Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual download pdf (Page 31)

Final Cut Pro Tutorial 31

Setting Up Your Environment

When you install Final Cut Pro, you provide information about your system that the program

uses to establish its basic settings. You don’t have to change those settings for this tutorial.

Before you begin working, however, you should specify a scratch disk for storing video,

audio, and render ﬁles.

To specify the scratch disk and ﬁle type:

1 Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.

2 Click the Scratch Disks tab and specify a scratch disk for your video, audio, and render ﬁles.

Note: You can specify that these ﬁles be stored on a single disk, on separate disks, or in

folders within a disk.

3 Click the Sequence Presets tab and choose Software Preset.

4 Click the Set Default button.

If the button is dimmed, that option is already the default.

5 Click OK.

Now you’re ready to begin editing in Final Cut Pro.

Editing in Final Cut Pro

This section gives you practice with the basic editing features of Final Cut Pro, including

adding clips to a sequence, trimming, slip editing, match frame editing, using transitions, and

audio manipulation.

“The Lindy Hop” sequence in the project “Swing.fcp” is a section of a documentary about

swing dancing in the 1990s. This sequence introduces you to the power and productivity of

Final Cut Pro. In the tasks that follow, you will recreate this video segment and learn some of

the ways the program facilitates the creative process.

Creating Your Own Project

To begin, open the program, create your own project, and play the sequence named “The

Lindy Hop.” This sequence is the model for the learning tasks in the tutorial.

1 Choose Open from the File menu, locate the Tutorial folder on your hard disk, open the

Projects folder inside it, select the ﬁle “Swing.fcp” (one of the tutorial’s project ﬁles), and

click Open.

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Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual Page 31