oit UMass Office of Information Technologies Final Cut Express Intermediate Video Editing on a Mac Introduction ........................................................................................ 2 The Interface ..................................................................................... 3 Keep Organized ................................................................................ 4 Import Media ..................................................................................... 5 Assemble Video Projects ................................................................... 7 Edit Video .......................................................................................... 9 Work with Still Images ..................................................................... 10 Transitions, Effects, Text .................................................................. 12 Work with Audio ...............................................................................13 Export a Movie ... ............................................................................. 14 Appendix: Storage Space Needed for Digital Video ... ....................16 OIT Academic Computing Lederle Graduate Research Center University of Massachusetts Amherst Phone: (413) 577-0072 Email:
[email protected] http://www.oit.umass.edu/academic This handout based on: Final Cut Express 4.0 October 19, 2009—JC Gray Sawyer Final Cut Express - Video Editing on a Mac 2 Introduction Final Cut Express is a user-friendly digital video editing application for Macintosh