Presented: July 30, 2025

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video webinar presenting issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 56:14
Download file size: 1.74 GB MB (ZIP file)
Format: MPEG-4 movie (HD: 1920 x 1080)

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

In this session, we go deep inside Apple Final Cut Pro to discover tips and techniques that can help you work faster, understand the interface better, and use effects more, um, effectively.

Join host Larry Jordan as he illustrates:

• How to manage media and pick the right codec
• How to use proxies effectively
• Browser secrets
• The (mostly) secret Viewer menu
• The hidden Event and Comparison Viewers
• When to use Sync vs. Compound clips
• Trimming tricks
• Magnetic mask tips
• And more than THREE DOZEN demos!

If you are looking for ways to take your Final Cut skills to the next level, this session will give you a great start.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This advanced-level session benefits from knowledge of how FCP works, but even new users will learn valuable techniques.

CHAPTER MARKERS

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime download  to simplify navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

SUBJECTS COVERED

• Welcome!
• – Today’s Goal
• – Agenda
• Media, Codecs & Proxies
• – Define: Video Format
• – Define: Color Space
• – Chroma sub-sampling
• – Bit Depth
• – Which to pick?
• Proxy Thoughts
• – When use proxies?
• – ProRes Proxy file size
• – Compare data speeds
• – Import options
• – Which option to pick?
• Browser Secrets
• – Marked range color bars
• – Reject vs. hide clips
• – Show used media
• – Skim & clip info
• – Apply keywords
• – Create new project
• – Duplicate vs snapshot
• – Use two monitors
• – Browser column layout
• – Customize workspaces
• Viewer Secrets
• – Viewer menu
• – Better quality vs performance
• – Proxy preferred
• – Safe zones
• – Show overlays
• – Range check
• Event & Comparison Viewers
• – Event Viewer
• – Comparison Viewer
• Sync Clips vs. Compound Clips
• – Sync double-system audio
• – Compound clips
• – Compound clip text effect
• Trimming Tricks
• – Drag edges
• – Trimming shortcuts
• Ken Burns vs. Keyframes
• – Ken Burns Effect
• – Keyframe move
• Magnetic Mask Tips
• Larry’s FCP Tips Book
• Summary