Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Delete keyframes
Do one of the following:
 mSelect a keyframe in the Audio Animation Editor, and press Option-Shift-Delete.
 mNavigate to a keyframe in the Audio inspector, and click the Keyframe button.
Keyframe button
Hide audio animation
Do one of the following:
 mSelect the clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Hide Audio Animation (or press Control-A).
 mClick the close button  in the upper-left corner of the Audio Animation Editor.
 mControl-click the clip in the...

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Analyze audio
 1 Select an audio clip or video clip with audio in the Timeline.
 2 To analyze the audio, do one of the following: 
 •Choose Window > Go To > Audio Enhancements (or press Command-8).
 •Choose Show Audio Enhancements from the Enhancements pop-up menu in the toolbar.
 •In the Audio inspector, click the Audio Enhancements Inspector button  next to Audio 
Analysis in the Audio Enhancements section. ( The button changes color if any adjustments 
have been made.)
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 •Choose Show Audio Enhancements from the Enhancements pop-up menu in the toolbar.
 •In the Audio inspector, click the Audio Enhancements Inspector button  next to Audio 
Analysis in the Audio Enhancements section. (After you make any adjustments, the button 
changes color.)
 3 To turn on an enhancement, click its icon or select its checkbox (when the enhancement is 
turned on, its checkbox is blue).
Blue checkbox
 4 If necessary, do any of the following:
 •To change Loudness...

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Sync audio and video
Final Cut Pro can automatically analyze and sync the audio and video clips in your project.
For example, if you select two video clips and three audio clips from different sources that were 
all recorded during the same take, Final Cut Pro automatically analyzes and syncs the clips 
together into a new clip in the Browser. Final Cut Pro analyzes the clips for sync points such as 
markers you’ve added, timecode, file creation date, and audio content. If no...

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 4 Use the In Event pop-up menu to choose the event in which you want to create the new 
synced clip.
 5 To sync clips using audio waveform data, select “Use audio for synchronization.” 
This option makes precision sync adjustments using audio waveforms.
Sync point
Note:  Some audio recordings are not suited for use with this feature. Selecting this option may 
result in long processing times during which Final Cut Pro is not available for editing.
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Note:  The automatic settings are shown by default, but if the last synced clip you created used 
custom settings, those settings are shown.
 6 In the Synchronization pop-up menu, choose how the clips are synced:
 •Automatic: Final Cut Pro syncs the clips automatically. 
 •Timecode: Final Cut Pro syncs the clips using timecode recorded in the clips. If you recorded 
timecode in your clips, choose this option. It’s the fastest and most frame-accurate method of 
syncing clips....

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 •First Marker on the Clip: Final Cut Pro uses the first marker in each clip as the sync point. 
Sync point
Tip:  With this method, you can use the first marker to define a region that can be fine-tuned 
with the “Use audio for synchronization” option (described in the next step). In other words, 
you don’t need to place the marker exactly—just close enough so that the automatic audio 
sync feature can sync the clips the rest of the way.
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 3 Make adjustments to the contents of the synced clip.
The contents of a synced clip include a clip in the primary storyline and one or more connected 
clips. You can adjust or slip the sync by dragging the connected clips left or right to change 
the points at which they connect to the clip in the primary storyline. For more information, see 
Connect clips to add cutaway shots, titles, and synchronized sound effects
 on page 10 3.
 4 When you’re done, click the left arrow...

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Preserve pitch when retiming clips
By default, Final Cut Pro preserves pitch when retiming clips so that the pitch doesn’t sound 
higher when the clip is faster or lower when the clip is slower. You can turn this feature on or off 
before or after a clip has been retimed.
Turn Preserve Pitch on or off
 1 In the Timeline, select an entire clip, or a range within a clip, whose speed you plan to change.
 2 Choose Preserve Pitch from the Retime pop-up menu in the toolbar.
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Transitions, titles, eff ects, and gener ators o verview
You can easily add special effects to video, audio, and photos in your projects.
Final Cut Pro provides several kinds of effects and controls: 
 •Transitions: Add an effect between clips to control how they change from one to the next. See 
Transitions overview
 on page 2 11.
 •Titles: Use to add text at any point in your project. See  Titles overview on page 220.
 •Effects: Use to do a wide variety of things to your video and audio clips,...