything is seen here
when you play back your
show

9. THE INTERFACE:
THE TIMELINE

11. THE INTERFACE:
TOOL PALETTE
• You can use these tools to
edit in the timeline

12. THE INTERFACE:
AUDIO METERS
• Tells
you the strength of the
Audio

13. 4 WAYS TO EDIT IN FCP:
Pull Down Menus

14. 4 WAYS TO EDIT IN FCP:
Keyboard Shortcuts
(seen in Pull Down Menu to the right of tool)

15. 4 WAYS TO EDIT IN FCP:
Buttons

16. 4 WAYS TO EDIT IN FCP:
Ctrl + Click or Right Click

17. AN ORGANIZED BROWSER

18. ADDING A NEW BIN
File > New > Bin or Command + B

19. HOW TO SET STILL DURATION
a default value when you bring in stills

20. RIPPLE DELETE
shift + forward delete key
(moves everything forward in time line)

21. SHUFFLE EDIT
Hold OPTION Key down when you’re dragging a clip to a new
location and it will shuffle the clips rather than overwrite

22. ADD NEW TRACKS
Right Click > “Add Track”

23. CHOOSE WHICH TRACK TO ADD TO
Move “V1” tab on left to track

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