Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started - Manual (Page 57)

Chapter 4 Basic Editing 57
Adding a Storyboard of Clips to a Sequence
It’s often a good idea to arrange your clips in the Browser to get an idea or preview of
what the movie will look like once you’ve finished editing. This “storyboard” can
provide a visual representation of your finished movie, and can save you time before
you start editing clips into a sequence and meticulously trimming them later only to
discover you prefer clips in a different order. For example, storyboarding can be very
useful when you’re editing to a music track. Once you create a storyboard, you can
then simply drag the clips into a sequence in the Timeline.
To create a storyboard:
1 Control-click in the Browser, then choose View as Large Icons from the shortcut menu.
2 Drag your clips within the Browser into the order you want them to appear in your
movie sequentially from left to right. When you run out of horizontal space, you can
start a new row immediately below the first one. Keep your rows and columns
relatively straight, so that Final Cut Express HD can determine their order.
Final Cut Express HD reads and displays your clips from left to right.
Final Cut Express HD knows the next row of clips is a continuation of the first.
3 Save your project by clicking the project’s tab in the Browser, then choosing
File > Save Project (or pressing Command-S).
Browser
Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5
Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10
Clip 11 Clip 12 Clip 13 Clip 14 Clip 15