Apple Final Cut Pro X Fundamentals

In this 3-day hands-on Final Cut Pro X training class you will learn to import, edit, composite, and share video projects for broadcast, social media, and other output scenarios. This course covers ingesting media, clip and timeline editing, effects and transitions, title design, audio management, and final output for specific deployment.
Course Outline:
INTRO: A Real-World Overview of Final Cut Pro X
What is Final Cut Pro X, and who uses it?
Final Cut Pro X feature roundup
What kind of media can be imported into Final Cut Pro X?
What media can be shared from Final Cut Pro X?
Final Cut Pro X storytelling workflows
Final Cut Pro X technical requirements
Setting up a Final Cut Pro X hardware/software work environment
BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Final Cut Pro X Project Considerations
Understanding digital video and SMPTE time
Understanding video frame resolutions, pixel aspect ratios, and frame rates
Understanding video and audio compression
Managing graphical and audio assets
Understanding linked media
Final Cut Pro X terminology and best practices
How does Apple Logic Pro X collaborate with Final Cut Pro X?
UNIT 1: Touring Final Cut Pro X
Navigating the Final Cut Pro X workspace
Setting Final Cut Pro X Preferences
Specifying and customizing project settings
Defining clip, event, and library containers
Creating a camera archive
Skimming and previewing clips
UNIT 2: Importing and Organizing Media
Ingesting and importing with the Media Import window
Importing media from the Finder
Applying keywords to clips
Using the Keyword Editor
Filtering clips by keywords
Adding notes and ratings to a clip
Creating Smart Collections
Detecting people and shot composition within clips
Understanding and assigning roles
UNIT 3: Editing Essentials
Creating a project and a primary storyline
Appending, inserting, and rearranging clips within a storyline
Batch editing a storyboard of clips into a storyline
Insert edits
Using the Select tool
Setting clip start and end points
Refining clip durations with Trim to Selection
Roll and Ripple trimming
Slip trimming
Using the Blade tool
Inserting gap clips
Through edits
Ripple deletes
UNIT 4: Specialized Editing Techniques
Creating and editing a connected storyline
Adding and trimming connected B-roll
Working with audio
Adding Apple FCP-X sound effects
Adjusting audio levels
Changing the speed of sound
Keyframing audio volume
Replace edits
Creating and naming markers
Using markers for clip sync and task notes
Working with Audition clips and the Audition window
UNIT 5: Creating Titles
Working with safe margins
Adding and modifying titles
Creating 3D titles
Working with the Text Inspector
3D Material options
Animating 3D titles
UNIT 6: Adding Transitions
Practical application of transitions
Applying default cross-dissolve transitions
Defining and slipping media handles
Using the Transitions Browser
Customizing video transitions
UNIT 7: Adding Video Effects
Understanding video compositing
Using the video Effects Browser
Adding and modifying effects
Applying multiple effects
Saving effects presets
Color grading versus color correction
Overview of traditional color correction
Color correction basics
The Transform tool and Transform controls
Using the Video Animation Editor
UNIT 8: Sharing a Project: Rendering for Deployment
Testing for final render
Sharing a project to a destination
Sharing media to an online host (YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook)
Sharing to a bundle for multiple platforms
Sharing to a Master File
Utilizing Compressor
Exporting an XML file