Course outline

Empower yourself to create and edit your movie with sound to professional standards by learning Final Cut Pro X.

Final Cut Pro X is Apple's signature professional video editing software for industry-standard applications. It is full of advanced features and is intuitive enough for new users to grasp while providing the expansive toolset demanded by pro video editors.  It is a very sophisticated programme, however by learning just a few tools and tricks you will be able to create informative documentaries, art/music videos or films of special events for the web, film events, presentations to a professional level 

This course is delivered as two half-day sessions, each 3 hours in duration. The second date will be scheduled on a mutually convenient date upon booking the first session. 

Each workshop has a maximum of 4 people. This small group size ensures that all participates will receive plenty of personal instruction and feedback. 

Course Content

Hour 1

Introduction to the Workspace

• Create a new library
• Creating a new project using custom settings
• Understanding and controlling the workspace (menus, tools, view and timeline adjust)
• Customising the workspace (setting preferences, editing, import, destinations)
• Screen layout and window arrangements

• Rendering

File Formats

• Video quality and resolution for different applications
• Importing media (footage, images and sound)
• Exporting for different applications 

 Digital Curation

• File and folder naming, & storage 

 Hour 2 

 Basic Timeline Editing

• Timeline placement: drag and drop, copy and paste, delete, trim, blade
• Adding sound  (volume adjust, detaching, move)
• Speed Adjustment
• Transitions and Menus
• Fading sound in/out

Transforming

• Crop/transform/distort/rotate
• Explore effects Menus (visual and audio) 

 Create a Test Edit and Review

 Hour 3

Improve and refine editing techniques

• Basic Keyframing   (transform, opacity and volume)
• Techniques for matching/editing visuals to sound
• Adding markers
• Adding sound effects
• Adding gaps and freeze frames
• Disable/enable clips
• Detach audio

 Hour 4 

• Layering visuals sound on the timeline
• Copy/paste attributes and effects

• Generators (backgrounds)
• Titles, subtitles and credits
• Key-framing still images and text for movement
• Colour correction and colour matching

Create a Test Edit and Review

 Hour 5

Advanced Editing

• Compositing multilayered visuals for creative effects
• Green Screen Keying
• Troubleshooting (relinking files)
• Create a Test Edit and Review

 Hour 6

 Additional advanced topics which could be covered if time allows

• Explore copyright free sound sources on the web
• Record voice over
• Creating compound clips
• Add subtitles
• Exporting options-  (compress and save as file, image sequence, vimeo, DVD, blueray, youtube etc) 
• Importing Photoshop files with/without transparent layers  (for animation for example) 
• Questions?

 Complete Test Edit for Review

Questions and Answers

Course requirements 

This workshop is suitable for anyone with basic Mac skills who wishes to learn Final Cut Pro X from scratch or wants to improve their existing knowledge of the program. You will need a laptop with Final Cut Pro installed. You can install a 30day free trial version but check that your laptop meets the minimum technical requirements first.

https://www.apple.com/uk/final-cut-pro/trial/

Booking confirmation

To cover the cost of room hire, this workshop will only run with a minimum of 2 people. Why not enrol with a friend using the 2-4-1 offer to ensure the running of the event. If purchasing one ticket we will email you should inadequate numbers be reached and offer you alternative dates.

One to One training

If you are unable to attend this workshop or would prefer a one to one training session where we can focus on your individual learning needs and tailor the session to you, do contact Diana on 07980110167 to discuss your requirements and arrange a suitable date and time.