Final Cut Pro-editing videos!

Final Cut Pro

How to edit a video

• CMD N- new sequence
• Audio Video settings DT Pal
• Scratch Disk -Video Folder
• Shift z- movie to fill play box
• Drag imported film into play box, then bottom box to work on it
• Left and right arrow keys- move frame by frame
• L key- Plays movie
• K key- Pauses movie
• J key- Rewinds movie
• CMD Z- Undo’s last move
• I key- mark in
• O key- mark out
• Dissolve- fade
• Handle- fades in and out over handle (need parts before and after for a handle to be created)
• Timeline- Select edit points- click and drag
• Ctrl click- edit point- default add transition
• Effects tab- bin- video transitions
• Dissolve- cross dissolve- drag onto edit point and hit space bar
• Alt R-render
• Split screen-drag another film on top of another
• Image- Wire frame- shrink image down- double-click on a clip
• Motion tabs- scale 50 for half-size
• Key frames- press diamond button