Presented: Jan. 19, 2011

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, training webinar discussing issues related to video post-production; often focused on Apple Final Cut applications. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 56:50
File size: 155.3 MB (ZIP file)
Format: Quicktime movie (1280 x 720)

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Tutorial Overview

This is another in our Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro Series. Designed as an introduction to file management and workflow in Final Cut Pro, this session starts with an 11-step “What Should I Be Doing Right Now?” workflow to help you decide how to complete your project most efficiently. Then this showcases many of the file handling, optimizing, managing, and querying features of the program. See the Content Outline, below, for a complete list.

Audience Level

You should have a basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro. Most, but not all, of these techniques apply to both Final Cut version 6 & 7. This tutorial will be especially helpful if you consistently have trouble getting projects done on time, have a hard time getting organized, or want to better understand how Final Cut handles media.

BONUS FEATURE

To simplify finding the information you need quickly, we have added Chapter Markers to this tutorial. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

Other Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro Titles

• Match Your Storage to Your Media (Solving Hard Disk Issues)
• Set-up, Optimize, and Trouble-shoot Final Cut Pro
• Edit and Trim Faster in Final Cut Pro
• Create Great Effects Inside Final Cut Pro
• Make Things Move: Motion Tab Secrets in Final Cut Pro

Content Outline

• • A personal story to explain why working efficiently is so important.
  • An 11-step editing workflow that answers the question: “What Should I Be Doing, Right Now?”
  • Explain Scratch Disks for both tape, and tapeless, media
  • Name, organize, and sort files in the Browser
  • Label clips and bins
  • Find files in the Browser, Timeline, and Finder
  • Manage project files
  • Back up the Favorite Effects folder
  • Display and change project, clip, and sequence attributes
  • Manage render files

• DEMO: Set Scratch Disk folders for tape projects
• DEMO: Set Scratch Disk folders for tapeless projects
• DEMO: Create and name new sequences
• DEMO: Create, name, move, and delete Bins
• DEMO: Sort and rearrange Browser columns
• DEMO: Assign and modify Clip, Bin, and Sequence labels
• DEMO: Find files in the Browser and Timeline
• DEMO: FindiMatch Frames
• DEMO: Find all unused clips in a sequence
• DEMO: Find and rename clips in the Finder from Final Cut Pro
• DEMO: Find related clips and transitions in the Timeline
• DEMO: When and why to use File > Save As.
• DEMO: When and how to use File > Revert Project
• DEMO: When and how to use File > Restore Project
• DEMO: Move an FCP project to an earlier version of FCP
• DEMO: Back-up and restore the Favorites folder
• DEMO: Save filter effects
• DEMO: Display and modify Sequence, Project, and Clip Attributes
• DEMO: Manage render files

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