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Apple Final Cut Pro X ® Advanced Editing Level 2 Course Outline Prerequisites: Apple Final Cut Pro X Students who have taken the Final Cut Pro X Level 1 course or This three-day, hands-on course teaches hard-to-find advanced equivalent experience. editing and finishing techniques. Learn how to create fantastic effects using filters creatively, color correct like a pro, and create Who Should Attend: complex audio mixes. This course also covers advanced work- This course is designed for those who already have a working flows for managing media, including using Compressor. knowledge of Final Cut Pro X and who want to increase their skills by learning advanced features and efficient workflows Instructor: Course Duration: Our instructor, Tony Huet is the Director of Training at Digital 3 days. Class time is 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. Training & Designs. Tony’s vast experience in photography and videography inform his deep background knowledge of There is an hour for lunch, and two scheduled breaks during the the industry. Having instructed for 15+ years, he has a genuine day. Students provide their own lunch. knack for relating to his students to discern their needs and to orient his classes to fill their skills and knowledge gaps. Tony is Certification: Adobe certified to teach Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, The Apple Training & Certification programs are designed to and Adobe Encore. He is Apple certified to teach Final Cut keep you at the forefront of Apple’s digital media technology. Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Motion, Color and Soundtrack Pro. In Certification creates a benchmark to assess your proficiency in a June of 2008 Tony earned his Master Trainer certification from specific Apple Pro application. By taking and passing an exam, Apple. Tony co-authored the book “Apple Pro Training Series: you earn Apple Certified Pro status, which allows you to distin- Motion 3” and worked with Adobe writing questions for the guish yourself to colleagues, employers, and prospective clients Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects certification tests. as a skilled user of the chosen application. Certification gives you a competitive edge in today’s ever-changing job market. Included with the class is the Final Cut Pro test (a $150 value) for Apple certification. You can take the test on one of our scheduled testing days, or schedule with the instructor if you can’t make the scheduled testing day. Related Training: Apple Motion 5: (Apple Motion 101) This outline is flexible and may change to accommodate student skills and interests. www.digitrain.com 972-407-9303 Apple Final Cut Pro X ® Advanced Editing Level 2 Course Outline Organizing Your Media • Modifying Auditions • Working with Metadata • Reviewing Clips within an Audition • Source Media Metadata • Finalizing Auditions • Auto-Analysis Metadata • Auditions and Effects • Adding Your Own Metadata • Duplicating a Clip into an Audition • Working with Metadata Views • Duplicating from Original • Creating a New Metadata View • Duplicating with Effects • Modifying Existing Metadata Views • Apply an Effect to all Picks • Duplicating and Deleting Metadata Views • Adding Effects to Other Clips • Rating Clips Working with Audio • Marking Favorites and Rejects • Mastering Audio Levels • Adding Keywords • Working with Audio Meters and Waveforms • Organizing Keywords • Adjusting Volume in the Timeline • Adding Markers • Adjusting Volume Across a Selected Area • Filtering Clips • Animating Audio Levels • Creating Smart Collections • Subframe Audio Adjustments • Batch Renaming Clips • Adjusting Volume in the Audio Inspector • Relinking Clips • Resetting All Volume Adjustments Professional Editing Techniques • Adjusting Volume from the Modify Menu or Keyboard • Reviewing Editing Basics • Nudging Keyframes • Modifying Edits • Audio Fades • Project Defined Editing • Crossfading between Clips • Backtiming Edits • Panning Audio • Limiting Source Media • Configuring Audio Channels • Combining Complex Edits • Stereo Panning • Overview of Storylines • Animating Pan Effects • Using Secondary Storylines • Panning in the Timeline • Applying Transitions to Connected Clips • Surround Panning • Breaking Apart Storylines • Preset Pan Methods • Understanding Compound Clips • Managing Audio Channels • Adding Titles to Connected Clips • Enabling and Disabling