Assignment #1–Final Cut Tutorial
Using Final Cut Pro
• Before starting on Final Cut, make sure that you have your chosen 3 images cropped to 720 X 480. All photos should be horizontal.
• Create a folder on the desktop and name it ‘assignment_1′. Inside that folder create a sub-folder and name it ‘images’. Place your 3 final photos in that images folder.
• Open Final Cut
• File > New Project
• File > Import Files: You could import more then one file by clicking on the Apple button.
OR
• File > Import Folder: select ‘images’ folder. All 3 images inside that folder will be imported to Final Cut.
File > Save Project
• Place the playhead on 3 seconds on the stage and add a Marker:
Mark > markers > Add
• Placing images on the tmeline
a. From your browser window, click and drag on a selected image and place it on the timeline. Adjust its length.
b. Do the same for the second and third image.
c. Save Project
Adding Transitions
• Click on the effects browser. This houses all of the audio and video effects.
• Add a Fade In at the beginning: Effects > Video Transitions > Dissolve > Fade In Fade Out Dissolve. Click and drag and place on the left of the first image on the stage.
Add a Fade Out at the end: Effects > Video Transitions > Dissolve > Fade In Fade Out Dissolve. Click and drag and place on the right of the last image on the stage.
NOTE: Placing the images on one layer will make the transitions and effects applied more seamless.
• Add Cross Dissolves in between frames: same method as adding Fades.
See above.
• Render sequence: Sequence > Render All > Both
Exporting The Document
• File > Export > Using Quicktime Conversion
a. Name the file and save it in your ‘assignment_1′ folder. Click Enter.
b. Give it a little time. This will create a .mov file to be uploaded on your blogs.
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