Editing

EDITING

In Final Cut Pro, things are arranged from large to small is Project, Event, Library. Under the Import tab of our preferences, we need to check our Transcoding section. We should tick optimized media, as we need a compressed file and a decompressed file. We should also tick Create proxy media. There is no need to select analyze for balance color. Click the changing numbers on the center of the Final Cut window to view the Background Tasks window, to make sure we finish importing all files.
The first step to editing is Logging. This involves favoriting or rejecting clips with the green star and red cross button. Step two is our Assembly Edit. This involves dragging all clips into the timeline in the correct sequence. Next to the cursor drop-down tool, we click the clip transfer tools, specifically the "Append" button, or the shortcut letter E to move clips into the timeline. An extremely helpful tool is found in View > Show Used Media Ranges in order to see which parts of which clips have been used. Step three is our Rough Cut/Edit. We use A and B (arrow and blade) to select and cut out unnecessary clips. Step four is our Fine Edit/Second Edit. During this step, we go in even more detail. We go through our edit points, we play our film and see how it moves from clip to clip. Is it too staccato? Does it have rhythm? Any movement that goes straight from scene to scene is called a cut. A jump cut is when the scene remains the same, but it features jumps in time. A cross-dissolve or a fade is our default transition. These transitions are usually used to separate scenes with gaps in time in between them. They could also be used to transition between locations. Every film must begin and end in black. While color correcting, we can click the color wand, and automatically match the color of two scenes. In the info section of each clip, we can select the roles of each clip. In Advanced Settings, we can also set the scene number, take number and camera angle. Then, we can 'Apply The Custom Name', and then sort them by scene. By clicking the Key Icon, we can also add keywords to each clip so we can sort all clips by the things they feature.