Final Cut Pro

Apple Final Cut Pro 6.0
This five day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Final Cut Pro. In this course you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarizing yourself with the user interface. Topics include basic setup, adjusting and customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, ripple, roll, slip and slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final output.

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Course Outline | Apple Final Cut Pro — 200

Course Outline - Day 1

Finishing the Rough Cut

  • Adding Cutaways
  • Editing to Narration
  • Editing to Music
  • Copying, Cutting, Pasting, and Positioning Clips

Screening and Marking in the Final Cut Pro Interface

  • Launching Final Cut Pro
  • Final Cut Pro Interface
  • Following a Workflow
  • Working with Projects
  • Organizing Elements
  • Playing Clips in the Viewer
  • Navigating Clips
  • Project Tasks
  • Navigating a Sequence
  • Marking Clips
  • Quitting and Hiding Final Cut Pro.

Editing Clips in the Timeline

  • Managing Project Elements
  • Editing a Rough Cut
  • Making Overwrite Edits
  • Managing Timeline Tracks
  • Making Insert Edits
  • Adding Audio Clips
  • Moving Clips in the Timeline
  • Drag-and-Drop Editing
  • Changing Volume of Edited Clips

Course Outline - Day 2

Trimming to Refine Clip Duration

  • Preparing a Project for Trimming
  • Trimming Overview
  • Rippling Edit Points
  • Rippling in the Viewer and by Numbers
  • Trimming on the V2 Track
  • Trimming One Track of a Linked Clip

Trimming to Refine a Sequence

  • Preparing Your Sequence
  • Adjusting Two Edit Points
  • Slipping One Clip
  • Slipping Sequence Clips
  • Rolling Two Edit Points
  • Sliding Clips to Refine Position
  • Dragging Clips to New Locations
  • Keeping Linked Clips in Sync

Refining the Edit Process

  • Creating Subclips
  • Adding Markers to Clips
  • Storyboard Editing
  • Replacing Edits
  • Editing Multicamera

Course Outline - Day 3

Supporting the Editing Process

  • Reconnecting Media
  • Playing Multiple Formats
  • Working with Master Clips
  • Logging Information in Browser Columns
  • Finding and Labeling Project Items
  • Customizing Shortcut Keys and Buttons
  • Saving and Loading Layouts
  • Optimizing User Preferences

Capturing Footage

  • Connecting Sources for Capture
  • Creating a New Project for Capturing
  • Previewing and Marking Your Source
  • Logging Clips
  • Choosing Clip Settings
  • Choosing Capture Settings
  • Choosing Capturing Options
  • Setting Capture Preferences
  • Acquiring Other Media

Applying Transitions

  • Evaluating Project Needs
  • Understanding Transitions
  • Viewing Transition Options
  • Applying Transitions
  • Modifying and Copying Transitions
  • Using the Transition Editor
  • Changing Transition Parameters
  • Previewing and Rendering Effects

Course Outline - Day 4

Mixing Audio Tracks

  • Preparing the Project
  • Organizing and Editing Audio Tracks
  • Monitoring and Adjusting Audio Levels
  • Applying Transitions to Fade Volume
  • Setting Keyframes to Change Volume
  • Using the Audio Mixer
  • Recording a Narration Track
  • Importing CD Tracks

Creating Titles

  • Working with Video Generators
  • Adding a Lower Third
  • Applying a Boris Title
  • Creating a Credit Roll
  • Adding Mattes and Other Generated Items
  • Building a Composite Opening Title
  • Using Master Templates
  • Working with Graphics

Changing Motion Properties

  • Changing Speed Properties
  • Creating a Freeze-Frame
  • Changing Clip Size and Position
  • Building a Split Screen
  • Animating Motion Parameters

Course Outline - Day 5

Applying Filters

  • Applying and Viewing Filters
  • Viewing and Modifying Filter Parameters
  • Applying Audio Filters
  • Using a Color Correction Filter
  • Animating Filters

Finishing and Outputting

  • Detecting Audio Peaks
  • Adjusting Video Levels for Broadcast
  • Understanding File Formats
  • Exporting QuickTime Files
  • Outputting to Tape
  • Backing up Projects

Course Outline | Apple Final Cut Pro — 300

Course Outline - Day 1

Timing Tools

  • Loading Clips
  • Using Match Frame
  • Using Replace Edit and Gang Sync

Working with Trimming Tools

  • Numeric Trimming
  • Split Edits
  • Trim Edit Window
  • Trimming under Transitions.

