Presented: Dec. 11, 2014

Everything You Need to Know to Get Started Properly

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

Duration: 57:35
File size: 365 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Media management causes more stress for beginning editors than any other task in editing. If you organize your media properly at the beginning, the edit works great. If not, well, you end up spending more time chasing your errant media than you want to admit in public…

In this session, host Larry Jordan starts at the beginning by clearly defining key terms and concepts. After building a basic understanding of the process, he illustrates how to set up your system to maximize efficiency and showcases specific techniques you can use in your own projects to keep your media under control and your stress levels down.

During this course you will learn:

• Definitions of key terms
• The difference between managed and external media and why you need to know
• How to create a new library
• How to create a new event
• How to manage media between different libraries, events and projects
• How to move events, projects and media
• How to make backups
• How to change library and project settings
• and much more!

If you are struggling with your media, or if you want to be more efficient with storage, you need to watch this session.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This introductory-level course is designed for editors who are having problems understanding media in Final Cut Pro X. It’s designed to answer basic organization and operation questions and provide a foundation for efficient editing and media management.

BONUS FEATURE!

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

CONTENT OUTLINE

• Definitions of key terms
• The difference between managed and external media
• Manage extra-large libraries
• Larry’s system for media management
• Demo: How to create a new Library
• Demo: How to open a specific library
• Demo: How to create a new Event
• Demo: How to import media
• Demo: Define media import options
• Demo: Convert managed to external media
• Demo: Consolidate all media into one library for backup
• Demo: Monitor and control background tasks
• Demo: Move Libraries, Events, Projects and Media
• Demo: Move vs. copying
• Demo: Add keywords automatically
• Demo: Create a Project Snapshot and why this is the best option
• Demo: Change Library settings
• Demo: Change Project settings
• Demo: Convert Events to Libraries