Lynda.com Day 2 Notes

Event Library – locations for events folders; store and organize all you media

            Right of Events Library = filmstrip view

                        Audio Skimming = View -> Turn on Audio Skimming (Shift + S)

                        Thumbnails should be set around 10sec for longer video clips to give

you a good idea of what they’re about without too much information

            Show Waveforms = audio wavelengths preview

            Clip Height = Size of clip previews

            To select event library: keyboard shortcut Command+1

Project Library – locations for projects folder

Viewer – visual output of material

            To select the Viewer: keyboard shortcut Command+3

Folder HAVE to be named exactly as Final Cut needs them to be named or they won’t show up

Quit Final Cut – Command + Q

Each project can only contain one sequence

Window -> Event Viewer = Preview for Event AND Project side by side (dual display)

Choose projects in project viewer by selecting project + pressing enter, OR by double clicking the project you want

Instead of Ctrl +/- to zoom, you can press the light switch button at the bottom of the screen to change the size of your clips

            You can also change the clip appearance with the light switch button

To go to the beginning of a sequence, you can press the Home button, or Function+Left Arrow

To go to the end of the sequence, you can press the End button or Function+Right Arrow

Up Arrow = back clip by clip

Down Arrow = forward clip by clip

To view/select other projects while editing a different one, click the film canister in the bottom left corner

To select the timeline: keyboard shortcut Command+2

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To Create a Mew Event: File -> New Event OR right click in event library and click New Event in the drive you want to put the event

To Bring in New Footage: Import -> Media (Command + I) OR pretty Import Media button in the Event Viewer

When you click on the option to copy media in a Final Cut events folder, it is first displayed as pointers, but the copies will load given enough time

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JKL is a three-button play tool, whereby J plays in reverse, L plays forward, and K pauses

In Point = where edited shot starts

            Press I key to set an In

Out point = where edited shot ends

            Press O key to set an Out

To play a selection: press / key

To play in slow motion: hold K, press J + L to go backward or forward

Make selection favorite: press F key (can be found in list view)

You could also click and drag the selection into a chosen folder (i.e. soundbites) in order to save a clip

Button with Key = keyword editor; press it to add, remove, or alter keywords

**Save marked clips before marking a new clip within the same video**

Marker = digital post-it note

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Dark gray portion of timeline = primary storyline

Insert Edit: keyboard shortcut W, OR button with one large square and two little squares with a diamond in the middle underneath

            Places a clip in the timeline wherever playhead is

Append Edit: keyboard shortcut E, OR button with one large square and a little square and diamond underneath

            Always goes to the end no matter where the playhead is

Overwrite Edit: keyboard shortcut D

            Used to essentially write over a shot or a portion of a shot

            Make an In and an Out in timeline, then mark portion in Event Library that

you would like to overwrite

Final Cut calculates the exact number of frames needed to completely

overwrite chosen clip in timeline

Duration : keyboard shortcut ctrl + D

Replace Edit: No keyboard shortcut; physically drag a marked clip from your event library onto a clip in your sequence to replace one shot with another

            Once green plus sign shows up, let go of mouse

                        Choosing “Replace” completely replaces the clip for the entire

duration