Sound Mixing

  • Using the FCP Meter
  • Setting Proper Levels and Dynamic Range
  • Performing Real-time Mixing
  • Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
  • Mixing in Other Tools.

Multicamera Editing

  • Editing Multicamera Footage,
  • Working with Multiple Angles
  • Applying Effects to Multiclips

Sound Editing

  • Normalizing Tracks
  • Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
  • Compression and Limiting in Soundtrack Pro

Course Outline - Day 2

Compositing

  • Reviewing Motion Basics
  • Creating a Multilayered Show Open
  • Experimenting with Composite Modes
  • Adding Graphics from a Layered Photoshop File
  • ing Generators
  • Copying Attributes
  • Creating a Travel Matte

Mastering Video Filters

  • Applying and Modifying Filters
  • Modifying Filter Effects
  • Managing Filters
  • sing Specific Filter Categories

Dynamic Effects

  • Keyframing Basics
  • Keyframing in the Canvas
  • Keyframing in the Viewer
  • Keyframing in the Timeline
  • Creating Favorite Motion Effects

Nesting Sequences

  • Understanding Nested Sequences
  • Using Basic Nesting
  • Applying Effects to Multiple Clips
  • Applying Complex Geometrics
  • Changing Render Order
  • Reordering Motion Effects
  • Mixing Sequence Sizes
  • Nesting as an Editing Tool

Variable Speed

  • Using Basic Slow Motion
  • Understanding Variable Speed Effects
  • Using the Motion Viewer

Course Outline - Day 3

Correcting Contrast

  • Understanding Contrast
  • Controlling Contrast Using the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter
  • Setting Mood with the Mids
  • Creating Artificially High Contrast

Controlling Color

  • Understanding Color Balance
  • Using Primary Color Correction
  • Understanding the Color Balance Controls
  • Identifying and Correcting Color Casts
  • Manipulating Color Directly in the Blacks, Mids, and Whites

Color Correcting for Scene Continuity

  • Achieving Visual harmony
  • Comparing Two Clips
  • Setting Up for Scene-by-Scene Color Correction
  • Color Correcting a Complex Scene

Clip Management

  • Managing the Database
  • Working with Timecode
  • Merging Clips
  • Working with 16:9 and 24p
  • Master Clip Relationships

Managing Media

  • Mixing Formats
  • Locating Media Files
  • Using the Media Manager
  • Deleting Unused Media
  • Offline/Online Workflows
  • Working with Motion Projects

Importing and Exporting

  • Capturing from Non-Tape Sources
  • Exporting for the Web
  • Exporting for DVD
  • Exporting Audio

Course Details

FCP 200

Name
FCP 200
Price
$1500
Date
6/9/08 - 6/13/08
Length
5 days
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FCP 300

Name
FCP 300
Price
$995
Date
8/4/08 - 8/6/08
Length
3 days
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What's Included?

Included In The Cost Of The Course: Course Book, Breakfast And Lunch, And Certification Test Voucher!

Instructor

Rich Baim

An Adobe Certified Instructor for Adobe Premiere Pro with over twenty years of video editing experience. Rich has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Media and was one of the beta testers for Premiere Pro 1.5. He currently works in the eLearning department at a technology center and specializes in streaming media for health education. Rich emphasizes real-world problem solving and provides "hands-on" experiences for students.

Margaret A. Gaeddert

Margaret "Margee" Gaeddert, is a certified professional designer and owner of G Art & Design in Oklahoma City. A 30 year career in design as an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer has awarded her regional, national and international awards. She has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 corporations such as AOL, Avon, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Sony Music, CNBC.com and Gucci. Local corporations include American Fidelity, KOCO Television, Metropolitan Library Association and Sperry Van Ness. She teaches design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Gaeddert enjoys serving on the board of the Oklahoma Watercolor Association, and two design advisory boards supporting education in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelor's of fine arts degree and is an accomplished award winning fine artist in watercolor media, calligraphy and caricature art.

