Final Cut Pro 6 Video Tutorial – Editing Basics 04: Importing Video (1) – MPEG-2

Over the next several days, we are going to release several or up to a dozen video tutorials for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6. This series is intended for those who have just started using Final Cut Pro 6 without prior experience in digital video editing and need some guidance. We, MacHouse, edit more than 200 videos each year, using Apple Final Cut Pro. So we can help you.

This Final Cut Pro 6 video tutorial series is for offline editing. That is, we assume that all video clips are stored on a hard disk drive. So we don’t import videos from video cameras.

We’ve seen largely how Final Cut Pro works. We now enter Part II, where we learn how to import video files in different cases. In this video tutorial, we will see we can use MPEG-2 files with Final Cut Pro.

Keywords: Item Properties, Format, Sequence Settings, NTSC (4:3), Field Dominance, Upper (Odd), Fields, Compressor, None, AIFF, Stereo Downmix, Sequence, Render All  Continue reading →

Final Cut Pro 6 Video Tutorial – Editing Basics 03: Workflow 2

Over the next several days, we are going to release several or up to a dozen video tutorials for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6. This series is intended for those who have just started using Final Cut Pro 6 without prior experience in digital video editing and need some guidance. We, MacHouse, edit more than 200 videos each year, using Apple Final Cut Pro. So we can help you.

This Final Cut Pro 6 video tutorial series is for offline editing. That is, we assume that all video clips are stored on a hard disk drive. So we don’t import videos from video cameras.

The third video of the tutorial series starts at the point where we ended the last tutorial. We continue to overview Final Cut Pro’s basic editing techniques like creating a freeze shot, making a cut on a clip and setting a keyframe.

Keywords: Item Properties, Format, AIF, Viewer, Snap, Make Freeze Frame, Duration, Opacity, Unrendred  Continue reading →

Final Cut Pro 6 Video Tutorial – Editing Basics 02: Workflow 1

Over the next several days, we are going to release several or up to a dozen video tutorials for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6. This series is intended for those who have just started using Final Cut Pro 6 without prior experience in digital video editing and need some guidance. We, MacHouse, edit more than 200 videos each year, using Apple Final Cut Pro. So we can help you.

This Final Cut Pro 6 video tutorial series is for offline editing. That is, we assume that all video clips are stored on a hard disk drive. So we don’t import videos from video cameras.

In the second video of the tutorial series, we go over Final Cut Pro 6’s basic functions. We try to import a set of files to Final Cut Pro, which is not a problem. But when we bring a video clip to Timeline, we get a message that says “This clip does not match this sequence’s settings or any of your sequence presets.” Now, what do we do? And what does a red line at the top of the Timeline window indicate?

Keywords: New Project, Bin, Sequence, Sequence Settings, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Anamorphic, Editing Timebase, Compressor, Audio Settings, Item Properties, Format, Duration, Modify, Alpha Type, Straight, Unrendered  Continue reading →

Final Cut Pro 6 Video Tutorial – Editing Basics 01: System Setup

Over the next several days, we are going to release several or up to a dozen video tutorials for Apple’s Final Cut Pro 6. This series is intended for those who have just started using Final Cut Pro 6 without prior experience in digital video editing and need some guidance. We, MacHouse, edit more than 200 videos each year, using Apple Final Cut Pro. So we can help you.

This Final Cut Pro 6 video tutorial series is for offline editing. That is, we assume that all video clips are stored on a hard disk drive. So we don’t import videos from video cameras.

The first video of this Final Cut Pro 6 video tutorial series discusses how to set up the application. More precisely, we will work on User Preferences, System Settings and Audio/Video Settings. We do not cover every single system setting. The following is a list of settings that we explain in this video tutorial.

Keywords: Levels of Undo, Autosave Vault, Auto Render, Still/Freeze Duration, NTSC Default Timecode, Drop, Non-Drop, Timeline Options, Starting timecode, Default Number of Tracks, Scratch Disks, Video Render, Audio Render, Minimum Allowable Free Space On Scratch Disks, Memory & Cache, Memory Usage, Application Still Cache, Playback Control, RT, Safe, Unlimited, Frame Rate, Dynamic, Full, Quarter, Pulldown Pattern, Beep When Playing Unredered Audio, Sequence Preset, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Editing Timebase, QuickTime Video Settings, Compressor, Audio Settings, Duplicate, Capture Preset, QuickTime Audio Settings, Device Continue reading →