The Collected Final Cut Pro Quick Tips
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Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #13: When is title safe, not title safe?
I received a somewhat frantic email the other day from an editor who has discovered that the title safe boundaries in Final Cut Pro have a slight error; "I discovered that FCP's title and action safe areas are not correct. Instead of 5/10 percent borders all the way around, it calculates 5/10 percent on the width and provides a uniform border all the way around. Do you know any way to change the title and action safety dimensions in FCP?" While there isn’t a way to change the dimensions in Final Cut Pro, this Baker’s Dozen FCP Quick Tip should help clarify some issues, and give you some information to pass along to your graphics department.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #14: Storyboard your edits and then edit in an instant
The Final Cut Pro Quick Tip series adds yet another installment. This week, we look at a way to quickly layout your project in storyboard format.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #15: Join Through Edits
These Final Cut Pro Quick Tips are supposed to be short, and this week we may just have our shortest and possibly most helpful one yet.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #16: Exporting to Pinnacle Thunder XL
This is a very specific Quick Tip for a very select audience. If you are using the Pinnacle Thunder XL and want to import and playback footage you created in Apple’s Final Cut Pro, then this one is for you.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #17: Marking Clips
When you mark a clip in your Timeline for replacement or removal, how are you setting those In and Out points? If you are doing it by pressing the I and O keys, you could be doing more damage than you think.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #18: Color Correction Freebie
What happens when you don’t white balance correctly and it comes time to edit? You use Final Cut Pro’s Color Correction Filter of course. What do you do when there is nothing in your shot that represents true black and white? You panic! Don’t panic too much, here is a freebie just for you… or rather your cinematographer.
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Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #19: Importing Image Sequence
The easiest way to transfer files between systems is through image sequences. As codecs have become more universal, and being able to read files cross platform is nearly commonplace, the need for image sequences has greatly decreased. However, there are times when image sequences are the only available option for your system. Unfortunately, while Final Cut Pro 3.0 does allow you to import nearly every type of file including stills, there is not a built in “Import Image Sequence” feature. In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you two methods to import image sequences into Final Cut Pro 3.0.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #20: Time lapse^2 with Fit to Fill
I love the Sony PD150. It is a great DV camera that has continued to be a favorite among video professionals. One of the features it touts is the ability to do Interval Recording. For many the thought of doing time-lapse shots brings to mind rapid sunrises, the opening of a flower, showing the life cycle of an object in mere seconds! But alas, the ability to do Interval Recording on most video cameras doesn’t even allow us to come close to capturing our masterpiece… unless we use Final Cut Pro.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #21: Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro 4.0
Woohoo... The Final Cut Pro Quick Tip series turns 21! Finally legal. What better way to celebrate than with a tip covering Time Remapping in Final Cut Pro 4.0.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #22: Fixing Boris Calligraphy in Final Cut Pro 4.0
While LiveType is a huge bonus for generating cool typography in Final Cut Pro 4.0, most of us will still rely on Boris Calligraphy (aka Title 3D and Title Crawl) for most of our text needs. However, if you are upgrading from Final Cut Pro 3.0, and you use Title 3D, you’ll quickly discover that those free styles you downloaded a year or so ago no longer show up. Here’s how to fix it.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #23: Smoothing keyed edges
It’s been a fun couple of weeks playing with Final Cut Pro 4.0 – looking for all of those new features and of course doing actual work with the new upgrade. While we have touched on keying in Final Cut Pro before in our Final Cut Pro Quick Tips, this time we look at a new filter and how it aids in your keying process.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #24: There and Back Again – Working with LiveType in Final Cut Pro
I had to laugh out loud the other day when someone posted on one of the various message boards that he/she didn’t know what the LiveType disc was for that came with his Final Cut Pro 4 package. It really isn’t a laughing matter, as LiveType is a separate application from Final Cut Pro 4 and does not interact directly with the editing software. However, by using the following steps, getting Final Cut Pro 4 and LiveType to work together is a snap.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #25: Adding additional samples in SoundTrack
By now you have probably had a bit of fun with SoundTrack, the music creation program that ships with Final Cut Pro 4.0. I would hope that you haven’t exhausted all of the free loops that shipped with the program, but if you are looking to use other samples, this Quick Tip tells you how.
Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #26: In the Gutter
If there is one piece of textual graphic in every project you do, it will be the end credits, with the rolling text the most popular kind. While most people are satisfied with left justified or centered text, some will want the classic center gutter. In this Final Cut Pro Quick Tip, we’ll show you how to create that center gutter.
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