Jason Gaines

Mr. Gaines is a certified professional in both Logic Pro 8 and Soundtrack 2. He is currently in demand as an instructor of both applications. Current projects include independent film work and collaboration on the television series, LA Ink. Jason Gaines is a New York City based trumpeter, composer and arranger. He has performed and recorded with some of the most influential performers in the jazz idiom including Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson and others. He holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Foster Johnson

Foster Johnson is the Owner and Lead Creative for Foster Johnson Studios. He has 10 years of professional creative development and leadership experience in interactive, print and advertising, executing creative direction, art direction and team strategy. An architect of numerous web based commerce and database connectivity solutions, as well as e-commerce, telecoms, entertainment, advertising, publishing, photography and video for broadband. Johnson is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) with expert level application skills in Adobe Creative Suite 3, including: Flash using ActionScript 3.0, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects Pro, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Captivate 3.0, LiveCycle ES as well as QuarkXPress and web application development using advanced CSS, SQL, AJAX, XML, RSS, Google AdSense and AdWords.

Rick Allen Lippert

Rick Allen Lippert is president of Lippert Media in Oklahoma City with 30 years experience on both sides of the camera. Specializing in industrial production, he has won numerous awards for his writing, producing, and directing for clients such as the Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma City University, the City of Oklahoma City, the University of Central Oklahoma, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.His commercial clients include CompSource Oklahoma and Dane Design. Rick has been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.25. As an adjunct instructor, he teaches video production at Oklahoma City Community College and media writing at the University of Oklahoma.

Brian Mays

Brian Mays has 5 years of teaching at the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Community College, 9 years of day-to-day web and print design at OPUBCO Communications Group, and 2 years as president of Oklahoma’s AIGA chapter. When Brian was young he picked up a pencil and drew Disco Mickey Mouse. Then about 15 years ago Brian was stricken with The Graphic Designer’s Curse and could not look at print and digital design works without mentally deconstructing and reconstructing them to figure out how they were built.

Kiri Roberts

Kiri Christopher Roberts is the creative director of One Media USA, a media production house located in Albany, NY. Born in Zimbabwe, Kiri migrated to the UK where he received a Masters in Audio Production from the University of Westminster in London. With a diverse international experience he has worked on music production, TV commercials, documentary films, music videos and currently ‘Frozen River’ the movie. Kiri is also a contributing writer for the Edit-Well magazine whose editor is Larry Jordan of LA. Kiri balances his time between his business and as a trainer for Apple Pro Apps. He is an Apple Certified end user and trainer for Motion 3, FCP6, STP2 & Logic 8.

Luis Sierra

Luis Sierra is an experienced Apple Certified Trainer for Color and all levels of Final Cut Pro 6. He teaches custom classes in DVD Studio Pro 4 and Motion 3. Luis attended the Macintosh Learning Center in New York City. He continued his education at an Apple Certified Training Center and became their IT/Editing Systems manager for 3 years and then the Apple Certified Instructor in Miami. He has also worked in technical support for video editing systems at National Trade Shows such as the Digital Media DC Conference in Washington, DC, the Avid Government Training Symposium in Washington DC, and NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas NV. Luis brings real world experience into the classroom and shares it with his students.

Luisa Winters

Luisa Winters has been in the professional videography industry for 17 years. An awards winning videographer / editor, her tips make editing and compositing more productive, faster, and far more inventive. Luisa is a featured instructor for NAB, Government Video Expo, DV Expo, CES, NAB - NY and PMA. An accomplished videographer, editor, 3D animator and graphics designer, her compositions have been seen on broadcast TV as well as in private video productions. She has created and edited scores of video and web projects for dozens of corporate, government, and educational, commercial and private clients. Luisa has conducted training sessions and master classes for Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Flash and Encore DVD. Luisa is a Johns Hopkins University Graduate and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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