Final Cut Pro HD | H•O•T Hands-On Training [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

1.

If Final Cut is not running, start it and open Chapter 05 Lesson. It's in the FCP Projects/ FCP HOT files folder you created at the beginning of this book. Double-click Seq- Snowboard Start to open it. This is a modified version of the commercial you started to create in Chapter 4, "Build Your Story." I added four shots to the end of it, so the running time is now 59:17; well over the ultimate limit of 30 seconds.

2.

Save this project as Board Feet v2 in your FCP HOT Book Projects folder. Why "v2"? Because this the second version of the commercial, and in case you don't like your modifications, you can easily go back to the previous version.

3.

Take a minute to play the sequence to get familiar with the new shots on it.

So, how did you play the sequence? Did you use the spacebar? The J, K, and L keys? Scroll using the playhead? Everything you learned in the last chapter about navigating a clip in the Viewer also applies to the Timeline.

Plus, in the Timeline you have even more navigation options. With the Timeline window selected, press the up and down arrow keys. See how the playhead jumps from clip to clip? This is a very fast way to move precisely through the Timeline.

Chapter 6," Trim Your Story."

4.

There are two other keyboard navigation tips you'll find yourself using frequently:

Press the left or right arrow keys to move earlier or later one frame at a time.

Hold down the Shift key and press the left or right arrows to move earlier or later one second at a time.

5.

Click the Arrow tool in the Tool palette or, what I find much faster, press the A key.

6.

Click the Blue sky clip.

Instant selection. Darn, that was easy! Naturally, this barely scratches the surface.

7.

With Blue sky selected, hold down the Shift key and click In the lake.

See how the Shift key allows you to select a range of clips?

Chapter 10)

Group Selection tool (essentially mimics the Arrow tool)

Range Selection tool

In this case, select the third tool: the Range Selection tool, or press GGG.

11.

Using the Range Selection tool, drag from the end of Down Mountain into In the Lake. The precise coordinates don't matter. Notice that you've selected portions of two different clips. You'll learn how to apply these selection techniques next.

12.

This ends this exercise in selecting clips. Next you'll see how you can use these selection techniques to determine which clips to delete. If you want to take a break, quit Final Cut. Don't save any changes. Otherwise, leave everything open for the next exercise.