Presented: Sept. 18, 2013

BIG NOTE! This describes media management in FCP X 10.0.9.

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

Duration: 1:00:02
File size: 162 MB (ZIP file)
Format: MPEG-4 movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Based on all the questions we get every day in our email, lots of folks find media management in Final Cut Pro X confusing. So, this webinar is designed to provide a foundation for organizing, importing, tracking, finding, and managing media, Events, and Projects in FCP X.

Whether you are new to the application, or you’ve been using it for a long time, you’ll find tips and tricks in this video training session that can simplify your editing life and make Final Cut Pro X work even more effectively.

Join host, Larry Jordan, as he shows you:

• How to create, rename, move, enable, and disable Events and Projects
• How to import media, including when to optimize media or create proxy files
• How to decide which import options to select
• How and when to transcode media
• How to add keywords automatically, then use them to find specific clips
• How to create Smart Collections
• How to merge, copy, move, and delete Events and Projects
• How to manage the Project Library
• How and why to manage render files
• How to trash FCP X preference files
• How and why to export a Master File of your project

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This beginning-level webinar will introduce you to media management of Events and Projects in Final Cut Pro X. (This video training plays as a QuickTime movie. You don’t need to own any other software to watch this movie.)

CONTENT OUTLINE

• Definitions of “media,” “Events,” and “Projects”
• Two “Rules of Thumb” when creating new Events and Projects

• DEMO: How to create and rename an Event
• DEMO: Where Final Cut Pro X actually stores media
• DEMO: How to enable and disable Events
• DEMO: How to trash Events using the Finder or Final Cut Pro X
• DEMO: How import media and how to create a Favorite location
• DEMO: What the import options mean, and which to pick
• DEMO: When and how to optimize media or create proxy files
• DEMO: How to transcode media after it is imported
• DEMO: How to generate keywords automatically
• DEMO: How to assign keywords manually
• DEMO: How to find media using keywords
• DEMO: How to create a Smart Collection
• DEMO: How to copy, move, merge, and split Events
• DEMO: How to create and rename a Project
• DEMO: How to duplicate, move, and trash a Project
• DEMO: How and why to manage render files
• DEMO: How and why to trash Final Cut Pro X preference files
• DEMO: How and why to export a Master File of a Project

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