• Final Cut Pro - Basics
• • A. A Beginner's Overview
  • • A beginner's overview
    • A beginner's tour of the Viewer window
    • A beginner's tour of the Tools window
    • A beginner's tour of the Timeline window
    • A beginner's tour of the Canvas window
    • A beginner's tour of the Browser window
• • B. From an iMovie Perspective
  • • Different than iMovie #1: Creating a new project
    • Different than iMovie #2: Importing clips
    • Different than iMovie #3: When to "render"
    • Different than iMovie #4: Setting "in" and "out"
    • Different than iMovie #5: Doing an "insert"
• • C. Getting Started
  • • Beginning a new DV video project
    • Adding a video clip to the sequence timeline
    • Marking IN and OUT points in video clips
    • Inserting a clip with default transition
    • Changing the default transition settings
    • Creating a SLUG
    • Making a video FADE OUT
• • D. Working with Text
  • • Creating a basic text title in Final Cut Pro
    • Superimposing text over a background
    • Animating text movement over a background
• • E. Techniques, Effects, Utilities
  • • Creating a background gradient
    • Adding color bars and a test tone
    • Inserting video noise effects
    • Adding cylindrical distortion to a clip
    • Adding a 3d perspective effect
    • Analyzing a movie file or clip
    • Viewing the properties of an item
    • Quickly changing and saving screen layouts
    • Using the "recent clips" pop-up in the viewer.
• • F. Keyboard Shortcuts
  • • Using the "jkl" key shortcuts
    • More about the "jkl" key shortcuts
• • G. Preferences
  • • Setting levels of undo
    • Modifying your scratch disk settings
    • Setting autosave preferences
• • H. Using Photoshop(r) Files
  • • Photoshop docs for use in Final Cut Pro
    • Importing Photoshop documents
• • I. Using the Browser
  • • Working with browser columns
    • Sorting items in the browser
    • Browser Display options
    • Using the Find command
    • Using the browser to "storyboard"
    • Creating and using "bins" in the browser