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Final Cut Pro: The Beginner’s Series, Day 1

on Jul 29th 2009 with 110 comments

While After Effects is all we need to create brilliant motion graphics and VFX, Final Cut Pro is where many of us take our raw work and splice and dice it into a final, polished video. Today Gustavo delivers a starter tutorial for those who are not familiar with Final Cut Pro and would like to learn how to edit and compose their After Effects footage.

In the first Day of this multi-day beginners’ series he gives us a brief overview of the program’s layout along with some simple functions you will use regularly in your video editing work.

Requirement:
Final Cut Pro (Purchase from Apple here)

Tutorial

Download Tutorial .flv

File size 115MB

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  • Neilio

    Anyone who wants to get into AE will undoubtedly come across the need for editing software and so what better place to introduce FCP to people who haven’t used it before?

    I see no problem with this. It is relevant. It’s good to be aware of all relevant and related software packages even if you decide it’s not for you. Ignorance is not bliss.

  • Chad

    AE users that are actually working professionals know that AE doesn’t stand alone. AE is called “AFTER” effects for a reason – because it’s where you take all of your footage after you’ve created it in other applications. So, AETUTS+ can easily incorporate ALL of the other tuts sites. A real After Effects user would appreciate a Photoshop tutorial, or a CG tutorial, or an Illustrator tutorial, or an NLE tutorial.

    Several of you have probably pirated your copy of After Effects and love to get AE tutorials so that you can show your frat brothers how cool it is to make your ex-girlfriend’s head explode. But others here actually want to do this for a living and appreciate the time and efforts of those in the know that share their expertise with us (FOR FREE!). Having a hostile environment like this doesn’t exactly create a culture that professionals like Lloyd would want to be a part of.

    P.S. Those of you that are so bitter and angry really don’t have a chance of making a living in an artistic environment, anyway, and should really consider a different career path. You can fight it, but that’s the truth. Watch, I can prove it – next time you go in to apply for an After Effects job, tell your interviewers how much you think Macs are for idiots how lame FCP is, and see how far that gets you.

  • Millie

    Very Helpful for beginners. Could use more.
    How do I get Text document from a word file into Final cut pro?

  • Dean

    This was excellent. The best quick/simple overview I’ve seen on the net. Learned more from this short piece than pouring through the Apple manuals and other internet tutorials. I really liked the simple/clean example that had great choices for file types that represent what an anxious beginner might really use. Especially the overlaid text.

    Thank for taking the time to help others.

  • victor r

    bro let me wish you the best im from honduras and live in tampa fl. im work on after effects hope you do well to put the name of honduras hi

  • davis

    Are you special

  • ryan selinger

    does this gook know what hes talking about

  • NicoB

    ALL YOU WINGERS are idiots – in my country the vast majority of available video work for freelancers is only in FCP – THANK YOU for the post

  • http://www.salsa-central.com Mel

    Brilliant, very clear instructions! I am a complete novice, using iMovie at the moment, will definitely have a go at FCP now!

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