About this course:
This is a three-day hands-on course that delivers hard-to-find advanced editing and finishing techniques. On the fourth and final day you have time in the morning to revise before sitting the Apple certified exam after lunch. During the course you learn how to create polished transitions, real-time edits and colour correction, fix screen-direction errors, create fantastic effects, plus much more. This course is designed for existing Final Cut Pro users.
Recommended skills required before this course:
Basic OSX Mac knowledge and ideally students will have attended a Final Cut Pro 101 or 200 course previously.
Duration – 4 days
Scheduled course rate – £795 + VAT
Custom course daily rate – £500 + VAT
Associated exam – Apple Certified Pro, Final Cut Pro 7 Level Two
What’s covered on the scheduled course
- Asymmetrical trimming
- Advanced trim,
- Edit window techniques
- Multicamera editing
- Working with filters
- Variable speed
- Slow-motion techniques
- Audio editing
- Mixing and creation
- Colour correction
- Matching shots
- Finishing and final output
- Timing tools
- Loading clips
- Using match frame
- Using replace edit and Gang sync
- Working with trimming tools
- Numeric trimming
- Split edits
- Trim edit window
- Trimming under transitions
- Multicamera editing
- Working with multiple angles
- Applying effects to multiclips
- Sound editing
- Normalising tracks
- Noise reduction in Soundtrack
- Compression and Limiting
- Sound Mixing
- Using the FCP Meter
- Setting proper levels
- Dynamic range
- Performing real-time mixing
- Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
- Mixing in other tools
- Compositing and reviewing
- Motion basics
- Multilayered Show Open
- Composite modes
- Adding graphics from a layered Photoshop file
- Using Generators
- Copying attributes
- Creating a Travel matte
- Applying and modifying filters
- Modifying filter effects
- Managing filters
- Dynamic effects
- Keyframing basics
- Creating favourite motion effects
- Nesting sequences
- Applying effects to multiple clips
- Applying complex geometrics
- Changing render order
- Reordering motion effects
- Mixing sequence sizes
- Nesting as an editing Tool
- Variable speed
- Understand variable speed effects
- Using the Motion viewer
- Correcting contrast and balance
- The Color Corrector 3-way filter
- Setting mood with the mids
- Creating artificially high contrast
- Mids and whites
- Colour correct for scene continuity
- Achieving visual harmony
- Comparing two clips
- Setting up for scene-by-scene colour correction
- Colour correcting a complex scene
- Clip management in the database
- Working with timecode
- Merging clips
- Working with 16:9, 24p
- Master clip relationships
- Managing media
- Mixing formats
- Using the Media Manager
- Deleting unused media
- Offline/online workflows
- Importing and exporting
- Capturing from non-tape sources
- Exporting for the web and DVD
- Exporting audio
To book onto this course please call 01753 421 006 or email training@sequencetraining.co.uk