Elstree Film School - Complete Final Cut Pro

Apple's amazing industry standard post production tools, Final Cut Studio comprises of Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, Compressor 3.5 and DVD Studio Pro 4. In the latest version of Final Cut Studio, these applications enjoy ever tighter integration and a host of innovations that help you work faster and collaborate more efficiently.

Considering all of the advancements made in the latest Final Cut Pro 7, there are now even more reasons why it is the first choice of professional editors and producers worldwide. Our Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro training courses offer a variety of ways to learn this incredibly powerful and versatile software suite and will give you the skills needed to work in a modern post production environment.

FINAL CUT PRO COMPLETE

Following on from our Final Cut Pro introduction and Final Cut Pro essential courses, our third and final day of Final Cut Pro training further explores the editing process, examining subclips and markers - taking you further into the realm of professional production techniques. In addition, we look at further options for creating titles and graphics using text generators as well as the application of filters and filter parameters. Our Complete Final Cut Pro training course offers you a concise and detailed overview of the software, plus a host of industry shortcut techniques and processes that will ensure you have a full understanding of the software and how best to utilize it in your future creative endeavors.

Other courses in this series include: Final Cut Pro Introduction (1 day), Final Cut Pro Essentials (2 days), Final Cut Pro Complete (3 days), Final Cut Studio (2 days), DVD Studio Pro (1 day) and Apple Motion (2 days).

Duration: 3 days.

Location: Elstree Film School, 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [Click here for a map]

Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.

Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to both CS3 and CS4 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in our courses. In addition, we also now preview the functionality of the new Adobe CS5 software. Our Apple training courses utilise the latest versions of Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).

Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.

Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found here.

Further assistance: Our FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call 0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.

COURSE CONTENT

DAY 1

Screening and marking

• The Final Cut Pro interface
• Following a workflow
• Navigating clips
• Marking clips

Editing clips in the timeline

• Managing project elements
• Editing a rough cut
• Making overwrite edits
• Managing timeline tracks
• Making insert edits
• Adding audio clips
• Drag and drop editing
• Changing volume of edited clips

Capturing & Transferring footage

• Connecting sources for capture & transfer
• Creating a new project for capturing
• Previewing and marking your source
• Logging clips
• Choosing clip settings
• Choosing capture settings
• Setting capture preferences

Finishing the rough cut

• Adding cutaways
• Editing to narration
• Editing to music
• Copying, cutting, pasting and positioning clips

Transitions

• Applying transitions
• Evaluating project needs
• Understanding transitions
• Viewing transition options
• Modifying and copying transitions
• Using the Transition Editor
• Previewing and rendering effects

Creating titles

• Adding a lower third
• Creating a credit roll
• Composite opening titles
• Creating a freeze-frame

Soundtrack Pro 3

• Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro workflow
• Sending audio to STP
• Applying noise reduction
• Removing clicks & pops
• Sending back to FCP

Finishing and outputting

• Output to Tape
• Export Quicktime & Quicktime conversion
• Outputting for iPod & iPhone
• Outputting for YouTube & Mobile Me

DAY 2

Trimming

• Preparing a project for trimming
• Trimming preferences
• Trimming overview
• Trimming shortcuts
• Rippling edit points
• Trimming on the V2 track
• Trimming one track of a linked clip
• Trimming to refine a sequence
• Adjusting two edit points
• Slip and slid editing
• Rolling two edit points
• Keeping linked clips in sync
• Trimming in realtime in the timeline and trim window

Refining the edit process

• Creating subclips
• Adding markers to clips
• Storyboard editing
• Working with master clips

Supporting the edit process

• Saving and loading layouts
• New ProRes workflows

Motion 4 - An overview

• Final Cut Pro and Motion 4 workflows
• Green screen removal in FCP then Motion
• Creating animated motion graphics
• Avoiding rendering

Mixing audio tracks

• Organising and editing audio tracks
• Monitoring and adjusting audio levels
• Applying transitions to fade volume
• Setting keyframes to change volume
• Using the audio mixer
• Recording a narration track
• Importing CD tracks

Creating titles

• Applying a Boris title
• Creating a Boris credit roll
• Adding mattes

Changing motion properties

• Changing speed properties
• Creating a freeze-frame with speed tools
• Changing clip size and position
• Building a split screen

Applying filters

• Viewing and modifying filter parameters
• Applying audio filters
• Using a colour correction filter
• Animating filters

Finishing and outputting

• Using iChat Theatre Preview
• Using Timecode Viewer
• Creating DVDs and Blu-ray Discs

DAY 3

Refining the edit process

• Creating and Working with Subclips
• Working & Editing to Markers
• Using DV Start/Stop Detect Function
• Multicam Editing
• Replace Edits, Superimpose Edits
• Other Capturing Options HDV P2 XDCAM

Applying Filters

• Viewing and Modifying Filter Parameters
• Creating Specific Effects
• Basic Colour Correction
• Working with the Broadcast Safe Filter
• Nesting Sequences
• Color 1.5 - An overview
• Final Cut Pro and Color workflow
• Primary and secondary colour corrections
• Grading and color FX

Working with RT Effects

• RT Extreme Settings
• Rendering

Motion Parameters in FCP

• Adjusting Clip Speed
• Adjusting Clip Parameters in the Canvas
• Understanding the Motion Tab
• Copy and Pasting Clip Attributes
• Keyframe animation

Titles and Graphics

• Working with the Generators
• Creating Titles using the Text generators
• Importing and Working with Graphic Files
• Using Motion for titles and SFX
• Using Motion to create a roller with video & stills

Finishing and outputting

• Using Soundtrack pro to resolve audio problems
• Detecting audio peaks
• Broadcast video levels
• Share and compressor to render
• Using Media Manager

Final Cut Pro Training - Complete Course
Date	Days	Total (Excl VAT)
November 2011
2/11/11	3	675	FULL
30/11/11	3	675

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