Lesson 6: Fine-Tuning the Rough Cut Apple Pro Training Series 2 nd Edition, Final Cut Pro X Instructor: Sam Edsall
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Lesson 6: Fine-Tuning the Rough Cut Apple Pro Training Series
2nd Edition, Final Cut Pro X Instructor: Sam Edsall
Create a New Project Make sure your external drive is booted
and on your desktop. Choose File > Open Library > LESSON 6 If
you dont see LESSON 6 choose Other and then select LESSON 6
Renaming Clips Before making lots of changes to your project
think about: Making a back-up copy of your work Do you need a
shorter or longer version? Do you need a before and after version?
Refining
Duplicating the Project Make a copy: Control click the Zero to
Hero project, and choose Duplicate Project Set the location to your
Mac HD Select Duplicate Project Only Deselect Include Render
Files
Duplicating the Project Name the copy: Select the duplicate
project and rename the project Zero to Hero_V2 Open this project
into the Timeline. Press Shift Z to fit all the project clips into
the timeline.
Removing Clip Selections & Adding Gaps Get the pacing right
on your primary story line. Get the pacing right first, then worry
about B-roll Primary Story Line
Removing Clip Selections & Adding Gaps Remove a range or
ranges of material from a clip or clips Dividing a clip Adding gaps
(to be filled later) Setting the pace
To-do and Completed Markers Used to mark specific points in
your Project Blue Regular markers Marks areas that need refinement
Red To-do markers Completed To-do markers Green Done markers
Remove a Range from a Clip Skim to the first red marker and
zoom into that area. With the skimmer on the first red marker,
press I to set an In point. FCP assumes you want the Out point at
the end of the clip. In this case, that is correct. Press Delete to
perform a ripple delete.
Removing Clip Selections & Adding Gaps Allows you to select
not just content from one clip, but content from neighboring clips
as well A whole range of content can be selected. The Range Tool
Press R Shortcut
Remove a Range from More than One Clip From the Tools pop-up
menu select the Range tool or press R. Play the first part of Tony
Schumacher clip and set a marker (press M) just before he begins
his line, Nobody wakes up Snap the Range pointer to the red marker
and drag to your blue marker. Press Delete.
Lifting Content When you lift material, the project length
doesnt change A gap is left in the place where the material was
Delete by Lifting
Lifting Content The pacing is right, but the content isnt
Leaves you a spot to place new content later Just dont forget to
replace the gap with real footage When lifting is better than
ripple deleting
Lifting Content Set the Timeline view to show the audio. Play
the first part of the Tony Pedregon clip. -- he stalls before
making his point. Skim to just after he says, the breed.
Lifting Content Press B for the Blade tool and cut the clip at
this location. Skim to just after he says, drag racer is and click
the blade tool again at this spot.
Lifting Content Press A for the selection tool. Click the
middle Tony click to select and press Shift-Delete. -- the middle
clip is replaced with a gap
Gaps You can delete a gap clip or trim it like a regular clip
You can overwrite it by repositioning another clip over it A gap as
a clip
Selection Tool vs. Position Tool Manually places a clip at a
specific location without involving other clips No magnetic
timeline If you drag on top of another clip, it will overwrite that
clip The Position Tool Press P Shortcut
Lifting Content In the Tools pop-up menu select the Position
tool or press P. Drag the second Tony clip to the left about
halfway though the gap clip and release. Play the clips in this
configuration.
Making a Point with a Pause Another way to refine a projects
pace is to create a dramatic pause To accentuate a point you can
insert a gap clip. Making a Pause
Dramatic Pause Select the Selection tool A Play the Antron
Brown clip. Position the play head after he says, take the Wally
home Choose Edit > Insert Generator > Gap -- shortcut Option
W -- the remaining storyline opens to allow for a new clip --
3-second gap is placed at the play head location.
Trimming Deciding whether the original Start and End points are
the best selection of content of placement. Finessing a Clip What
plays is what you selected, but all the clip content is still there
if you need it What you see & dont see
Trimming Easy and fast Trimming with the Selection tool When
you trim an edit point, FCP adjusts the rest of the timeline
automatically Make an edit point longer, FCP pushes content right
to make room Make an edit point shorter, FCP closes the gap The
Ripple Effect
Trimming In the Library select the Delicious Peace_rough
project Duplicate the project. Rename the project Delicious Peace
Done and load the project in the timeline.
Trimming Play though the VO7 point. -- the VO finishes before
60 seconds, but the clips run past this point. -- we will trim some
clips to get this spot closer to 60 seconds.
Having a Look Around With the skimmer a little bit past the VO7
clip, press Command + to zoom in a few times to find the workers
relaxing clip. Control click on the clip and choose Open in
Timeline from the shortcut menu.
