Beginner

Comprehensive FCP Beginners Tutorials

If you want some comprehensive FCP beginners tutorials, then check out this very handy resource from the Knight Digital Media Center at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Valentines FCP tip - Yes there is a heart wipe built in, finding it is a little harder.

Today we spotted an editor on Twitter complaining that there wasn't a heart wipe built into FCP. The good news is that there is one, hard to find, but there is one. If you really have to use one find out where it lives after the break.

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Larry Jordan Posts 68 FCP Micro Tutorials

FCP guru Larry Jordan has been busy again. He's created 68 new micro-tutorials. Each runs less than four minutes, so you can quickly get the answers you need to your common Final Cut questions. These are the results of a recent Webinar he hosted, chopped down into nice bite size chunks. A few hand-picked ones after the break. 

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The Top Ten FCP Technical Errors

For all you Final cut Pro newbies out there, and for some others who should probably know better, there are a clutch of technical errors which can quickly de-rail any promising project. Pro Apps Expert Alex Snelling points them out one by one.

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7 hours of free FCP video tutorials. The countdown clock to the new FCP GUI and new tutorials is ticking though

I feel a bit of a theme coming on here. 'Tutorial Tuesday' ok, maybe not, but we do have tutorials stacked up like planes coming in to land at Heathrow on a friday night. First up is Izzy with his amazing 7 hour collection.

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Rick Young presents part two of his FCP tips and tricks from the UKFCPUG meeting

This time Rick covers scratch disks, isolating a colour and that old problem of losing your image because you've gone into wireframe mode. yeup we've all been confused by that one once.

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Don't get caught with egg on your interface - The top ten FCP newbie giveaways

It seems that everybody now can work Final Cut Pro. To say you can't risks being overlooked for a job, not being able to join in "What Codec" chats down the pub or more embarrassing, having to ask for help when you've messed up the screen trying. Fear no more, Pro Apps expert Alex Snelling has compiled his top ten FCP GUI errors from his years of teaching fresh new editors.

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Join Larry Jordan for a free webinar "Must have effects in Apple Final Cut Pro"

I'm pretty sure he will be using FCP7 for this webinar and not the 'jaw dropping' new version that we are all very keen to see. Nevertheless it will still be packed with information and good tips.

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Rick's Tips - Inside the Mind of an Editor: book available now

Rick Young from MacVideo has put together all of his tips and tricks into one book called "Rick's Tips, Inside the Mind of an Editor." It is available in print or electronically for your iPad/iPhone/iPod.

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Final Cut Pro Tip: Control your Fonts! another tutorial from Walter Biscardi

Walter has over 1300 fonts on one of his Macs, that's a lot. Not only does it get hard to pick one from that long list, it will also slow FCP down. In this video he plays font wrangler.

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Final Cut Pro tip: A better text tool.

Tutorial number 3 this week from Walter Biscardi. This time he shows us how to use the Title 3D generator in Final Cut Pro. I'm pretty sure a lot of editors don't even know this exists! Another good way of generating high quality text after the break too.

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How to speed up your editing in Final Cut Pro and we don't mean more black coffee!

Simon Walker shows us how to speed up editing in Final Cut Pro. A good 20 minutes of tips, techniques and humour as you can see from his tongue in cheek explanation of keyboard shortcuts! Well worth a watch.

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How to fix underexposed footage in Final Cut Pro using composite modes and blur

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A bit of a tutorial rich Monday morning we'll start with a quick & handy tip from Clay Asbury. If you've ever found that the three way colour correction filter won't fix your underexposed footage properly, this might just be the answer.

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Saving your favourites in Final Cut Pro the right way

In this tutorial Walter Biscardi shows us how to avoid losing your favourites when you have to trash your preferences.

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Remove all your transitions from an FCP timeline in a few clicks. 32 seconds of genius!

Could this be the shortest Final Cut Pro tutorial ever? It doesn't really matter how short this is, it's a damn good tip.

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All FCP newbies should watch this video. A cool animation about scratch disks

Some kinetic typography gives clear advice on how your scratch disk works in Final Cut Pro. Short but to the point and rather cool too. Video after the break.

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FCP Tutorial: Exporting from Final Cut Pro and making versions with Compressor

A post FCPX sneak peak Larry Jordan tutorial.  Larry shows us the basics of making different sized versions by exporting from the timeline and then using Compressor.

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FCP 7 Tutorial: Customizing and saving your keyboard and interface settings in Final Cut Pro

We think publishing FCP7 tutorials is a bit like straightening the deckchairs on the Titanic, useful for a while. Good solid knowledge about keyboard customisation, layouts and buttons though.

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Photoshop tutorial: The basics of layers and masks

With tutorials sometimes we forget that some users are just starting out to use a program, they want good basic advice rather than the wizz bang how-to. This tutorial is a good look at the basics of using layers and masks in Photoshop.

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Join Larry Jordan for a day long FCPX seminar

Larry was the guy who coined the phrase "It's a jaw-dropper" when he had a preview of FCPX back in February. You can be sure he will have his Final Cut Pro X training sessions well prepared for his seminar on July 12.

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