Presented: jan. 9, 2013

Get Started the Right Way with Final Cut Pro X

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 43:21
File size: 158 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

The hardest part of learning any new software is getting started. This video training is designed to give you the foundation you need to get started right with Final Cut Pro X. This webinar shows you how to configure your system, create a new Event and Project, import media, and how to determine whether to edit using camera native, optimized, or proxy media. If you want to prevent problems and make the most of your system, you need to watch this session.

Watch as master trainer Larry Jordan shows you where to store media, how to set preferences, how to create and move Events, how to create and move Projects, and, in general, give you a host of tips on media management and getting started.

In this video tutorial, you will learn:

• How to organize your system for editing
• How to decide where to store media
• How to configure import preferences
• How and where to create a new Event
• How to move Events
• How to import media
• How to set ranges when importing media and why, sometimes, you can’t
• How to prevent Final Cut Pro X from displaying an Event
• How and where to create and move Projects
• How to decide whether to use camera native or optimized media
• How to create Proxy media and switch between Proxy and Optimized media
• How to consolidate Events between multiple hard drives

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This webinar is a beginning-level course designed for help new, or self-taught, Final Cut Pro X editors. (You only need the ability to play QuickTime movies to watch this training.)

BONUS FEATURE!

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime movie for easy navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

Content Outline

• • Agenda
  • Two Relevant Apple websites
  • Defintions of Event and Project
  • Understanding the limits of Final Cut Pro X
  • How to integrate backup drives
  • Answer audience questions

• DEMO: Where Event folders are stored
• DEMO: How to make Events visible or invisible to FCP X
• DEMO: Where Project folders are stored
• DEMO: How to make Projects visible or invisible to FCP X
• DEMO: How to create a new Event
• DEMO: How to determine where Events are stored
• DEMO: How to delete an Event
• DEMO: How to rename Events
• DEMO: How to move Events
• DEMO: How to consolidate Events
• DEMO: How to delete Events
• DEMO: How to create a new Project
• DEMO: How to determine where Projects are stored
• DEMO: How to delete a Project
• DEMO: How to move or duplicate a Project
• DEMO: How and why to set Import preferences
• DEMO: How and why to set Playback preferences
• DEMO: How to import media
• DEMO: How and why to optimize media on import
• DEMO: How to optimize media, or create proxy files, after import
• DEMO: How to create a camera archive

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