Having a Look Around The Timeline is now only showing you the
selected clip The highlighted area is the portion of the clip that
currently being used Darkened areas to the left and right of the
clip show media from the clip that is not being used (handles) What
you see
Having a Look Around Click the left Arrow button or press
Command [ Go back to Timeline
Make a Trim To return to the project, click the left History
arrow -- shortcut Command [ Find the woman picks beans clip above
VO_09 and zoom in. --notice how the woman looks up at the end.
Make a Trim Move the pointer to the end of that clip and select
the End edit point. Drag left until the numerical time code field
reads about - 02:00 -- new duration in this case is 3:18 with 2
seconds shaved off the original clip.
Make a Trim Clean up the edit: Select the end of VO_09 and trim
it left just enough to fit in front of VO_08 with the other
voice-overs. Check your audio edit with play around (Shift ?)
Creating a Storyline Combines a group of clips into one Any
spaces between the clips will remain Storyline Great for locking in
audio to a set duration In this example the VOs will be locked
together into one clip How its used
Create a Storyline Select Shift Z so you can see the whole
project. Draw a rectangle to select all of the VO clips. Control
click one of the VO clips and choose Create Storyline from the
shortcut menu.
Nudging an Edit Point Once you have the edit point selected you
can nudge the edit point left or right with the , & . Keys
(< or > keys) Nudging Viewer will update with the latest
nudge Visual cue
Nudge an Edit Point Select the end of the Woman picks beans and
press the , and . keys to nudge the clip to just before she looks
up from the Viewer.
Checking Your Edit After changing your edit point, press Shift
/ to play around the current play head position The amount of
pre-roll and post-roll is set in Preferences Play Around
Play Around the Edit Point Select FCP > Preferences and
select the Playback tab. Change the Pre-roll and Post-roll settings
to 3.0 seconds. Press Shift / to play around the edit point. --
playback will start 3 sec before skimmer and play to 3 sec after
skimmer
Set up for Detailed Trimming In Preferences select the Editing
tab. Make sure Show detailed trimming feedback is turned on. --
allows you to see both clips at the edit point you are
trimming
Trimming Indicators Move your pointer to the next clip man
picks beans and click on the Start edit point. Drag the edit point
left and right. Notice the indications about the changes you make.
Press Command Z to undo.
Trimming Indicators Amount of change indicated in the pop-up
window Yellow bracket handles available Red bracket - out of media
Timeline Trimmed clip updates in the Viewer Viewer
Using the Play head as a Trim Marker Use the play head to find
a spot where you can trim a start or end point of a clip Find the
spot Drag the start or end point to the play head With snapping
turned on, your cursor will snap to the play head Trim to the play
head
Skim though the man picks beans clip and find where the man
starts to lower the beans into the bucket. Click on the time meter
above the clip to set the play head. Drag the Start point to the
right and snap it to the play head. Using the Play head as a Trim
Marker
Trimming Shortcuts Option & right bracket Trims an End
point to the skimmer location Option ] Option & left bracket
Trims a Start point to the skimmer location Option [ Press I and O
to set a range in a clip Press Option to trim the head and tail
material outside the selection Option
Skim the dark beans ground clip above VO_7. Press Command = (+)
to zoom in on the clip. Move the skimmer just before the camera
zooms out and press Option [ Press Command Z to undo. Practice Some
Trim Shortcuts
Move the skimmer inside the End point just before the zoom out.
Press Option ] to trim the End point. Press Command Z to undo.
Practice Some Trim Shortcuts
Move the skimmer inside the Start point just before the zoom
out and set an In point. Skim to just before the fast zoom out and
set an Out point. Press Option to trim the head and tail material
of the clip. Press Command Z to undo. Practice Some Trim
Shortcuts
Extend Edit Takes an edit point and extends it left or right to
the skimmer location What it does Shift X Shortcut
Skim to the end of the xylophone music clip and click its End
point. Skim to the end of the VO_07 clip. To shorten the music clip
to this location, press Shift X Extend Edit
The Trim Tool Trims the clip At the Start or End point Slips
the clip In the middle of the clip Slides the clip Option key &
middle of the clip Rolls the edit Between two clips
Zoom in to the first 2 clips of the map. Select the Trim tool
from the tools pop-up toolbar or select T. Trim Edit with the Trim
Tool
Select the End point of the map of Africa clip and trim right 1
seconds. Trim Edit with the Trim Tool Filmstrip = media start point
on Map of incoming Uganda clip
Roll Edit with the Trim Tool Both the end point of the outgoing
clip and the start point of the incoming clip are selected Moving
(rolling) the edit point does not change the duration of the
project Click on the edit point
Select the edit point between the two map clips with the trim
tool so both edit points are selected. Drag the edit right 15
frames then back 15 frames. Notice the changes in the Viewer when
you do this. Roll Edit with the Trim Tool End point of outgoing
clip Start point of incoming clip
Play the grind stone and woman sweeps coffee clips and zoom
into that area. Roll the edit point left until each clip shows both
hands on the grinding stone -- about -22 frames Roll Edit with the
Trim Tool
Slip Edit with the Trim Tool Changes what you see or hear in
the clip without changing where it is in the timeline Does not
change the clip or project duration Change the content
Zoom into the 3rd to the last clip workers relaxing -- we will
slip the contents so we can see that woman in red Move the trim
tool over the middle of the clip so you see the Slip icon. Drag
left until you first see the red shirted arm. Then drag left
another 2 seconds and release. Slip Edit with the Trim Tool New
start point of clip New end point of clip
Shift Z to zoom out, then zoom into the man picks beans clip.
