Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Skim clips with editing tools
You can skim clips when you use the Blade, Trim, and Range Selection tools in the Timeline or in 
the Precision Editor. The tools behave as skimmers as you move the pointer over a clip.
 1 Select a clip in the Timeline or open the Precision Editor.
 2 Select either the Blade, Trim, or Range Selection tool from the Tools pop-up menu in the toolbar.
 3 Move the tool forward or backward over a clip.
When using an editing tool as a...

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Play back and skim media in the Event View er
Sometimes, you may need two viewers so that you can play back and skim event clips separately 
from Timeline clips. The Event Viewer is a separate video display that appears next to the main 
Viewer. With the Event Viewer and the Viewer open, you can display two clips at the same time: 
one in the Browser and one in the Timeline.
Event ViewerViewer
You use the Event Viewer to play clips in the Browser only. As with...

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Note:  If the Event Viewer is also visible, both viewers appear on the second display.
 3 To return the Viewer to the Final C ut P ro main window, choose Window > S how Viewers in the 
Main Window.
Show the Libraries list and the Browser on a second display
 1 Connect a second display (a second computer monitor connected to the PCI video card), and 
make sure it is connected to power and turned on.
 2 In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > S how Events on Second...

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 3 To select an A/V output device, choose Final C ut P ro > P references (or press Command-Comma), 
click Playback, and choose the external monitor from the A/V Output pop-up menu.
 4 In Final Cut Pro, choose Window > A/V Output.
The Viewer contents appear on the broadcast monitor. Viewer features (such as onscreen 
controls and the title-safe and action-safe overlays) can be viewed only in Final Cut Pro.
Note:  Video and audio are synced at the video frame (not...

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Control playback quality and performance
There are two settings that affect visual quality and playback performance in the Viewer: the 
Quality setting and the Media setting. Both are found in the Viewer Options pop-up menu in the 
upper-right corner of the Viewer.
Set playback quality
In the Quality section of the Viewer Options pop-up menu, choose one of the following:
 mBetter Quality: Choose this option to display full-resolution video frames in the Viewer....

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About background rendering
Rendering is the process of creating temporary video and audio render files for segments of your 
project that Final Cut Pro cannot play in real time. When you add effects, transitions, generators, 
titles, and other items that require rendering for playback at high quality, the render indicator (an 
orange bar) appears below the ruler at the top of the Timeline. 
Render indicator
By default, rendering begins in the background 5 seconds...

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Editing overview
The term video editing refers both to broader stages of a project workflow and to very specific 
manual tasks that you do with clips in a project Timeline.
 •Create a project: To create a movie in Final Cut Pro, you first create a project, which provides a 
record of your editing decisions and the media you use. See Create a new project
 on page 88. 
 •Make selections and add clips to the Timeline: Adding and arranging clips in your project is the 
fundamental step in creating a...

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Create and manage projects
Create a new project
To create a movie in Final Cut Pro, you first create a project, which provides a record of your 
editing decisions and the media you use. Then you add clips to the Timeline and edit them.
When you create a new Final Cut Pro project, you do the following:
 •Name the project.
 •Specify the event where the project is stored.
Often, you store projects in events that contain the media used to create the project. When 
you drag...

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You can now add clips from the Browser and begin to edit your project in other ways, adding 
titles, special effects, background music, sound effects, and more.
You can change a project’s properties at any time. For more information, see  Modify a project’s 
settings
 on page 89 .
Open an existing project
You can open an existing project at any time.
Open a project
 1 If you don’t see the Libraries list, click the button at the bottom-left corner of the Browser.
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 5 In the window that appears, change the settings as appropriate.
Change the project’s 
video, audio, and 
render properties.
Project Name
 •Project Name: Type a name for the project.
Starting Timecode
 •Starting Timecode:  If you want your project’s timecode to start at a value other than 
00:00:00:00, type a starting timecode value.
Drop Frame Timecode
 •Drop Frame: Select the checkbox to turn on drop frame timecode (this option appears only for 
29.97 and 59.94 fps...