Apple Final Cut Express HD Uživatelský manuál stáhnout pdf (Strana 1)

What is Final Cut Express?

Apple bundles iMovie with every new Macintosh, providing easy-to-use video editing for everyone. Some

media makers, however, require the creative ﬂexibility provided by a traditional timeline-based non-linear

editing application. is is where Final Cut Express 4 comes in. Reasonably priced (compared to Final Cut

Pro 6, only available as part of the Final Cut Studio 2 bundle), Final Cut Express is sophisticated enough

for doing pro-level work, ﬂexible enough for demanding artists, yet basic enough for those who are new to

editing.

e most noticeable diﬀerences between Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro is that Express is limited to

working with three codecs: DV, HDV, and AVCHD. It also has several other limitations in terms of eﬀects,

ﬁlters, and levels of undo, however, for editors who are starting out, Final Cut Express provides a rich set of

capabilities. If in the future you need the power and ﬂexibility of Final Cut Pro, the upgrade experience will

be relatively seamless since the Final Cut Express interface is for the most part identical to the Final Cut

Pro interface. In addition, Final Cut Pro can import Final Cut Express projects, however, there is no going

back from Final Cut Pro to Final Cut Express.

Getting Started

Final Cut Express, like most sophisticated video editing

applications, carries a fairly steep learning curve for new users,

however, if you focus on the fundamentals, you can get started and

get a lot done in just a few steps. is document is designed to take

you step by step though your ﬁrst experience with Final Cut Express

and will also provide some suggestions for further study.

Storage volume

You must use an external FireWire hard drive to store your project

ﬁles and related media ﬁles. Keep in mind that the computers in the

Studio Foundation labs are not backed up, therefore, it’s very

important that you save both your project folder and your scratch

folder on your own external hard drive.

Gather your media

If you are going to learn Final Cut Express using your own media, you should have some video that was

recorded with audio on a mini-DV tape ready to be captured. Or better yet, it may already be captured to a

DV or HDV QuickTime ﬁle. Audio ﬁles should be in the AIFF (.aif ) or WAV (.wav) format, and it will be

useful to have a couple of still images in .psd, .tif, or .jpg format to work with.

Create a folder for your project

It’s important to have a place to store your Final Cut Express project ﬁle and other related ﬁles like audio

clips, images, music, etc. is could simply be a folder on your external hard drive. is is not the same

place, however, that media will be stored when captured from your camera. at place is determined by the

rough draft v.3b

A Brief Introduction to Editing with Final Cut Express

by David Tamés

[email protected]

This document provides a brief introduction to editing with Final Cut Express 4. At this point this document is a

rough work-in-progress, please provide feedback on how it can evolve into a more useful document, especially in

terms of what’s missing and what you find confusing.

This is a very incomplete work-in-progress. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated as this document evolves

towards something more complete and useful. Please send comments, suggestions, and corrections, to: David Tamés

via email to david.tames@massart.edu or call 617.879.7298.

Having your own external FireWire

hard drive is a requirement for

Visual Language II classes

The MassArt Supply and Book store carries LaCie

Rugged hard drives with FireWire 800, FireWire

400 and USB 2.0 interfaces for universal

connectivity.

The drive is

bus-powered

and plug &

play, ideal for

video storage

and data exchange on the go. While all hard drives

are delicate electro-mechanical devices and should

be treated as such, the aluminum shell and shock-

resistant rubber bumper oﬀers extra protection.

There are two ﬂavors of the drives, 5400rpm and

7200rpm (which refers to how fast the internal

disk platters spin). The faster 7200rpm drives are

highly recommended for video editing.

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Strany 1 - Getting Started

What is Final Cut Express?Apple bundles iMovie with every new Macintosh, providing easy-to-use video editing for everyone. Some media makers, however,

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Scratch Disk setting (System Settings from the Final Cut Express menu). is will be described again in the next section.Remember, you project ﬁle keep

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else, save it (File > Save Project As) in the folder you have chosen as your project folder. Or, if another user's project opens (Final Cut re

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3. Timeline - is window displays your sequences. To put a clip on the timeline, simply drag and drop from the Browser or the Viewer. To play clips in

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etc. Give them a name, this way you know what the media ﬁles are when you look at them on the disk.Importing FilesIf you already have video clips, aud

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Modify > Stereo Pair (shortcut ‘L’) which will either unlink an existing stereo pair or link together as a stereo pair two independent audio clips

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Playback the portion of the Timeline containing the image, and you should see the image gradually change from sharp to blurry. Many facets of Final Cu

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Final Cut Express Reference Manual (available on all Studio Foundation Macs with Final Cut Express installed)BooksWeyland, Diana. Final Cut Express 4: