1. Transition Year Teaching Programme 2012 Post-production

2.  Video editing software developed by Macromedia and Apple inc.  Allows users to log and capture, edit and output video footage to many file formats  Over the last number of years, it has become more popular with film and television editors

3.  Final Cut Pro is found in the applications folder on a Mac computer  On the Desktop, Click Go –Applications  Double click the icon

5.  Importing files into Final Cut Pro is based on a similar procedure to other programmes  Go to File, Import, Files/Folder (Select your files to import)

6.  The Browser Window displays all clips imported into Final Cut Pro  Gives basic information about each video clip

7. You can view each clip stored in the Browser Window through the Viewer Window This is done by double clicking the video file on the Browser Window

8.  The Viewer Window displays the entire clip  When editing, we may only need to use various sections of the overall clip  In order to do this, we need to divide the clip into smaller clips

9.  Click on the Viewer Window  Press “I” where you want your clip to begin  Press “O” where you want your clip to end  These stand for “In” and “Out” Points and determine the length of your divided clip

10.  The selected clips from the Viewer Window are dragged down onto the Timeline to begin editing

11.  The edited clips on the Timeline are viewed in the Canvas Window

12.  Different types of tools are used to help edit video footage  These tools are found on the Tool Palette  The Audio Meters are located beside the Tool Palette

13.  One of the most popular editing tools  Click anywhere on a clip on the Timeline to divide the clip  Reselect selection tool on the Tool Palette, select unwanted clip on the Timeline and press backspace to delete

14.  This is the basic knowledge that you will need to know to edit video footage using Final Cut Pro  There are many other advanced techniques available to achieve different edits  If there is any other technique that you would like to use during post-production, just ask!