Final Cut Pro X Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Final Cut Pro X Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Importing Your Media -- Introduction -- Importing from a tapeless video camera -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a camera archive -- To import all or not to import all -- But what about XYZ format? -- Importing MTS, M2TS, and M2T files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Other alternatives -- Rewrapping or transcoding -- Importing DSLR video -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transcoding H.264 -- See also -- Importing music from iTunes and GarageBand -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Import now, use later -- Tons of sound effects -- See also -- Importing still images -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Import now, use later -- Selecting more than one image at once -- Importing images not in Apple photo software -- See also -- Importing data from a tape-based camera -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- If you're lucky... -- If you run into problems, try a camera archive -- Importing and working with layered Photoshop files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Background layers -- See also -- Importing iMovie projects -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Importing just your iMovie events -- Analyzing iMovie footage -- Importing Final Cut Pro 7 projects.

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- What does and doesn't translate -- Xto7 -- See also -- Working with your already organized media -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Be organized! -- Optimized and proxy media -- See also -- Relinking media files -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Relinking online clips -- Relinking in the timeline -- See also -- 2. Customizing Your Workflow -- Introduction -- Getting acquainted with the Final Cut Pro X interface -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- That's not all, folks! -- Customizing the keyboard -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Multiuser environments -- Accessories to help -- Adding keywords to your clips -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using keyboard shortcuts -- Applying keywords to ranges of clips -- Removing keywords from clips -- See also -- Marking clips as favorites and rejected -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Where'd my clips go!? -- Be careful when deleting rejected clips -- Creating a Smart Collection -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Scratching the metadata surface -- Working with a second computer monitor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Alternate second display options -- See also -- Working with a broadcast safe monitor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- What's a broadcast monitor, anyway? -- See also -- Customizing the Event Library and Event Browser -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- List view versus filmstrip view - pros and cons -- Knowing your buttons -- Batch changing clip names and other metadata -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Creating custom naming presets -- Altering a clip's metadata for more powerful organization -- Editing efficiently with optimized and proxy clips.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Oops, I forgot to convert at import... -- Why do I see all these red boxes where my clips should be? -- 3. Basic Editing Mechanics -- Introduction -- Appending, inserting, and overwriting clips to a storyline -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Editing in secondary storylines -- Editing only video or only audio -- Make sure your playhead is precisely between two clips -- See also -- Working with (and without) the Magnetic Timeline -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- When to use the Position tool -- Deleting clips and the Magnetic Timeline -- See also -- Creating connected clips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Repositioning connected clips -- See also -- Replacing a clip -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transform properties and effects don't transfer, but here's a workaround -- A clever use for replacing clips to fix accidental audio- or video-only edits -- Possible error messages -- See also -- Splicing clips with the Blade tool -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Adding b-roll to bladed areas! -- Removing a clip segment with the Range Select tool -- Blade without the Blade tool -- Using the Trim tool, part 1 - trimming and rippling -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Media limits (what are those red lines?) -- More ways to ripple! -- Trim a clip shorter, but don't ripple the whole timeline -- Highlight an in or out point without clicking on it -- See also -- Using the Trim tool, part 2 - rolling -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Rolling and Multicam edits -- Getting your timed project back in beat -- Using your keyboard to roll -- See also.

Using the Trim tool, part 3 - slipping and sliding -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Slipping and sliding with the keyboard -- Media limits -- See also -- Creating and working with gap clips -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- 4. Enhancing Your Editing -- Introduction -- Making a three-point edit -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- You can insert and overwrite with three-point edits too -- Errors you may encounter -- Backtiming a three-point edit -- Creating additional storylines -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transitions and extra storylines -- Inserting a gap clip at the beginning -- Adding more clips to a secondary storyline -- See also -- Trimming audio and video separately with a split edit (also known as making a J or L cut) -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Changing the audio edit instead of video -- See also -- Grouping clips together as a compound clip -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Transforming and applying effects to compound clips -- See also -- Adding markers and to do items -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Placing markers on connected clips -- Jumping from marker to marker with the keyboard -- See also -- Auditioning multiple shots or takes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Auditioning with connected clips -- Duplicating auditioned clips to test different effects -- See also -- Editing in beat to the music -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Using the Roll tool to fix timing issues -- Adjusting marker timing -- Backtiming a clip into your timeline -- See also -- Using the Precision Editor -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- The tool for type A editors -- Rolling in the Precision Editor.

Multicam part 1 - getting your media synced and prepped -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Other methods to sync besides audio -- Changing overlays and the number of viewable angles -- See also -- Multicam part 2 - making the live cut -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- See also -- Multicam part 3 - fine-tuning your multicam edit -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Adding effects -- 5. Sweetening and Fixing Your Sound -- Introduction -- Reading and understanding the audio meters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Raising a clip's volume by more than 12 dB -- Changing the volume of multiple clips at once -- Lowering your music during speakers -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Adjusting the length of the dips -- See also -- Lowering a loud, unexpected background sound with manual keyframes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Replacing bad audio with a cleaner recording -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Silent start to your clip -- See also -- Sound effects, part 1 - browsing, connecting and panning -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Downloading sound effects -- See also -- Sound effects, part 2 - animating with keyframes -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Deleting the audio keyframes on a clip -- See also -- Sound effects, part 3 - working in a surround sound space -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Keyframing and animating sound in Surround Panner -- Turning off a channel -- The other pan modes -- See also -- Removing unwanted audio channels -- How to do it... -- Unlinking audio from video -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Relinking after detaching -- See also.

Using FCPX's auto audio enhancements.