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Final Cut Pro X Creative Summit

And now we're on 10.3!

This event is special to me - it's one of the friendliest conferences I get to go to.

Speaking of which - I have *NO PHOTOS* of me speaking. If you happen to have one, I'd love to have it.

Go here to upload photos:

My sessions

Color Correction Basics

This 5 hour class laid the groundwork for some good practices for CC. See the Advanced Class info.

Compression Made Easy

Among other things - I built a preset for clients - CBR, a little crunchy + a watermark. You'll have it too when you download my notes.

Just drag it into Compressors Setting window.

Advanced Color Correction

I included the complex color board with a Primary, Secondary for faces (a combination of a keyer and a shape), and a third color board as a Vignette.

Just double click it to add it to your system.

To get my notes:

Sign up here (which is a very low friction, low contact list) and at the end of the signup, you'll get a link to all of my notes & presets. 

 

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Bonus

Here's the 30 in 30 list

  • Shift T (Transform), Shift C (crop), Optional D (distort)
  • Audition in the Browser
  • Controlling the Video (Ctrl V) for the video animation
  • Using click/shift click to adjust the timing of an animation on the timeline
  • Shift 1,2,3 to modify adding clips to the timeline
  • Spatial conform of multiple stills via the Bottom of the Video tab of the inspector. Don't miss "Fill" vs. "Fit"
  • Holding down the tool key (like Z) and using it...to release and have it snap back to the Arrow.
  • X to mark the spot. Q to add a clip exactly to that duration.
  • X to mark the spot, CMD-Opt-W to add a lower third perfectly on a clip.
  • Optional R - Replace from Start.
  • Adding a Freeze Frame from the Browser (opt F) adds it as a connected clip - and doesn't disturb your timing
  • Quickest montage.
    • Add Music under a Gap
    • CMD B tap while playing back
    • Opt R replace as you go. 
  • The Optional Control of Loudness is absolute - perfect for quickly setting music to not blast your years
  • Bonus: Opt click the green dot to maximize OS X windows w/o going full screen.
  • Bonus: Three finger swipe down in OS X to show recent documents.
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Mastering the Magnetic Timeline in FCPX

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FCPX reinvented the way we edit - either you hate it or are willing to embrace it. This session covered some of features of base editorial - where it's nearly impossible to go out of sync and you have to rethink the concept of 'tracks.'​

I didn't get to cover some of the deeper topics here (such as trimming)​, but they're in my notes - feel free to ask questions if you have any!

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