Migrating from Final Cut Pro 7 to Final Cut Pro X

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Overview at 10,000 Feet: Thinking in FCP X

• FCP X is a different landscape
• What is a library and where is the browser?
• Learn to love the Inspector
• An editor's opinion: Getting the interface to work for you

2. Ingest

• The difference between linking and adding to a library
• Original, optimized, and proxy footage
• What the rest of the ingest switches do
• An editor's opinion: Getting the most out of the ingest

3. Browsing and Organizing

• Where are my sequences? Where are my bins?
• How keywords are different and more powerful than bins
• Where are my subclips?
• Adjusting metadata for clips with the Inspector
• Adding a LUT and what to do if you need more than FCP X has built in
• What happened to the viewer and how to best play clips?
• How to sync dual audio such as DSLR footage
• What is a role and why should you care?
• An editor's opinion: When to use thumbnails vs. lists

4. Editing

• How everyday editing works
• Three-point and backtime editing
• Nuances of replacing clips
• Using Audition means multiple clips in the same place
• Adding dissolves especially on connected clips/secondary storylines
• Working snapshots vs. versioning duplicates
• The timeline index​: Your secret weapon
• An editor's thoughts on FCP X editing

5. Adjusting Clips on the Timeline

• Cutting down clips quickly with trim start/end (Tops and Tails)
• Using the Blade tool
• How to create split edits and other pro trimming
• Slipping, sliding, and nudging clips on the timeline
• An editor's thoughts on trimming

6. Mixing and Working with Audio

• Adjusting audio source levels
• Adjusting head and tail fades
• Keyframing and using the Range tool for smart ducking
• Using lanes: How they give some level of "tracks"
• Noise reduction, hum removal, and other audio effects
• Working with mono and stereo tracks
• An editor's thoughts on audio

7. Effects

• Retiming clips, including optical flow
• No more Motion tab: Resizing and cropping clips
• Adding and saving effects
• Compound clips
• Adding titles
• How Motion is meant to work with FCP X
• An editor's thoughts on effects

8. Media Management and Output

• Exporting: Using the Share menu and how to send to Compressor
• Moving media between projects
• Deleting render files
• Some best practices for a shared environment

Conclusion

• Next steps