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Page 1: Learn Final Cut Pro X in under 30 slides...Now updated for 10.1.1

Final Cut Pro X

The Circus Wagon Project: Be Functional in Under 40 Slides

Jon Corippo - Apple Distinguished Educator

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Demystifying the Remarkably Simple Interface

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Why the Circus Wagon Project?

This will not be a pretty video;

You will not likely ever show it to

ANYONE

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For this project:FORGET STORY

This is straight cutting

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Start up Final Cut Pro X

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Make a new project

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Use these settings1080 is too big for most

student projects

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Click to Import Media

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Import some footy with your iSight camera

(super easy)

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Record for about 45 seconds, then hit stop

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Find the clip here

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Name it

Check these boxes!Don’t OptimizeIt sounds good,but it’s a bad

idea for schoolGIANT FILES

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Your clip will appear in the Event Viewer

We’ll be dropping the entire clip into the timeline for this activity:

drag it OR Expert Tip= Hit “E”

Future Trick: I,O, E = In point, out point, enter to timeline

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We like 720p for school stuff

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One clip in the timeline

Try this outCorrect clip parameters

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An iMovie moment

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iMovie OPTION: Send an iMovie Project in FCPX

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The iMovie project appears in the FCPX Libraries

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Your iMovie project opens in the timeline!

Including all the CUTS and LAYERS

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Back to Final Cut!

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To enter cut mode: B for Blade

To exit cut mode: A for Select

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Use “B for Blade” to make about 15 cuts

Make them roughly symmetrical

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Effects

Drag on effect on top of each

clip, one per clip is enough

Effects Icon

Experiment!No worries

Final Cut Pro X has 210 base effects

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You should see thingslike this when you

have applied effects to various clips

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Find the Transition tab

Transitions

Final Cut Pro X has dozens of customizable Transitions

Simply drag randomTransitions between

each clip!

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Make sure each clip has a Transition

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Find the Titles tab

Titles

Final Cut Pro X has over 50 default Title options

New skill: Drag the Title ABOVE the clip in question

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Add a Title to each clip

What to type? The Title of the Effect used!

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Change the Text

Double click on the Title in the Viewer

Select the TEXT option, type in your text

What to type? Add the Title of the Effect used on the clip.

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Hit the space baror

Use the Controlsto watch your creation

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To Export:Click the swoopy share icon

This will pop up

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Pick this Option

It will make a nice littleQuicktime Movie

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Yours looks different?:Click on add Destination!

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Quicktime Movie File Size

Click here

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Final Cut Pro X

NOW, GO OUT AND CREATE!!

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Favorite Plugins:

Free Paid Paid

Prograph

Protimer

Graduated Lens Filters

Advanced Masking Tools

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Charter Director - Minarets High School • Minarets Charter HSApple Distinguished EducatorGoogle Certified TeacherCUE Presenter 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013Creator, CUEMACUL RoadTrip 2012Madera Country Teacher of the Year (2010)Central Valley Computer Educator of the Year (2010)“Best of CUE” Presenter Creator of “Rock Star Teacher Camps”Creator of “CUE” education strand at MacWorld 2010

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Jon CorippoAssistant SuperintendentMariposa County Office of [email protected] @jcorippo

Apple Distinguished Educator