HD
Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Express HD
- Contents
- An Introduction to Final Cut Express HD
- Setting Up Final Cut Express HD
- Getting to Know Your Editing Environment
- Capturing Your Video
- Basic Editing
- Editing With Audio
- Fine-Tuning Your Edit
- Adding Transitions
- Adding Effects
- Creating Titles and Credits
- Sharing Your Movie
- Importing an iMovie Project
- Importing Stills
- Preparing for Your Next Project
- Solutions to Common Problems and Customer Support
- Glossary
- Index
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4 Basic Editing
Now that you’ve seen how the Browser, Viewer, Canvas,
and Timeline work together, and you’ve learned how to
capture your media, it’s time to begin editing.
This chapter explains the basics of editing simple sequences using the different types
of Final Cut Express HD edits.
There are several steps involved in a typical editing session:
Step 1: Select a clip in the Browser to add to your sequence (A)
Step 2: Open the clip into the Viewer (B)
Step 3: In the Viewer, set In and Out points for the clip to specify what you want to use
in your sequence (B)
Step 4: Edit the clip into an open sequence in the Canvas (C) or the Timeline (D)
A
B
C
D