This three-day, hands-on course teaches students to perform basic editing functions while becoming familiar with the Final Cut Pro user interface. In this course, you will cut a scene from the TNT television series Leverage, create a promo for Seaworld's Believe documentary, as well as master filters and effects as you edit a segment of Playing for Change, the international music-creation event. (3 days) 9:30am - 5:30pm
Start with basic video editing techniques and work all the way through Final Cut Pro's powerful advanced features. Learn to mark and edit clips, mix sound, add titles, create transitions, apply filters, and more. Topics include basic setup, customizing preferences and settings, capturing video and audio, various editing and trimming techniques, Ripple, Roll, Slip, and Slide tools, audio editing and audio creation, finishing and final output.
Who should attend
This class is designed for anyone looking to edit professional-quality video with Final Cut Pro and who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore its functionality.
What you will learn
- Marking clips, using insert, overwrite and drag-and-drop editing
- Trimming edit points
- Using Ripple, Roll, and Extend edits as well as the Slip and Slide tools
- Applying filters and changing Motion properties.
- Audio editing and audio creation
- Finishing and final output
- A more detailed look at the course outline can be found here.
Prerequisites
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:
- Knowledge of Mac OS X and basic computer navigation
- Basic knowledge of editing terminology is recommended
About the Instructor
About Raymond
Raymond Friesen is a passionate filmmaker who lives to share stories. While his experience ranges from shooting documentaries abroad to creating web commercials, Raymond brings a creative approach and technical proficiency, along with a consistent vision, to each project he works on, never backing down from a challenge.
As well as being a certified Apple Trainer, Raymond works as a director and editor at Handcraft Creative, a small studio that specializes in video, web development and print design as well as interactive content creation. Handcraft has produced video projects for many businesses and organizations including; New Media Manitoba, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Ricki's Fashion, The Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, MTS Allstream, and the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.
Constantly pushing himself to be on the forefront of the industry, Raymond strives to do work that is of the highest quality and awesome! He believes that he has a responsibility to share his knowledge and encourages others to be passionate in what they do.
Raymond Friesen