Overview
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Discover how to use keywords, markers, and other metadata to keep Final Cut Pro X assets organized during every stage of the editing process: from import to export.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Organization: What works best for you?
- The benefits of organizing assets
- Updates to modern workflows
- Organizing assets in and out of Final Cut Pro X
- Libraries vs. event organization
- Determining the best import method for your workflow
- Using the Media Import window
- Copying files vs. leaving files in place
- Transcoding files and creating proxies
- Importing tags and folders as Keyword Collections
- Importing graphics
- Importing and syncing audio files
- Analyzing for color balance and audio problems
- Importing assets from another event
- Dragging and dropping files into FCPX and import settings
- Setting up workspaces
- Pre-editing and adding notes
- Understanding the Event Browser
- Creating Keyword Collections
- Applying keywords to part of a clip
- Creating keyword shortcuts
- Understanding library Smart Collections
- Searching and filtering clips
- Adding clips to favorites or rejecting clips
- Working with folders
- Creating video roles
- Creating audio roles
- Working with metadata
- Understanding metadata views
- Editing metadata views
- Adding custom metadata fields
- Applying custom names
- Creating new custom names
- Changing existing metadata
- Using the timeline index
- Filtering searches in the timeline
- Regular vs. to-do markers
- Marker shortcuts
- Viewing roles and audio lanes
- Creating additional roles and subroles in the timeline
- Descriptions and tags for export and online distribution
- Creating bundles for batch exporting
- Using roles for exporting titles
- Using roles for exporting audio
- Exporting XMLs
- Relinking files
- Opening and closing libraries
- Modifying storage locations
- Consolidating media
- Retrieving a backup library or project
- Duplicating projects vs. duplicating projects as snapshots
- Backing up and moving libraries
- Next steps
