I know the Tech Room is mostly audio gear talk, but i thought i'd start up something A/V related.
I recently bought a new MacBook Air and had Final Cut Pro thrown in because i want to get better at video editing. So far all i've done with it is put together karaoke videos for Virtual Thundersnow and the PRF Spring Break Karaoke Night we did, but dear god was i thrilled with how much easier it is to use than iMovie, holy smokes.
Anyway, it's been years since i've mucked around with any video editing at all (like, college days level at this point), so video dorks - lay on me any newbie tips or tricks for Final Cut you may have.
Re: Final Cut Pro
2Any such software, Lynda courses are your friend.
https://www.lynda.com/Final-Cut-Pro-tra ... 201-0.html
https://www.lynda.com/Final-Cut-Pro-tra ... 201-0.html
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3The only suggestion I have is as you get better at making and editing videos, the coloring options in DaVinci Resolve are very fun and much better than the options in FCP. Watch a few YT videos to see why and when you make your next msuic video - let the art flow.
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4For multicam editing FCP rules. I say that as kind of a “not video guy” but I dig it.
Second on the Lynda courses if you have access to those.
At the end of a project, there’s a thing in the save menu to delete all generated media, do that and it will make your library a lot smaller. I always forget that and get mad that I’m moving around a giant library.
I know people with a lot more experience have better thoughts.
Second on the Lynda courses if you have access to those.
At the end of a project, there’s a thing in the save menu to delete all generated media, do that and it will make your library a lot smaller. I always forget that and get mad that I’m moving around a giant library.
I know people with a lot more experience have better thoughts.
Re: Final Cut Pro
5I am glad that I am not the only one flummoxed by iMovie. For Apple in particular the interface is insanely non-intuitive. I was contemplating FCP for my next machine, but this has convinced me I thinkDrAwkward wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 12:54 pm I know the Tech Room is mostly audio gear talk, but i thought i'd start up something A/V related.
I recently bought a new MacBook Air and had Final Cut Pro thrown in because i want to get better at video editing. So far all i've done with it is put together karaoke videos for Virtual Thundersnow and the PRF Spring Break Karaoke Night we did, but dear god was i thrilled with how much easier it is to use than iMovie, holy smokes.
Anyway, it's been years since i've mucked around with any video editing at all (like, college days level at this point), so video dorks - lay on me any newbie tips or tricks for Final Cut you may have.
"lol, listen to op 'music' and you'll understand"....
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Re: Final Cut Pro
6there is a solid chance that you have free access to lynda training through your public library. when you get to the sign in, select "sign in with your organization portal" and plug in your library's website (e.g., lapl.org). then, enter your library card # and its pin.
as for fcp, i used it quite a bit circa 2004-2008. when i returned to it last year to edit my prf campout video, i was very pleased to find that i could still get by with the A, B, and T key commands. rendering's a little faster these days...
as for fcp, i used it quite a bit circa 2004-2008. when i returned to it last year to edit my prf campout video, i was very pleased to find that i could still get by with the A, B, and T key commands. rendering's a little faster these days...
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7Also - Davinci has been working towards making Resolve a viable application for editing for years now. I know of a handful of documentaries that have been cut in it. I would recommend Resolve over Final Cut Pro as an editing software to start with. If one were to eventually move on to Premiere or Avid, I think that more of the skills would carry over from Resolve than from FCPX. Most importantly, it's freequiethouse wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 7:12 pm The only suggestion I have is as you get better at making and editing videos, the coloring options in DaVinci Resolve are very fun and much better than the options in FCP. Watch a few YT videos to see why and when you make your next msuic video - let the art flow.
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8I have been neck deep in Resolve for the last week for the first time. It really is an astonishing piece of kit! Dang : )fatchance wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 1:31 pmAlso - Davinci has been working towards making Resolve a viable application for editing for years now. I know of a handful of documentaries that have been cut in it. I would recommend Resolve over Final Cut Pro as an editing software to start with. If one were to eventually move on to Premiere or Avid, I think that more of the skills would carry over from Resolve than from FCPX. Most importantly, it's freequiethouse wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 7:12 pm The only suggestion I have is as you get better at making and editing videos, the coloring options in DaVinci Resolve are very fun and much better than the options in FCP. Watch a few YT videos to see why and when you make your next msuic video - let the art flow.
"lol, listen to op 'music' and you'll understand"....
https://sebastiansequoiah-grayson.bandcamp.com/
https://oblier.bandcamp.com/releases
https://youtube.com/user/sebbityseb
https://sebastiansequoiah-grayson.bandcamp.com/
https://oblier.bandcamp.com/releases
https://youtube.com/user/sebbityseb
Re: Final Cut Pro
9It's worth downloading DaVinci Resolve for free just for the color grading, and in the end, it is also a great all around video editor.
Other advice:
Really spend some time getting to know the hotkeys or customizing your own. Hot keys are the way to make video editing 90% less of a pain in the ass.
Read up on file and compression formats, get to know exactly what each are good for and how they compare in file size v.s quality at render.
Create a procedure for your file naming so that you can, but the file name, know exactly what each clip, render, etc is and when it was rendered. Version numbers and dates in the file names. Render resolution Spec in the file name. Edit version.. etc, and nest your folders in a way that it will be easy to find stuff when you, inevitably, have to rebuild a database. Your file names will be long, but they won't be a mystery.
Buy big, fast hard drives. and more of them than you thin you need.
Back up.
Other advice:
Really spend some time getting to know the hotkeys or customizing your own. Hot keys are the way to make video editing 90% less of a pain in the ass.
Read up on file and compression formats, get to know exactly what each are good for and how they compare in file size v.s quality at render.
Create a procedure for your file naming so that you can, but the file name, know exactly what each clip, render, etc is and when it was rendered. Version numbers and dates in the file names. Render resolution Spec in the file name. Edit version.. etc, and nest your folders in a way that it will be easy to find stuff when you, inevitably, have to rebuild a database. Your file names will be long, but they won't be a mystery.
Buy big, fast hard drives. and more of them than you thin you need.
Back up.
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10You are not joking about file sizes and storage needs. Yikes…. : / It is also pushing me quickly towards a new computer. The processing requirements for HQ are insaneKniferide wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:06 pm It's worth downloading DaVinci Resolve for free just for the color grading, and in the end, it is also a great all around video editor.
Other advice:
Really spend some time getting to know the hotkeys or customizing your own. Hot keys are the way to make video editing 90% less of a pain in the ass.
Read up on file and compression formats, get to know exactly what each are good for and how they compare in file size v.s quality at render.
Create a procedure for your file naming so that you can, but the file name, know exactly what each clip, render, etc is and when it was rendered. Version numbers and dates in the file names. Render resolution Spec in the file name. Edit version.. etc, and nest your folders in a way that it will be easy to find stuff when you, inevitably, have to rebuild a database. Your file names will be long, but they won't be a mystery.
Buy big, fast hard drives. and more of them than you thin you need.
Back up.
"lol, listen to op 'music' and you'll understand"....
https://sebastiansequoiah-grayson.bandcamp.com/
https://oblier.bandcamp.com/releases
https://youtube.com/user/sebbityseb
https://sebastiansequoiah-grayson.bandcamp.com/
https://oblier.bandcamp.com/releases
https://youtube.com/user/sebbityseb