1. Creating and Saving a New Project
In this exercise, you'll learn how to create and save a new project, create a new sequence, and learn tips on protecting your projects from disaster.
| 1. | Start by opening Final Cut, if it isn't already running. If it is running, close any open projects by choosing File > Close Project. (Saving changes is not necessary.) | | 2. | Choose File > New Project, or press Shift+Cmd+N. | | 3. | Final Cut automatically creates an empty project and puts a new sequence into the Browser and opens it into the Timeline.
NOTE | Sequence
A sequence is where you edit your clips. A program can consist of a single sequence, or many sequences. Just as the Browser holds clips, the Timeline holds sequencessometimes just one, other times, lots and lots. Because the Timeline can hold more than one sequence, Final Cut makes it easy to copy clips from one sequence to another. |
Chapter 4 Project, and click Save.
NOTE | Why Save a Project Now?
Saving a project as soon as you create it is a good strategy, for three reasons: The Autosave Vault can't begin creating backups of your project until you save and name it. (The Autosave Vault was presented in Chapter 3.) Capturing video for a named project means all the video goes into a folder with the same name as the project. Captured video from untitled projects goes into an "Untitled" folder. Saving and naming your project now means that future saves are only a keystroke away (Cmd+S). |
 | | 7. | Create a new bin for your project by choosing File > New > Bin (Cmd+B). The new bin appears in your Browser. | | 8. | Double-click the words Bin 1, and name it Video Clips. Press Return, or click somewhere else to deselect the name. | | 9. | As practice in creating a new sequence, create a second sequence for your project by choosing File > New > Sequence (Cmd+N). Leave it named Sequence 2. | | 10. | Next, make a copy of this sequence by Ctrl+clicking the sequence name in the Browser and choosing Duplicate Sequence from the shortcut menu.Duplicating a sequence is very useful if you have an edited sequence that you like, but want to continue experimenting to see if you can improve it. Duplicate a sequence in the Browser by Ctrl+clicking the sequence name and selecting Duplicate. This makes an exact copy of the sequence, which you can then change, while still leaving the original sequence intact, in case your great new idea doesn't pan out. | | 11. | In this case, you don't need these sequences, so select both Sequence 2 and Sequence 2 Copy by dragging a rectangle around them, then delete both of them by pressing the Delete key. | | 12. | Save your project by choosing File > Save (Cmd+S). Then, close this project (File > Close Project)you won't need it for the next exercise. If you are done working for the moment, choose Final Cut Pro HD> Quit ; otherwise, leave FCP running. |
NOTE | Protecting Your Projects
Once you've started working on your project, it's a good idea to protect it from disasters. Here's a tip I recommend to my clients: If I'm working on a project that will take longer than a day or two to edit, at the end of every couple of days, I choose File > Save Project As (or press Shift+Cmd+S) and save it under a new name. Generally, I just give it a new version number at the end, such as "My Project v2," "My Project v3," and so on.The reason for using Save As, instead of duplicating the project in the Finder, is that during the Save As process, Final Cut straightens out any potential technical problems that may exist with the file. This tends to make project files open and close faster, and have fewer errors during editing. Then, the next time I edit the project, I make sure to open the new version. |
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