Hello again,
and welcome back to my FCP 10 Tutorial.
In this video, I'm going to revisit my project
and make some necessary changes.
This is part seven of my series.
If you haven't seen my previous videos,
I would strongly suggest going back and watching them.
I’ll link all the videos in the description,
and a complete playlist in the top right corner.
In parts one through six
I made a rough cut of my project,
added some background music
and shared my project
as a private video on YouTube to get some feedback.
Some of the suggestions I got
were that sometimes people didn’t know
what was going on so a little narration would be helpful.
Also, as some people pointed out
some of my clips seemed to drag on
way longer than necessary,
the background music didn’t suit the action,
and a few cutaways seemed out of place.
Things like this will make a video boring for the viewer,
and chances are
they won’t stick around to watch the whole thing.
In todays video I’m going to use some
of that feedback and start making changes to my video.
Before we get started, just out of curiosity,
I’d like to ask you what kind of computer
you’re using to edit your videos.
I just recently upgraded from a
mid 2009 13” MBP to a
mid 2015 15” MBP 2.2GHz i7,
and wow, what a difference that made.
But, I did get 7 years out of my 2009 MBP.
Very impressed.
I hope this on lasts me just as long.
Leave me a line in the comments and let me know
what you’re using and what you like about it.
OK.
So now I’ll open up FCP and
open my Bike Adventures project.
First thing I’m going to do is remove the background music,
and replace it with my new song.
Simply select the song in the timeline
and press Delete key.
Now I’ll connect my new song by pressing Q
and turn down the volume.
I’ll listen to my new song
and mark every beat by pushing the M key.
For more information check out
part five in my tutorial series if you haven't seen it yet.
Now, I’ll ripple trim my clips to the markers I have set.
An easy way to do this,
is setting the playhead on the marker
and dragging the clip towards it.
With snapping turned on, once you get close,
the end of the clip will snap to the playhead.
I will also delete all my gap clips
to shorten my video and go through
my B-roll clips and remove the ones I don’t need.
Then I’ll adjust them so the cuts
are also timed to beats in my song.
If the clips above your storyline don't fit on the screen,
you can always adjust your clip height
from the clip appearance menu.
When I put together my rough cut,
I used video clips to drive my primary storyline.
This time around, I’ve recorded a few voiceover clips,
and I will use them to drive my story.
I need to clear out my primary storyline for that,
but I do not want to delete the clips in it.
Click on the first clip and shift click on
the last one to select all the clips in the primary storyline.
Now, right click on any of the selected clips
and choose Lift From Storyline.
All the clips are lifted out of my primary storyline
into a connected storyline, and replaced with a gap clip.
If I play back my project,
nothing has changed because of FCPs video layering properties,
but my project is now ready
for my voiceover in my primary storyline.
I’m going to skim through my video
and place some markers on my gap clip
where I think my voiceover phrases should go.
Then I’ll use FCPs position tool
to insert my voiceover clips over the long gap clip.
Unlike the the select tool, which is non-destructive,
the position tool has slightly destructive qualities.
Its in a constant overwrite state which allows
one clip to erase the contents of another by dragging over it.
I can choose the position tool from the tools menu,
or by using the keyboard shortcut P.
Now I’ll click drag my first sound byte clip
and drop it over the gap clip.
The sound byte splits my gap clip,
but instead of rippling it out, it just overwrites it,
keeping my overall time constant.
For my next sound byte,
I’ll position the playhead where I want to add it,
but instead of dragging my clip down,
I’ll use the keyboard shortcut D.
Learning and using keyboard shortcuts
can save a lot of time when editing.
By using the position tool,
I can drag my clips anywhere I want in my timeline,
without affecting the timing or position of my other clips.
I’ll add and pace all my soundbites into my primary story line.
Sometimes a clip doesn't work out
and has to be replaced with another clip.
FCP has five versions of replace edit,
but for now I’ll just discuss the top three.
First, is the replace command.
It places your entire browser clip into the timeline.
If the browser clip is longer or shorter
than the project clip it’s replacing,
the project clips ripple around it to fit it in.
I’ll select a browser clip,
drag it over the clip I’d like to replace
and choose the Replace option.
My clip in the timeline is replaced with my browser clip,
and since it was shorter, the clips around it rippled.
The Replace from Start and Replace from End options
place the browser clip within the duration
of the project clip it replaces.
Replace from start lines up the start points of the two clips,
and if the browser clip is longer than the project clip,
it’s trimmed to fit the project clip time.
Replace from End does the same,
except it lines up the end points.
I’ll use the Replace from start option on my next clip.
Since the browser clip is longer,
it’s trimmed down to the duration on my timeline clip,
and the overall project length is not effected.
If the browser clip is shorter than the clip its replacing
in any of the three methods,
and there’s no extra source media available,
FCP will ripple trim and shorten the clip’s duration.
I’ve also imported some more video clips into my library,
that are not all riding clips, to break up the video a bit.
I’ll add a few of these clips above my storyline.
First clip is me packing up my bike before the trip.
I’d like to add about three seconds
of it to the beginning of my video.
I’ll skim my clip in the browser and mark my end point.
Now I can use the keyboard to move
the skimmer back three seconds.
Press Control P to bring up a move command for the playhead.
The dashboard clears to zero waiting for my input.
Press the minus sign, three, then period.
The dashboard shows that playhead
will move back three seconds.
Now I’ll press enter, the skimmer moves back three seconds,
and I’ll set the start point by pressing I.
I’ll connect this to my storyline by pressing Q.
The clip is layered on top,
but i would like it to play before the rest of my video starts.
I’ll move my primary storyline ahead by three seconds,
and since all my other clips are connected to it,
everything will move with it.
I’ll make sure the playhead is at the beginning
and press Option W to insert a gap clip.
Now click and drag my clip and connect it
to the gap clip and it’ll play before the music starts.
Lets go back and talk about FCP’s
move command for the playhead.
It can be brought up any time by pressing Control P,
and can be used both in the event browser
and in your timeline.
To move the playhead
to a specific time point in the timeline,
you enter a numeric timecode.
Pressing period after entering the number
moves it to the next unit of measurement,
which are hours, minutes, seconds and frames.
For example, if I want the playhead
at the 1 minute, 15 second mark,
I type number one, period, fifteen, period and press enter.
The playhead is moved to the one minute 15 second mark.
You can also move the playhead ahead or back
by a specific amount of time by using the plus and minus keys.
For example, to move it ahead 2 seconds,
press Control P, then type plus, number two,
then period and hit enter.
The playhead is moved ahead two seconds from its location.
You move it back the same way,
but type minus sign instead of plus.
Next week I’m going to replace
some of my b-roll clips and show you
how to use FCPs auditions feature.
Its one of my favourite FCP features,
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I’d also like to thank everyone for the
positive feedback in the comments and all the video likes.
I really appreciate it.
So, thanks for watching,
and I hope to see you back next week.