Final Cut Pro 3
by James Monohan
Start the free chapterEven if you are new to digital nonlinear editing, James Monohan can make you a proficient user in Final Cut Pro 3 with this comprehensive training. Virtual Training Company\'s 11-hour tutorial takes you from the basics of digital editing through configuring your system, capturing video, importing data, media management, keyframes, outputting, exporting, and much more. The author includes an extensive chapter on troubleshooting in Final Cut Pro 3. You can start learning this complex and powerful editing software now by clicking on one of the movie links below.
Course content
FCP Basics5 lessons
Configuring your FCP System4 lessons
Starting Final Cut Pro7 lessons
Preparing to Capture8 lessons
- Audio/Video Settings for Capture5:171 credit or ad
- Preference Settings for Capture5:031 credit or ad
- Creating Logging Bin2:531 credit or ad
- Log and Capture Window3:291 credit or ad
- Capture Settings Tab3:071 credit or ad
- Clip Settings5:131 credit or ad
- Log Settings 1: Reel Numbers4:061 credit or ad
- Log Settings 2: Naming Clips3:231 credit or ad
The OfflineRT Option8 lessons
- What does Real Time mean?1:431 credit or ad
- How does OfflineRT work?3:581 credit or ad
- Specs for OnlineRT/OfflineRT2:421 credit or ad
- Knowing which FX are RT4:221 credit or ad
- Capturing PhotoJPEG3:471 credit or ad
- Converting to PhotoJPEG3:591 credit or ad
- Using stills in OfflineRT3:011 credit or ad
- Offline to Online Conversion2:301 credit or ad
The Log and Capture Window4 lessons
Capturing Video5 lessons
Audio/Video Preferences Window7 lessons
- Creating a Sequence Pre-Set6:451 credit or ad
- Changing Sequence Settings On-the-Fly3:441 credit or ad
- Change Sequence Settings contd7:441 credit or ad
- Creating Capture Pre-Sets3:111 credit or ad
- Creating Device Control Pre-Sets4:051 credit or ad
- External Video Pre-Sets3:261 credit or ad
- View External Video2:411 credit or ad
The Preference Window10 lessons
- General Settings (1)8:021 credit or ad
- General Settings (2)3:381 credit or ad
- General Settings (3)5:411 credit or ad
- General Settings (4)6:481 credit or ad
- Using the Auto-Save Vault2:371 credit or ad
- Restore/Revert Project Commands3:181 credit or ad
- User Mode and Timeline Options8:261 credit or ad
- Labels1:131 credit or ad
- External Editors3:041 credit or ad
- The Scratch Disks Tab4:191 credit or ad
Preparing to Edit3 lessons
The Browser10 lessons
- The Info Columns4:221 credit or ad
- Customizing Info Columns2:141 credit or ad
- The Cool Thumbnail View1:271 credit or ad
- Control Commands (1)4:321 credit or ad
- Control Commands (2)2:241 credit or ad
- Control Commands (3)1:261 credit or ad
- Navigating in the Browser4:491 credit or ad
- Checking Item Properties4:501 credit or ad
- Make Offline Command2:321 credit or ad
- Browser Tabs4:301 credit or ad
Importing Media into FCP5 lessons
Basic Editing14 lessons
- An Introduction to the Viewer4:371 credit or ad
- Setting the In and Out Points of Your Clip3:021 credit or ad
- Changing In and out Points3:211 credit or ad
- An Introduction to the Canvas2:371 credit or ad
- Setting In and out Points in the Canvas/Timeline5:511 credit or ad
- Insert Editing5:311 credit or ad
- Overwrite Editing2:291 credit or ad
- Drag and Drop Editing2:511 credit or ad
- Shortening and Extending4:071 credit or ad
- Using Lift2:431 credit or ad
- Using Ripple Delete1:431 credit or ad
- Track Forward Tool4:381 credit or ad
- Ripple Trim5:241 credit or ad
- Roll Trim3:181 credit or ad
The Viewer: Video Tab13 lessons
- Using the Timecode Windows6:061 credit or ad
- Setting Clip View/Zooming3:441 credit or ad
- Choosing a Background2:531 credit or ad
- Square and non-square pixels1:571 credit or ad
- Title Safe/Timecode Overlay5:261 credit or ad
- Recent Items/The Generator4:531 credit or ad
- Play Controls5:061 credit or ad
- Go To Controls2:251 credit or ad
- Changing In and out Points3:211 credit or ad
- Loading Clips from the Timeline1:591 credit or ad
- Audio Tab/Overview3:011 credit or ad
- Audio/Using Waveforms2:471 credit or ad
- Audio/Level Keyframes3:461 credit or ad
The Tools2 lessons
Editing: Intermediate Techniques11 lessons
- Moving Around the Timeline2:061 credit or ad
- Using Markers4:361 credit or ad
- Play Commands2:481 credit or ad
- Split Edits2:071 credit or ad
- Pen Tool for Opacity/Levels3:391 credit or ad
- Locking Tracks2:131 credit or ad
- Linked Selection/Linked Clips4:111 credit or ad
- Track Monitoring/Soloing3:291 credit or ad
- Copying and Switching3:061 credit or ad
- Snapping2:071 credit or ad
- Copying Transitions1:031 credit or ad