Download - Final Cut Pro 7 Certification Lesson 2
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Lesson 2:Building the Rough Cut
Apple Pro Training Series
Final Cut Pro 7Instructor: Sam
Edsall
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Prep for Lesson 2Load up Lesson 2:Choose File > Open and navigate to the book files and select Lessons > Lesson 2
Choose Save As and name it something new.
Close any other open projects:Control-click (or 2-finger click) on the project tab and select ‘Close Tab’
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Managing Project Elements
Make a bin within a bin: Control click the ‘Clips’ bin. (2 finger)
Select ‘New Bin’
Repeat three times.
Should have three new bins INSIDE the ‘Clips’ bin.
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Managing Project Elements
Naming your new Bins: Select on the name of bin twice slowly.
Name them:Name them ‘Interviews’, ‘Behaviors’ and ‘Underwater’
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Managing Project Elements
Sort the clips: Drag the ‘uw’ clips in the ‘Underwater’ bin
Drag the ‘_’ clips in the ‘Interviews’ bin
Drag the rest in the ‘Behaviors’ bin
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Managing Project Elements
Create a new sequence: Command N or Control click (two-finger click in Browser & select ‘New Sequence’
Name your new sequence:Rename the new Sequence ‘Behaviors_v1’
Create a Sequences Bin and drag it there.
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Managing Project Elements
Make another sequence:Create another new sequence and name it ‘Interviews_v1’ and drag in the Sequences bin.
Double click ‘Interviews_v1’ to load into the Timeline.
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Creating the Rough Edit
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Making Overwrite Edits
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Getting Ready to Edit
Close out the other open sequence:Control-click the “_Believe Selected Takes’ tab and choose ‘Close Tab’ from the shortcut menu.
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Perform an Overwrite Edit
Open the first clip: Load ‘_SA_team ideas’ into the Viewer.
Do an Overwrite edit:Click the RED Overwrite button on the canvas. The clip is added to the timeline.
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Sequence Settings Warning
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The Overwrite Edit
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The Overwrite EditLoad up the next clip:Load ‘_MB_behavior board’ from the Interviews bin.
Click the Play In to Out button to see the portion you will edit.
Press fn F10 to overwrite this clip onto the timeline.
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The Overwrite Edit
Edit in a new clip:Load ‘_SA_room discussion’ from the Interviews bin into the Viewer
Click fn F10 to add this clip to the timeline
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Using the Overlay
Use the overlay for the next edit:Load ‘_KW at board’ into the Viewer.
Drag the clip from the Viewer into the Canvas and drop in the Overwrite box.
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When Overwrite Comes in Handy
Use the play head as a chopping device:Play the ‘_KW_at board’ clip and stop after you hear “…OK, great.”
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When Overwrite Comes in Handy
Perform the next overwrite edit:Open the ‘_DF_ambassadors’ clip in the Viewer.
Perform an Overwrite edit.
The new clip overwrites end of ‘_KW at board’
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Managing Timeline Tracks
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Managing Timeline Tracks
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Managing Timeline Tracks
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Managing Timeline Tracks
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Managing Timeline Tracks
Zoom in on a clip in the Viewer:Load ‘_DF_ambassadors’ in the viewer
Select the Zoom tool (Z) & click inside the Video window
Option Z = zoom out
Shift Z = see the whole image again
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Managing Timeline Tracks
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Making Insert Edits
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Making Insert Edits
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Making Insert EditsPerform an insert edit:Load ‘_DS_show concept’ into the Viewer.
Move play head to beginning of sequence.
Click the yellow Insert button.
-- Clip is inserted BEFORE the first clip.-- All other clips move down to allow room for the new clip.
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Organizing Time
Try it out:Click on Destination A4 then click on Destination A3.
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Making Insert EditsPrep for an insert edit:Load ‘J thru glass’ into the Viewer
Change the Source and Destinations to A3 & A4
Snap play head between ‘DS_show concept’ and ‘SA_team ideas’
Perform the insert edit:Press fn F9 to insert the clip after ‘DS show concept.’
-- Audio tracks go to A3 and A4.
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Making Insert EditsPrep for another insert edit:Load ‘J hugs whale’ into the Viewer
Make sure the play head is still at the end of ‘J thru glass’
Perform the insert edit:Press fn F9 to insert the clip after ‘J thru glass.’
Audio tracks go to A3 and A4.
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Making Insert EditsPrep for another insert edit:Load ‘S show open’ into the Viewer
Snap the play head after ‘_SA_team ideas’
Perform the insert edit using overlay:Drag the clip to the Canvas and select ‘Insert.’
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Making Insert EditsPrep for another insert edit:Load ‘J pec slaps’ into the Viewer
Make sure the play head is still at the end of ‘S show open’
Perform the insert edit using the overlay:Drag the clip to the Canvas and select ‘Insert.’
Save what you have:Press Command S to save your project.
