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Chapter 2 Final Cut Pro basics 17
Organize your media
Final Cut Pro automatically organizes your imported media into Events. An Event is
like a folder that contains all the media recorded on a certain date. In Final Cut Pro,
your media appears as clips, which link to the media les stored on a disk. You
can reorganize your clips by creating or renaming Events and moving clips
between Events. For example, you could create an Event for all the media shot for a
specic client.
As you review your footage, you can easily rate clips as Favorite or Rejected. These
ratings make it easier to focus on your best footage. Final Cut Pro also oers other
useful organizing tools, such as Keyword Collections and Smart Collections.
Create a project and add clips to it
Your project is the movie you create using clips from your Events and from the
Final Cut Promedia browsers. Start creating your movie by adding clips to the Timeline.
You make all your edits in the project; your original media les remain untouched (this
is known as nondestructive editing).
Arrange and edit your clips
Now your movie can really begin to take shape. To assemble a rough cut, rearrange
and trim clips in the Timeline. You can also try out dierent clips using auditions.
Use connected clips and storylines to add cutaway shots, titles, background music,
and sound eects to your project. Create compound clips to group any combination
of clips and nest clips within other clips. You can simplify a complicated project by
creating a separate compound clip for each major section.
Add eects and transitions
Add special eects from the ample collection of video and audio eects in
the Final Cut Pro media browsers. Give your movie titles and credits, and apply
video or audio transitions. Adjust clip speed settings to create fast-motion or
slow-motion eects.
To further polish your project, you can ne-tune cuts and transitions with the
Precision Editor, keyframe video and audio eects, correct color, and composite
motion graphics.
Share your movie
When your project is nished, you can publish your movie right from Final Cut Pro to
the web, or send it to iTunes, iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Apple TV. You can also burn a disc to
give to others.