Pick of the Bunch
Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro Pages
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html
Ken Stone's Final Cut Pro Pages contain just about everything you want to know about using FCP. Don't waste any more time here - go there now!
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2-pop discussion
boards
http://www.uemforums.com/2pop/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php
The best FCP
bulletin boards around:
Final Cut HD, Final Cut Express, Editing, FCP 101, Advanced Techniques, Audio,
Compositing, Hardware. Using FCP for Film, for Documentaries, on Powerbooks,
with PAL and even Feature Requests. Not to mention moderators that comprise
of most of the leading lights in the FCP world - this is a feast of
brain food for any lunchtime.
Tutorial Sites
The DV Guys
http://www.dvguys.com/
The DV Guys broadcast a web radio show every week as well as being the brains behind the Intelligent Assistant discs.
And somehow, they still find time to lurk in the FCP forums and dispense their knowledge. (So the question is, how do they find the time to edit?) Their site has a stack of tutorials to download or view on-line:
FCP Tricks:
Set Default Transition, Track Mattes, Nesting Part, Rolling Shortcut, Luma Key Filter, Scrolling Text Filter, Widescreen Filter, Cops, PIP, Text Reveal, Replace, Audio Subframes Edit, Fit to Fill, Clip Overlays, Ripple Shortcuts, Superimpose, Show Waveform, Range Select, Add Edit, Show Thumbnail, Slip into Sync, Split Edits, Set Durations, Ripple Delete, Snap to Markers, Make Subclips, Viewer Slip, Edit Transitions, Mark Clip Button
Online Digitricks:
Log & Capture in FCP, Print to Tape in FCP, Image Control Filters, Media Cleaner Pro - Part I, Media Cleaner Pro - Part II, Media Cleaner Pro - Part III
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Ripple Training
http://www.rippletraining.com/
Ripple Training also has excellent tutorials in Quicktime - meaning if you have Quicktime Pro - you can save and view them offline and at your leisure. May the bandwidth be with you. Taking a leaf out of the Book of Jobs, Ripple's Tutorials now cost $1.99.
Some of the subjects include:
- keeping tabs on your tracks
- setting in and out points in the timeline
- colour correction
- how to handle multi-camera source material
- managing your render files
- using master clips & subclips
- the ins and outs of the Trim Window
- getting a letterboxed look that previews in real time and halves render time
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Final Cut Pro Planet
http://www.dvcreators.net/finalcutproplanet/learn.html
Lots of stuff to look at here. And, no, a tiplet is not some kind of mint.
free online training movies
- Final Cut Pro 3 Color Correction Overview
- QuickView Window
- New Shortcuts in FCP 3
planning tiplets™
- tips on planning your project
shooting tiplets™
- the dv cinematographer's biggest secret: depth-of-field
- how to get great results shooting outside
final cut pro tiplets™
- how to add an instant blair witch glow to titles
- curved motion paths
- sequence settings
- editing text
- slip & move into sync
- ease in/ease out
- widescreen filter
- storyboard editing
- audio/video settings & sync
- split edits in the timeline
- photoshop to final cut pro
- audio CD to FCP
- applying a transition to a range of edits
- scrolling credits
- Check out the "Gee, it's 3" presentation on Final Cut Pro 3
- direct links to apple's tech info library
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DMN's Final Cut Pro Quick Tips
http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2002/04_apr/tutorials/fcptext.htm
Like other parts of the DMN site (the forums & subject areas), they're sort of hard to bookmark but the above link should get you started...
- Texture Treatments to Enhance Video Productions
- Using Markers to Quickly Edit a Music Video
- Import Your Music the Right Way
- Nesting Helps Manage Longer Projects
- Keying Explained
- Configuring Your Scratch Disk
- My Favorite Effects
- De-Interlacing
- Color Correction workflow tips
- Locating files in the Timeline
- Backing up at project end
- Exporting to After Effects
- When is title safe, not title safe?
- Storyboard your edits and then edit in an instant
- Join Through Edits
- Exporting to Pinnacle Thunder XL
CGM
- Automatic White Balance
- Softwipe
- Cube Spin with Light and Background
- Roll Title with Shared Background
- Smooth Scale and Motion Effects
- Title - Motion Blur Effects
- Title - Light and Glow Effects
- Movie FX - Title Effects
- Movie FX - Volumetric Light
- Explode
- Color Glow
- Timewarp
- Speed
- How to use graphics and logos
See also CGM DVE Filters
LAFCPUG
http://www.lafcpug.org/fcp_faq/
Very tasty.
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