Elstree Film School - Essential Final Cut Pro Techniques - Scheduled Courses

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 ESSENTIALS

Following on from our 1 day Final Cut Pro Introduction training course, this second day ventures deeper into the editing and trimming process, teaching you how best to refine your editing techniques in order to produce smoother and more professional results. In addition, the processes of applying mattes, split screens and color corrections are covered in detail, as well as further audio manipulation techniques. Taking you deeper into the power of Final Cut Pro, this second day course (in combination with the first) covers all of the 'essential techniques' and ensures that you find yourself well on your way to mastering this unique and powerful software.

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: 2 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.

Courseware: The book which accompanies this course is posted to you upon payment confirmation.

Accommodation & Transport: Details of local accomodation and transport 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

5-15% discount if you book for more than one delegate!
Further discounts are available when booking multiple courses,
Please call our training secretary on 0844 844 2428.

Final Cut Pro Training - Essential Course
Date	Days	Total (Excl VAT)
August 2010
11/8/10	2	475	FULL
19/8/10	2	475
September 2010
6/9/10	2	475

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