Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Intro to effects
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- Intro to transitions
- How transitions are created
- Add transitions and fades
- Quickly add a transition with a keyboard shortcut
- Set the default duration for transitions
- Delete transitions
- Adjust transitions in the timeline
- Adjust transitions in the inspector and viewer
- Merge jump cuts with the Flow transition
- Adjust transitions with multiple images
- Modify transitions in Motion
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- Add storylines
- Use the precision editor
- Conform frame sizes and rates
- Use XML to transfer projects
- Glossary
- Copyright
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Three-point editing guidelines in Final Cut Pro for Mac
The result of a three-point edit in Final Cut Pro depends on which three points you set in the browser and the timeline.
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| The start point of the source selection in the browser is aligned with the destination start point in the timeline, and the duration of the edit is determined by the source selection start and end points in the browser. | ||||||||||
| The start point of the source selection in the browser is aligned with the destination start point in the timeline, and the duration of the edit is determined by the destination start and end points in the timeline. Note: This edit requires a range selection in the timeline. You can use the Range Selection tool | ||||||||||
| The end point of the source selection in the browser is aligned with the destination end point in the timeline, and the duration of the edit is determined by the source selection start and end points in the browser. This is known as “backtiming” an edit. Use this method when you want to make sure a clip ends at a specific point in the project. | ||||||||||
| The end point of the source selection in the browser is aligned with the destination end point in the timeline, and the duration of the edit is determined by the destination start and end points in the timeline. This is known as “backtiming” an edit. Use this method when you want to make sure a clip ends at a specific point in the project. Note: This edit requires a range selection in the timeline. You can use the Range Selection tool |
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