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FCP 300 and 350: Five-day Advanced Final Cut Pro Intensive
Course Description
This five-day hands-on course is designed to provide students with must-know professional cutting techniques for a variety of narrative and nonfiction material, as well as finishing techniques for color-correction and building effects. Combining instruction in advanced technical skill with relevant editing theory, the course teaches students not only how to build an edit, but also how to create drama, orient the audience, and compose effective sound design—while continuously emphasizing professional workflow and efficient project management.
Who Should Attend?
This class is designed for proficient Final Cut Pro editors who want to develop a fuller set of professional editing and finishing skills, including a better understanding of editing theory, as well as a more comprehensive mastery of advanced technical skills.
All students receive
the two Apple course books Advanced Editing Techniques in
Final Cut Pro 5 and Advanced Color Correction and Effects
in Final Cut Pro 5. There is a maximum of eight students
in each class, and each student works at his or her own editing
system.
The course cost is $2,000 or Five Apple Training Units.
Certification
Students who have completed FCP 300
and 350 are eligible to take the Level 2 Apple-Certified End User
Exam in Final Cut Pro 5.
As an Apple-Certified
Pro, you will have the ability to differentiate yourself to employers
and colleagues as a highly skilled user of Final Cut Pro. You
will receive a certificate from Apple distinguishing you as an
Apple-Certified Pro, and you will have the right to use the Apple-Certified
Pro logo.
FCP 300 and 350 students
who wish to be recognized by Apple as an Apple-Certified Pro have
the option to take the Final Cut Pro 5 Level 2 End User Exam,
free of charge, on the last day of class, Friday, from 6pm to
9pm.
Prerequisites
Students must have completed one of
the following prerequisites: FCP 100, FCP 200, The Six-week Art
of Editing Course, or have been working with Final Cut Pro for
over one year. In order to become Level 2 certified, students
must have taken and passed the Apple-Certified Final Cut Pro 5
Level 1 End User Exam.
Schedule
FCP 300 and FCP 350 is taught Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Class Dates in 2006
November 6-10, 2006
Discounts
Students who have completed FCP 300 and
FCP 350: Five-day Advanced Final Cut Pro Intensive are eligible
to receive a 10% discount off the course fee for any one of the
following courses, if taken within one year of FCP 300 and 350:
DVDSP 101, Soundtrack 101, Elements, or Motion 200.
FAQ
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Lesson
Outline from
Advanced
Color & Finishing in Final Cut Pro 5
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Description |
Lesson 1
Motion Effects |
Setting up your workspace, Working with Motion Properties, Positioning Clips Precisely in the Canvas, Fine-Tuning the Composition, Creating Templates, Chapter Review Questions. |
Lesson 2
Opacity and Transfer Modes |
Working With Opacity, Understanding Composite Modes, Applying a Composite Mode, Complex Composite Mode Effects. |
Lesson 3
Using Filters |
Applying Filters, Editing Filters, Controlling Multiple Filters, Using Favorites vs. Paste Attributes. |
Lesson 4
Animating Effects |
Creating Dynamic Motion Effects, Choreographing Effects Across Multiple Clips, Generating Motion Paths, Modifying Motion Paths using Bézier Handles, Streamlining Effects Using Favorites. |
Lesson 5
Travel Mattes and Masks |
What are Travel Mattes? Alpha Travel Mattes, Luma Travel Mattes, Using Filters to Assign Masks. |
Lesson 6
Nesting Sequences |
Basic Nesting, Applying Effects to Multiple Clips, Applying Complex Geometric Settings, Changing the Render Order, Reordering Motion Effects, Mixing Sequence Sizes, Using Nesting as an Editing Tool |
Lesson 7
Variable Speed |
Basic Slow Motion, Variable Speed Effects, Using the Motion Viewer |
Lesson 8
Adding Text |
Adding Text Generators to a Sequence, Using the Timecode Generator and Reader Filters, Importing Title Pages from Other Applications, Managing Subtitles. |
Lesson 9
Keying |
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Lesson 10
Evaluating Video Images |
Identifying Good Source Footage, Basic Keying, Going Beyond the Basics |
Lesson 11
Controlling Contrast |
Primary Color Correction, Understanding Contrast, Basic Contrast Grading, The Blacks, Mids, and Whites, Grading the Contrast, Using High-Contrast Effects. |
Lesson 12
Learning to See and Manipulate Color |
Compensating for Lighting, Understanding the Color Wheel, Color Balancing a Scene, Rendering Faces Naturally, Auto Balance Eyedroppers, Using Color to Create a Stylized Look. |
Lesson 13
Color Balancing a Scene |
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Lesson 14
Color Correcting for Scene Continuity: Matching Two Clips |
The Importance of Visual Harmony, Making Visual Comparisons, Color Correcting Across Scenes, Executing a Complete Color Correction Workflow. |
Lesson 15
Secondary Color Correction |
When to Use Secondary Color Correction, Using Balance and Hue Wheels, Using Limit Effect Controls, Creating a New Color with Limit Effect Controls, Real-World Secondary Color Correction, Creating a Look Using Selective Color Controls. |
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