HousekeepingFinal Cut Pro + Classroom

Can you guess?

go!

This!

Woo!

• There should be no reason moving forward that any project is named “Untitled Project”

• Open Final Cut! SAVE AS! NAME YOUR PROJECT! DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE!

SRSLY?

Houdini????

• There is no need to minimize windows!

• Use COMMAND H

• H stands for HIDE (or Houdini)

Houdini????• I guarantee that’s why your tools and meters were missing!

• Make sure you have the right tool selected! If things aren’t moving in your timeline, make sure you have your selection tool...um, selected.

Shout it out!

Recover Windows

• Application Menu --> Window --> Arrange Standard.

• Or CONTROL ‘U’

Open Vs. Import

• Open is used to open projects

• These are projects:

• Import is used to bring items into FCP

• Items include: Pictures, videos, music.

Import vs. dragging• DO NOT! Drag files from folders or desktop into your timeline.

• There should never be items in your timeline WITHOUT items in your browser.

• If you save an image make sure you IMPORT it!!!

• Re-name before you import!

• Remember organization is key!

What do these have in common?

Think fast

Organization

• NAME EVERYTHING!

• Files/folders/songs/pictures/projects/pets

Don’t cut yo’self!

• Don’t forget your BLADE tool!

• Why grab the end of a clip and drag when you can make a splice/cut with your blade, and delete.

Duration

• If you right click, and use the submenu, you can change the duration!

• This will allow you to adjust the clip without having to juggle your whole timeline.

DurationHours Minutes

Seconds Frames

Quickly!

Timeline

HoursMinutes Second

sFrames

• The same rule applies to the time indicator in the timeline

Timeline zoom• Don’t be fooled by how long the clip LOOKS!

this clip is 2 minutes long

• Change your timeline view with the size slider, or scroll tab.

Duration

• Duration of an clip is found here

• It will change if you set in and out points

• Let’s look here............................................

What is a wire frame?

• A wire frame is what allows us to move where on the screen our image/text/graphic is.

Tricky one!

The server• We need to master this!!

• xserve01 -->Final Work-->2012-2013-->Leonard-->Period#

The server

• It’s your friend!!

• Allows you to store things off your computer to save space!

• “Bounce” it to the server means put it on the server

Server vs. local

• Server is our networked storage space

• Local refers to your Hard Drive Disk (HDD)

Server Local

Classroom Things

• Lot’s of left behinds! Take your things

• There should be no trash, water bottles, etc.

• Please push in your chairs

• Make sure your computer logs out before you leave (10th period shut down)

Extra Help

• I can work with you after school

• Stay late to work on projects

• Talk to me during the period to set up time

Moving forward

• Due dates will be more firm

• Class time- Needs to be utilized to the fullest

• Ask me or your neighbors for help!

• If I have something to show you...

Perspective

• 30 photographs @ 6 days = 5 pictures a day

• 2:00min @ 6 days = 20 seconds a day

• 1:30min @ 6 days = 15 seconds a day

• Transitions take mouse clicks

• How did you use class time?

Finally!