Final Cut Pro 7 Intermediate

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

This two-day, hands-on course teaches students hard-to-find advanced editing and finishing techniques. Learn how to create polished transitions, fix screen direction errors, edit multi-camera projects, work with nested sequences, create fantastic effects use filters creatively and composite like a pro. This course also covers advanced workflows for managing media and working with film.

Learning Objectives:

What You Will Learn:

• Asymmetrical Trimming and Advanced Trim edit window techniques
• Multicamera Editing
• Variable speed and slow-motion techniques
• Nesting sequences and rendering settings
• Working with filters
• Finishing and final output

Target Audience:

This course is designed for existing Final Cut Pro users who want to increase their skill level through learning advanced features and efficient workflows, and who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction. Also desirable are an understanding of the Macintosh operating system and basic computer navigation.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Overview of Editing Basics

• Review of Basic Editing Techniques
• 3-point Editing Rule
• Track Targetting

Lesson 2: Advanced Editing Techniques

• Smart Clip Loading
• Using Match Frame
• Using Replace Edit
• Ganging Playheads

Lesson 3: Trimming Basics

• Basic Rippling
• Basic Rolling
• Extend Edit
• Splitting Edits

Lesson 4: Advanced Trimming

• Trimming from the Keyboard
• Dynamic Trimming
• Multitrack Trimming
• Assymetrical Trimming

Lesson 5: Multicam Editing

• Basic Multicamera Edits
• Working with Multiple Angles
• Editing Audio and Video Separately
• Collapsing and Uncollapsing Multiclips
• Match-framing Multiclips
• Applying Effects to Multiclips
• Multiclips and External Video

Lesson 6: Compositing in Final Cut Pro

• Basic Compositing Review
• Creating Travel Mattes
• Adding Graphics from a Layered Photoshop File
• Keyframing Basics and Keyframing in the Timeline

Lesson 7: Mastering Filters

• Customizing Filters
• Understanding Filter Order
• Filter Timing, Limiting Filter Effects
• Creating Favorite Filters
• Hiding and showing Filter Controls and Working with Smoothcam

Lesson 8: Nesting Sequences

• Understanding Nested Sequences
• Using Basic Nesting
• Nesting in Place
• Working Around Render Order
• Mixing Sequence Sizes
• Nesting as an Editing Tool
• Nesting Master Filters and Unnesting

There are currently no public classes scheduled dates for this class. To schedule a private class, please call us toll free at 866-665-9441.

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.