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May 22, 2020

Final Cut Pro Glossary

While editing with Final Cut, you have likely seen the terms Library, Event, Clip, and Project. They are generic terms but in Final Cut, they each refer to something specific. The terms create a hierarchy. At the top, represented by the icon with 4 stars, is a Final Cut Library. Each Library contains at least 1 event. The Event contains Clips and Projects. Media, including Video, Photos, Music, and Audio are all represented as clips in Final Cut. You, as the editor, are going to make choices on how those clips are mixed on a timeline. That timeline, is a project and, like clips, you can have multiple projects saved in an Event. Watch this video to better understand what a project is.

00:00 • Library, Event, Clip, and Project

01:09 • Create a Project

02:05 • The Timeline

02:25 • Projects in the Browser

02:45 • Info Inspector and Duplicating a Project

Audio Lanes

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May 15, 2020

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Final Cut Pro Glossary

Rearranging audio clips on the timeline based on their assigned role can improve the editing experience. Click View-Show Audio Lanes to enable this feature. This visual change makes editing audio easier by grouping related audio clips together.

0:00 • Show Audio Lanes

0:43 • Adjusting a Batch of Clips

1:09 • Assign Audio Roles

1:42 • Timeline Index

Drop Frame Timecode

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May 8, 2020

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Final Cut Pro Glossary

Drop Frame Timecode is listed as Hours:Minutes:Seconds;Frames Example: 01:05:20;13 = One hour, five minutes, twenty seconds, and thirteen frames When viewing timecode in Final Cut Pro, the ; (semicolon) before the frame number is an indication of drop frame timecode. One standard of timecode is NTSC which matches the real world clock by dropping 2 frame numbers from each minute (except every 10th minute). And, it is important to note that drop frame timecode numbers are skipped, not the actual frames.

0:00 • What is Drop Frame Timecode

0:46 • Using Timecode Viewer

1:16 • Adding Timecode Generator

2:24 • Comparing Timecode

Media Stems

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An Awesome Guide

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May 5, 2020

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Final Cut Pro Glossary

Use the Final Cut Pro Share menu and the Roles tab to create media stems by exporting groups of clips based on their assigned role . These groups of video and audio files are media stems and usually shared separately for tasks such as audio mixing or special effects.

0:00 • Create Media Stems

1:07 • Assigning Audio Roles

2:00 • Share Roles as Media Stems

Motion 5 | Stabilize Behavior

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April 12, 2020

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This video describes how to use the Stabilize Behavior in Motion to create a camera movement to match the subjects head movement.

0:00 • The completed stabilized clip
0:45 • Add the clip to a new Motion project
1:13 • Adjust the clip position in the timeline
1:26 • Set the Motion project duration
2:03 • Add Stabilize Behavior
2:25 • Add and position a tracker
3:40 • Analyze motion and summary of steps
6:25 • Making adjustments to position the clip in the frame
7:49 • Reviewing the completed effect
8:29 • Summary

Split Screen

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April 21, 2019

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There are plug-ins and other to create a split screen effect. I prefer to spend the money on things and use the include tools in Final Cut Pro to create split screens.

Create a project using Command-N
Add a clip to the primary storyline
Shift-T to activate the Transform tool
Position the clip in the viewer
Add an additional clip by connecting it to the first
Position the clip using the Transform tool
Repeat steps 5 and 6 until all desired clips are added
To use a clip as a background, add it below the others

This tutorial provides a step by step walk through you can use to create a split screen effect using Final Cut Pro X. The beginning includes an overview of the effect followed by the creation of a project. Stack the clips on the timeline and apply a crop. Transform the clips to position them where in the viewer. If needed, adjust the scale to size each clip. Fill in the empty (black) areas by adding a background. With the split screen effect created, use keyframes to take it to the next level with animation. Move keyframes to change the animation including how quickly it happens using the Video Animation Editor.