Slip the clip as far as you can to the right. -- bring the mans
smile into the shot. When you see the red start point, youve
reached the media start point and cant go further. Slip Edit with
the Trim Tool
Slide Edit with the Trim Tool Slides a clip left or right
between the two clips on either side of it Doesnt change the clip
or project duration Change the clip position
Skim to the making coffee clip. Press Shift / to play around
that area. -- we will move this slide this clip left until the
woman sweeps the beans 3 times. Using the Viewer as a guide, press
option and slip the clip left until the woman sweeping beans has
completed three sweeps. Slide Edit with the Trim Tool
Trimming with Precision Look IN the edit with the precision
editor for more precise editing Allows you to consider and execute
your trims quickly and easily Precision Editor
In the Library select the Fairly Legal_rough project, make a
duplicate to the Mac HD, then load it into the timeline. Trimming
with Precision
Audio is important to see when trimming so increase the size of
the audio waveforms in the clips with the Clip appearance button.
Trimming with Precision
Double-click the edit point between the 1st two clips 4A-
1_110(A) and 4B-3_110(A) clips to open the precision editor
--shortcut select the edit point and press Control E Trimming with
Precision
Trimming with Precision Outgoing clip on the top Incoming clip
on the bottom Play head at current edit point Available media
handles of each clip appear darker You know what you have to work
with What you see
Trimming with Precision The end point of the outgoing clip The
start point of the incoming clip The combined timing between them 3
things to consider
Selecting what to View Put pointer over the dark gray area
between the upper and lower clip Skim or press the spacebar Pointer
icon Play the edit point Move the pointer over that clip Skim or
press the spacebar Hand icon Play the outgoing clip &
handles
Zoom in and play through the edit. The judge says other
detritus of justice twice. We will keep the line on Kates camera,
but trim it off on the wide shot. On the outgoing clip find the
spot right after other but before detritus of justice Trimming with
Precision
Select the outgoing clip at this point and drag it right to the
edit point. On the incoming clip move the hand to the spot just
after other but before detritus of justice Click with the hand
tool. The edit updates at the hand position. Trimming with
Precision
Select the middle dark gray area at the edit point. Press Shift
/ to play around the edit point. Select the outgoing or incoming
edit points and use the nudge keys ( , . ) to clean up the
dialogue. Trimming with Precision
Rolling with Precision Click on the edit line handle Both edit
points are selected Rolling with the precision editor
Rolling with Precision Click on the edit line handle to prepare
to roll. Drag the edit line handle left about 5 frames so the
Viewer shows Kate holding the book closer to her chest. -- looks
OK, but dialogue is off now. Press Command Z to undo.
Rolling with Precision Sometimes rolling the edit will throw
off the video or audio timing between the two clips Expand the
clip, then roll only the video will fix the problem Rolling only
the video or the audio
Rolling with Precision Close the editor and press A to switch
to the Selection tool. Control click the the second clip
4B-3_110(A) and choose Expand Audio/Video -- shortcut Control S
Select the first clip and do the same thing.
Rolling with Precision Select the Trim tool (T) and select the
edit point between these two clips. Drag right @2 seconds until you
see a good match between Kates actions where shes reaching for the
files on the desk in each frame.
Shortcuts: Expand Audio/VideoControl S Insert a gap clipOption
W Trim the End point and remove all frames to the right of the
skimmer location Option ] Trim the Start point and remove all
frames to the left of the skimmer location Option [ Lift an item or
section from the Timeline and leave a gap Shift Delete Play around
an editShift /
Homework Assignment: Do what the pros do: Your job is to fix
the rest of this scene using the Trim, Roll and Precision Editor so
the dialogue flows smoothly. Share as an Apple Devices 720p at the
smallest resolution and save as (your name) Lesson 6.m4v to the
desktop and then post on iTunes U in the Homework
Lesson 6: Fine-Tuning the Rough Cut Apple Pro Training Series
2nd Edition, Final Cut Pro X Instructor: Sam Edsall