Chapter 7: edit your project, Editing overview, 87 editing overview – Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.1.2) User Manual
Page 87: Edit your project
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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.
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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
on page 88.
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Make selections and add clips to the Timeline: Adding and arranging clips in your project is the
fundamental step in creating a movie with Final Cut Pro. You move and reorder clips in the
Timeline. See
on page 117, and
on page 156.
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Cut and trim clips: Final Cut Pro provides a wide variety of tools for adjusting the start and
end points of clips in the Timeline and for controlling pacing from one shot to the next. See
on page 122.
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Further refine and adjust your project: Final Cut Pro provides many advanced editing tools to
finish a highly polished movie with ease. See topics in the advanced editing section.
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Add effects and color correction: Finishing touches include visual effects and color correction.
See
Transitions, titles, effects, and generators overview
on page 210 and
on page 376.
Toolbar:
Perform
common tasks by
clicking a button.
Connected clips:
Add titles and
cutaway shots. In the Magnetic
Timeline, everything stays in sync.
Audio clips:
Add music
and sound effects as
connected clips.
Primary storyline:
Add and
arrange clips to construct
your movie.
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