Day: Friday
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Duration: 5 weeks
Price: £184 (Concessions £110)
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Final Cut Pro Advanced

Course Overview
The aim of this course is to enable you to produce broadcast standard footage in the Final Cut Studio suite, using FCP’s advanced editing techniques and project management. This course is aimed at the professional editor with a view to sharing knowledge and experience. You will be encouraged to ask advanced questions throughout the course and there will be many hints and tips shared along the way.

Course Outcomes
Upon completing this course, you will:
• Have a deeper understanding of the Final Cut Studio 3 suite of software
• Understand how FCP7 deals with different video file formats including High Definition and non-tape-based workflows
• Be able to re-connect missing footage
• Understand how to edit footage from a DVD and have discussed third-party software
• Have used more advanced editing tools
• Understand keyframing video properties over time and time re-mapping
• Have an understanding of the ‘round tripping’ of footage through the studio applications
• Know how to deal with colour-correction in FCP using the 3-way color corrector and have an understanding of vectorscopes and waveform monitors
• Understand how to apply keyframes to filters
• Have used Soundtrack Pro to remove pops, clicks, background noise and hum from footage
• Have performed a multi-clip edit
• Be able to use Compressor to export footage and have a basic understanding of how to customise the encoding process

Lesson Structure
Lesson 1 Advanced media format workflows • Audio/video settings and custom setup • Other useful software • Editing from DVD footage • Reconnecting media • FCP software updates • Recap on edit tools (ripple and roll tools, slip and slide tools) • The Trim/edit window • Split edits • Subclips
Lesson 2 Markers and their uses beyond editing (subtitling and DVD compression) • Keyframing for animation & effects • Useful effects (smoothcam) • Saving useful filter settings • Time re-mapping • Multiclip editing • Nesting/Render order
Lesson 3 Analysing the image • Vectorscopes • The Waveform monitor • Legalisation warnings • Primary and secondary colour correction • Matching using the three-way colour corrector
Lesson 4 Sound tools and filters • Marking/fixing peaks in levels • The Voice over tool • Pop/click removal • Noise removal • Frequency editing in Soundtrack Pro
Lesson 5 An overview of outputting using compressor • Introduction to Media Manager • Exporting reference movies/xml for other uses

Tutor
Tom Heycock has a degree in Film Studies from the University of Canterbury and a great depth of knowledge of the digital media world, having worked in the industry for fifteen years as a Video-Jockey, Cameraman, Editor, Motion Graphics Artist, A/V Co-ordinator and Colourist. Clients have included BBC Scotland, ITV1 Network, Camden and Southwark Councils, Glastonbury and The Big Chill music festival.

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