Channels • Breaking Apart Audio Clips Working with Auditions • Creating Auditions in the Event Browser or Timeline Working with Audio Effects • Changing Picks, Editing with an Audition • Audio Equalization • Creating an Audition in the Timeline • Applying Enhancements Manually This outline is flexible and may change to accommodate student skills and interests. www.digitrain.com 972-407-9303 Apple Final Cut Pro X ® Advanced Editing Level 2 Course Outline • Adjusting Equalization • Automatic Keying and Manual Sampling • Equalization Filters • Using a Garbage Mask • Using Custom Controls • Advanced Keying Features • Turning Off or Removing a Clip Effect • Compositing Generators • Transferring Effects to other Clips • Compositing Graphics • Levels Effects • Layered Graphics • Reverbs, Spaces and Echo Effects • Advanced Keying Features • Distortion Presets Transformations, Effects, and Titles • Pitch Shifting and Voice Effects • Preserving Pitch When Retiming Clips • Transforming Clips • Animating Audio Effects • Working with Effects • Overwriting and Replacing Clips • Browsing, Previewing, and Applying Effects • Auditioning Clips in the Project • Modifying and Combining Effects • Creating Titles • Working with Storylines • Modifying Titles Multicamera Editing • Using Text Styles • Understanding Multicamera Editing • Custom Titles • Creating a Multicam Clip • Using Roles with Titles • Viewing the Multicam Clip Creating Animation • Editing With Multicam Clips • Animating Clip Position • Cutting Between Angles • Keyframing in the Viewer • Channel Selection • Keyframing in the Inspector • Switching Angles • Keyframing in the Video Animation Editor • Trimming Multicam Clips • Animating a Generator • Custom Multicam Clip Settings • Creating a Travel Matte • Modifying a Multicam Clip • Animating with Transitions • Changing Order • Fixing Sync Color Correction Basics • Adding/Deleting an Angle • Understanding Color Correction • Adding Effects • Using an Appropriate Display • Using the Highest Quality Media Keying and Compositing • Using Original or Optimized Media • Creating a Multilayered Show Opener • Manually Relinking Offline Clips • Laying the Groundwork • Learning the Color Correction Interface • Using a Compound Clip from the Event Browser • Applying Automatic Color Adjustments • Timing Edits with Markers and Hold Segments • Controlling iMovie Adjustments • Using Keying and Masking Effects This outline is flexible and may change to accommodate student skills and interests. www.digitrain.com 972-407-9303 Apple Final Cut Pro X ® Advanced Editing Level 2 Course Outline • Using Video Scopes • Combining Shapes and Masks • Adjusting Contrast Using the Color Board • Masking Difficult-to-Isolate Skin Tones • Masking Corrections to the Sky Adjusting Color and Saturation • Animating Shapes • Using the Color Controls • Manually Eliminating Color Casts Advanced Sharing and Sending to Compressor • Adjusting Color Temperature Creatively • Sending from Final Cut Pro X vs. Sending to Compressor • Using the Global Color Control • Exporting Projects and Media for Finishing • Adjusting Saturation • XML Round Trips • Changing Saturation with Contrast Adjustments • Exporting Media Using Roles • Dissolving Between Two Grades • Sending to Compressor • Understanding the Compressor User Interface Color Matching • Using Window Layouts • Understanding Shot Matching • The Compressor Workflow: Batches, Jobs, and Settings • Matching Clips Automatically • Using Automatic Settings, vs. Auto Detect Settings • Performing Simple Clip Matching • Creating Custom Settings: Encoder, Frame, Filters, • Matching Corrected Clips Geometry, Actions • Matching Clips Manually • Creating and Using Droplets • Breaking Down a Scene • Advanced Compressor Topics • Grading the First Clip • Matching Other Clips to the Reference Clip • Copying Grades • Using HIdden Commands to Apply Corrections • Matching Insert Clips • Using Additional Corrections and Effects in a Scene • Adding Corrections to Individual Shots • Saving and Applying Correction Presets • Adding Correction to an Entire Scene using Compound Clips • Adding Other Effects to a Grade • Using Broadcast Safe Creating Isolated Color Adjustments • Using Color Masks • Working Inside and Outside of Masks • Using Shapes to Target Frame Regions • Using a Shape to Create a Vignette • Combining Shapes This outline is flexible and may change to accommodate student skills and interests. www.digitrain.com 972-407-9303.