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Adding Audio FilesPrep for importing:Close all the bins. This will make it easier to find your imported files when they are imported into the Browser
Import:Choose File > Import Files…
Shortcut = Command I
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Adding Audio FilesLoad ‘er up:Load ‘narration_1’ from the Narration Bin into the Viewer
Select Mono (a1) tab. This is a mono audio clip - nothing on (a2)
Set In and Out points:Set In point just before narration begins
Set Out point after “… have with the whales.”
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Looking Around
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Controlling AudioPanning the audio:Move the Pan slider to the left or type in ‘-1’ in the Pan field.
Audio now play in left channel only.
Adjust the volume:Shoot for -12 dB
Adjust the Level slider or drag the Level Overlay.
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Controlling AudioMake a narration track:Control click to the right of A4
Select ‘Add Track’
Set the destination:Control click on A5 and select ‘a1’
Click on Source a2 to disconnect the destination. Nothing will edit to A4 for now.
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Controlling AudioSet the narration position:Snap the play head to the beginning of ‘J thru glass’
Perform an overwrite edit:Use the Grab Hand to drag the audio clip from the Viewer to the Canvas
Select ‘Overwrite’. Can also use fn F10.
Narration goes to A5.
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Controlling Audio
Turn off the track:Click the Green Audible control for A3 & A4 to turn them off
Darkened track = off
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Controlling AudioSet the next narration:Snap the play head to the start of ‘S show open’.
Set new edit points:With ‘narration_1’ in the Viewer, set a new In point at “More than anything…
Set the Out point at “…as to every performance.”
Perform the edit:Fn F10
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Moving Clips in the Timeline
Move the narration:Click and drag ‘narration_1’ right until its Out point snaps to the end of ‘J hugs whale’.
Duration box shows how far in time you have moved the clip.
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Moving Clips in the Timeline
Try it out:Select ‘narration_1’ and type -500.-- Move dialogue box appears
Press return. -- Clip moves backward 5 seconds.
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Moving Clips in the Timeline
Try it out:Nudge the clip back and forth so the narration overlaps the two clips.
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Creating a New Rough Cut Version
Duplicate a sequence:Control click ‘Interviews_v1’ sequence in the Browser.
Choose ‘Duplicate’ from the shortcut menu.
Rename the new sequenceSelect ‘Interviews_v1 Copy’ in the name area and type ‘Interviews_v2_no narr’
Double click the new sequence to load into the timeline.
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Deleting ClipsDelete the narration:Select the narration clip and press Delete.
Turn the nat sound back on:Click on the A3 & A4 Audible buttons to turn them back on.
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Deleting ClipsDelete a video clip:Select ‘J hugs whale’ and press Delete. -- A gap is left behind.
Close the gap:Select the gap and press Delete
Or Control click and select ‘Close Gap’.
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Deleting Clips
Delete some more:Marquee around ‘S show open’ & ‘J pec slap’ to select them both.
Hold down the shift key and press Delete
Can also choose Sequence > Ripple Delete.-- Both clips are deleted and gap is closed.
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Drag and Drop Editing
Prep for the next edit:Reset the source and destination controls to A1 & A2
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Drag and Drop Editing
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Drag and Drop Editing
See the types of drag and drop edits:Select ‘_SA_favorite behavior’ and drag it to the end of the sequence, but do not release.
Drag above gray line and below to see different edit types.
Perform an overwrite edit:Overwrite at the end of the sequence.
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Connect | Disconnect
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Connect | DisconnectSet up for a Video edit only:Click on A1 and A2 to disconnect audio for this edit.
Perform an overwrite edit:Select ‘performance_S spray jump’ and drag it to the end of ‘_SA_favorite behavior’ as an overwrite edit.
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Connect | Disconnect
Reconnect:Click on A1 and A2 to reconnect audio for this edit.
Drag and drop insert edit:Select ‘__DS_show team’ and drag and snap to beginning of ‘_SA_team ideas’ as an insert edit.
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Creating Tracks on the Fly
From the Music bin open ‘Track 8_guitar.aif in the Viewer and play it.
Lower the volume to about -10 dB.
Drag this clip below A5 at the head of the sequence and release.
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Controlling Volume
Load up a sequence:Load the ‘Interviews_v1’ sequence from the Browser into the Timeline.
Click A3 & A4 channels, if necessary, to turn them on.
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Controlling VolumeFix the audio in a B-roll clip:Double-click on ‘J thru glass’ to load into the Viewer and bring volume down to -15 dB
Fix the next clip’s audio:Double-click on ‘J hugs whale’ to load into the Viewer.
Bring volume down to -15 dB.
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Controlling Volume
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Controlling VolumeTry it yourself:In the timeline, turn on the track overlays.
Crank up the size:Increase the size of the tracks so you can adjust them better.
Make some adjustments:Select ‘S show open’ and turn the volume down to -15 dB.
Do the same thing with ‘J pec slaps’.
You are done with Lesson 2!
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This Week’s Homework
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This Week’s Homework
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Lesson 2:Building the Rough Cut
Apple Pro Training Series
Final Cut Pro 7Instructor: Sam
Edsall