Hello again, and welcome back
to my Final Cut Pro 10 tutorial.
This is part six of my series.
In parts one through five, I imported some footage,
picked favourite parts, and put together a short video.
Then, I added some background music
and cleaned up the sound effects.
To finish off my rough draft of my video,
I added some basic transitions.
Before I move on and polish my project,
I’m going to save a copy of my current project,
and share it with some family
and close friends to get some feedback.
I'm going to show you how to do that in today’s video.
Before we get started I have a question for you guys.
How many people watching this
are switching to FCP from iMovie?
And, would anyone be interested in a complete
iMovie tutorial for some of your shorter projects?
If you are, leave me a line in the comments below.
I would love to hear some feedback.
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Like I said before, in my previous videos,
I put together a rough cut of my project.
If you haven’t seen them,
I’d recommend going back and watching them.
I’ll include the links in the description,
and I’ll link the complete playlist up top.
Before we go any further,
I’m going to save this version of my project.
That way, if I don’t like what happens to my project later on,
I can always go back to this version.
The favoured method
is duplicating project as a snap shot,
for it’s speed and simplicity.
It’s like taking a digital picture of your project.
The contents of the project snapshot
are completely independent.
Nothing you do to your original project
will affect your project snapshot.
To create a project snapshot,
I’ll select my Bike Adventures project,
right click on it and choose Duplicate Project as Snapshot.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift Command D.
A copy of my project is created,
and “Snapshot” text is auto-appended to my title,
as well as the date I created it.
To keep things organized,
I’ll create a smart collection for my projects.
Final Cut Pro’s smart collections is a powerful tool,
that’s going to get it’s own tutorial video
later on in the future, but for now,
here’s a little preview of what it can do.
In my Bike Trip library,
I’ll right click on my day one event
and choose New Smart Collection,
and name it Projects.
Now double click the projects smart collection
to open the filter window.
Click the plus sign in the top right corner and select type.
Now in the dropdown menu I’ll select is and project.
Final Cut Pro creates a smart collection
with all my projects in it.
The great thing about smart collections
is that they’re automated.
In the future, if I create another project
or snapshot in my bike trip library,
it will automatically be added to my projects smart collection.
Now that that’s done,
I’m going to share my project to get some feedback on it.
I’m going to export my project
to a media file I can show to my family and friends
on a phone or a tablet.
I’ll open my Bike Adventures project
and make sure no clip is selected.
If you have a single clip selected, when you export,
only that clip will be exported.
Press Command Shift A on you keyboard
to deselect any clips.
Now, if you've been editing with proxy media,
click view and choose optimized/original media.
If you forget this step,
FCP will export your low resolution proxy files
instead of the original media files.
In the top right corner of my window,
click the share button to open the share menu.
This is a rough copy of my video,
so I want to keep my file size relatively small
without sacrificing quality.
I’ll choose Apple Devices 720p
and a share settings window opens up.
In the Info side of the window,
I can change the name of my project,
write a description, and add tags to my project.
All this information will be saved
as metadata with my video.
It also shows me my resolution
and frame rate of my video, audio information
and the run time and file size of my video.
Also, if I hover the mouse pointer
over the small screen icon,
FCP shows me all the devices
my video will be compatible with.
In the Settings side of the window,
is more export options I can choose from,
such as my format, video codec and resolution of my video.
I can also choose what to do
with my video after its done exporting.
I can open it with quicktime player on my computer
or add it to my iTunes library.
I’m going to select do nothing and click Next,
choose the name and destination for my video
and click Save.
I can monitor the export of my video
in the background tasks menu.
Final Cut Pro will send you a notification
once the export is complete.
Another way you can share a video to get feedback
is uploading it to YouTube.
This is great if you need someone
that is not in the same location as you to see the video.
Same as before, I’ll deselect all my clips
in my project and click on the share button.
When you select YouTube,
FCP asks you to enter your login information.
You only have to do this once,
and FCP remembers for future videos.
My login information is already entered in FCP,
so I’m taken straight to the settings window.
The Info side is same as before,
but the Settings side is a little different.
Here I can choose my upload resolution,
compression and category for my video.
There’s also a privacy setting.
Here I can choose public,
so my video is watchable by anyone on YouTube,
unlisted, where only people that have
a direct link to my video can watch it,
or private, where only people I approve can watch my video.
If you’re interested in learning more about these settings,
let me know in the comments
and I can make a video about that.
Because this is my rough copy,
I’m going to select private and hit next,
read YouTube’s terms of service and hit publish.
My video is uploaded to YouTube
where I can share it with only the people
I want to see my video.
I’m going to show my video to a few people
and get some feedback on it.
In my next video I’m going to use
some of that feedback and make some change.
I’ll show you how to re-time your timeline,
polish your sound track
and learn what else can be done in FCP.
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