But I realize that I do not know it well enough – I need Tortoise Speed Motion.Event Manager X was replaced by FCP X 10.1's Libraries. I saved myself loads of time, just doing that, and I learned all the shortcuts fairly easily through repetition and muscle memory – I could recite the process! I followed a routine for favouriting and key wording clips, half a dozen steps, then I did it loads of times on the project I am working on. Set yourself up so you can see Mark’s lesson ( I used a different computer), and copy the suggestions as they occur on your own project. Wherever you are in your workflow, follow the associated tutorial. Rather than watching the lot and being overwhelmed, I suggest this approach. That is a for me, an undigestible information overload. of keyboard commands featured runs to six pages!!!! and a customised set is uninstallable on FCPX. Rather it teaches Keyboard Shortcuts already available within FCPX (and largely hitherto ignored and undisturbed by me) and, very logical, custom-made much-needed ones, created by Mark. However, this does not really teach concepts (apart from that learned Keyboard shortcuts are much more efficient than mouse fiddling). It answers many of those “wouldn’t it be much better if” frustrations you feel once you get to know any programme. This is a very useful asset if you are already very familiar with Final Cut Pro X. And there’s a reason Ripple Training is recommended by Do the right thing for yourself and your family, and buy this course. As I ended up buying Media Management, Warp Speed, and am about to buy the Sound Edit and/or Color grading.įor the sake of your mental health as an editor, please. Regrets? I should’ve just bought the bundle. Those veteran editors were not lying about “prying FCPX out of their cold dead hands”. I was laying out assemblies faster than I ever have in my entire life. The full power of FCPX was unlocking…even with my fingers in a knot. But something started to happen:Įditing became fun. Mark Spencer made me almost OCD about not touching that mouse. And after bazillions of started to stick! The pacing was brutal if you’ve never touched FCPX. About 1/3 through I regretted my decision and ALMOST went with the core course. I went with this course because I felt like this was exactly what I needed. After looking at a $19.95 tutorial on Udemy, I properly slapped myself for thinking about it and redirected my browser back to good ol’. I needed to learn it, and I had no time to waste. From what it seemed, all I had to lose was time. After reading the opinions of some “old head” editors making the switch and “never looking back” I decided to give it a shot. As projects grow larger and larger the NLEE (NLE effect) kicks in and what you really need is a monocle.Įnter Final Cut Pro X. Every darn thing you do on the timeline seemed to take forever. For the past couple of years, I’ve been editing on resolve and while I appreciate the powerful tools, I felt like my editing was being held back. That course is more of a guided tutorial whereas this course is a really good reference course.Ībsolutely the most useful and powerful tutorial I’ve done with Ripple.or anyone for that matter. If you are new to editing and you don’t already have established processes around it, I would recommend you rather go for the Final Cut Pro Core Training course with Steve Martin. I love that about this course, but then I talk fast myself. The course moves fast, and Mark Spencer talks fast. I think this course works really well for people who have been editing for a while and are trying to figure out how to use FCP, or are getting back into editing with FCP in the latest versions (I had been doing very little editing over the last 5 years and was rusty). The Warp Speed Editing command set also adds some very useful shortcuts. I continually reference the Keyboard Command Cheat Sheet. The project media for this course is also very useful. This course does a brilliant job of showing you all the technical features of FCP that make it such an incredibly efficient editor and it exposes you to a ton of hidden features. Final Cut Pro X was a big change and I started editing with it as soon as it came out, but I’m a hobbyist, not a professional. I still have the G4 Cube with Final Cut 2.0 and it still works!. I have been editing with Final Cut for more than 20 years. Creating Custom Keyboard Shortcuts for Color.Changing the Audio Configuration of Timeline Clips.Checking the Audio Configuration of a Browser Clip.Combining Compound Clips and Connected Storylines.Editing Connected Storylines with Clip Skimming.Download this outline Warp Speed Editing in Final Cut Pro 10.4 1.
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