Saturday, 6 September 2014

FCP X training

We not only have new cameras for this year but also new editing software called Final Cut Pro X; to get to grips with this software before our actual editing takes place for our short we were given the task to film and edit a litter documentary. This was a helpful task to us as final cut pro is very different to the one we were used to using.

So this is the new Final cut, as you can see it looks a lot fancier than last time and if you look on the bottom right hand pane there is a selection of transitions, effects and other cool things you can put in your work. Another cool feature of Final cut pro X is you can now edit your sound in there and change the volume levels of diagetic or non diagetic sounds.  


This pane is in the top left hand side of Final cut pro X and just like the other version this is where all your uploaded clips go, whats different about this one if you can order your clips into folders, so in the instance of our documentary you can drop a load of clips into a folder and call it 'B roll'.  This is handy because it makes it easier to find your clips.  


Another new thing added to final cut pro is this ability to add 'B-roll/cut away' footage over running footage which keeps the audio but changes to different clips. 
You can also edit audio and change the volumes of it without having to go into soundtrack pro to change and manipulate audio.