Final Cut Pro Chinese tutorial (1) basic understanding of Final Cut Pro

Hello everyone , Welcome to learn Final Cut Pro Basic tutorials for , I am a Mac Xiaobotong , This video explains —— Basic knowledge Final Cut Pro.

New repository

We opened it for the first time , It's the interface , So we need to create a new resource pool , We choose Top menu — newly build — The repository , Pictured ：

Click on newly build , Store as one you want name , Put it in Manuscript or desktop among , Come to us according to our own needs Click store .

Even if it is a new resource pool , A repository is Final Cut Pro An exclusive clip project file .

New projects ( Custom Settings )

Here we still need to create a new project , Only in this way can we decide that our video is , What kind of resolution , What frame rate , What format , We click New projects

Use Custom Settings , Pictured ：

• The name of the project depends on your own needs , Events are our folders , It will create an event of the day according to the creation of the resource pool .

• The start time is zero seconds and zero frames , The format on the video side is 1080P、1080i、2K 4K 5K Some of the settings for .

• 1080i It means interlaced scanning

• 1080P It means progressive scanning

• By default on the resolution side ,

• It is a choice of size , image 1920×1080 It's just one. 16:9 The size of the ,

• 1440×1080 It's just one. 4：3 The size of the .

• The rate is what we often call a frame rate , We can choose every second 24 Frames or per second 25 frame .

• If we need to customize the resolution , You can choose to customize the format .

• In this case, a parameter of our resolution , You can make an adjustment according to your own needs .

• The frame rate is the same , Choose a normal projection type ,

• In rendering, we are all , choice prores422 Of , Because such an encoder is most suitable Final Cut Pro.

• Choose a color space 709

• The default stereo on the audio side , It's a two channel , Surround sound is a 5.1 Vocal tract

• The sampling rate is the audio quality , We can choose ,48 Kilohertz or 44.1 Kilohertz , If you have other needs, you can also choose a higher .

• If we click it well, it will be a new project .

Here we can see , Our project parameters are 1080P hd 24 frame , Two channel , Project name Mac Xiaobotong fcpx course .

We drag in a material , Drag into one 4K A video of ,

good , We click on this material ,

We can see that it was originally a 4K,30 Frame a video . Put it in us 1080P In a project of , It becomes 1080P24 Frame a video .

• Why are we alone 4K A video of , In the 1080P In a project of , A picture of it will be just right .

• That's because Final Cut Pro The video of the same size will be scaled equally .

• And we can see that our picture is very clear .

• Because 4K A resolution ratio of 1080P A pixel of is much higher .

• But if we are one 4K Project , Put in a 720P A video of , It will be scaled by an equal proportion , Pixels are not enough and blurred .

New projects ( Automatic project settings )

Finished talking about custom items , Here we continue to click new project .

Use the settings of an automatic project here , The name of the project depends on your own needs .

Here, the event start time code and audio rendering can be kept by default ,

• This is different from custom items , That is to say, a setting will be made here according to the first video clip attribute .

• Let's say I drag in a 4K A video of , Our project will automatically become 4K.

• A setting of the project , Drag into one 720P A video of , Our project will automatically become 720P Of , A project setting , In this way, it is more convenient for us to carry out an operation .

• It saves us from having to make our own decisions every time . Our resolution , Our frame rate .

• If we use automatic project, we don't need to carry out such a tedious operation .

• Just drag in the first video , good , Let's click .

I can see now 1080P, hd 30 frame .

• Like we just dragged in a 4K30 The frame of the video , If we want to use custom items , Is it necessary to reset its resolution and its frame rate .

• But what we just used is automatic project , It doesn't need to be so troublesome , We can just drag it in .

• The following figure shows the direct drag in 4K30 The frame of the video

• You can see the same drag into the video just now

• Now drag in to see that it completes such an operation in one step .

• You can see 4K30 frame

• Click on our video to see that it is an exact match

• Automatic project will be more convenient than custom project .

What is non-standard attribute format video

• What we just dragged in is a fragment of a standard attribute ,

• What are standard attributes , Here we drag in a video with non-standard attributes

• Come in and have a look , We click to continue dragging a video .

• When we drag in a fragment that is not a standard attribute ,

• It will have a pop-up prompt , We need to choose a custom format .

• Here is what is not a standard attribute , Namely Final Cut Pro The built-in resolution is not included in the built-in format .

• We choose a format according to his needs here ,

• Here, choose Customize , When we choose to customize , It can recognize this Final Cut Pro There is no resolution .

• Customize , You can see that he recognizes it as a 1920×1080,24 frame A video of

• You can see in the Final Cut Pro among , If we click 1080 There is no ,1920×1080 Of , So it can't recognize

• It is a non-standard attribute , Let's click Customize , His side will automatically recognize .

• Can you see Very intelligent .

• Let's click , Can you see , It's a 1920×1080 A video of ,

• We can click on the video to see , A match was made completely , Very convenient .

• In other words, if we want to drag into the project in the future , Just use the automatic project to drag the video in .

• Of course, this effect can only be applied to the first video , For our later videos, it will follow a setting of the first video by default .

• Okay , This is a way for us to create new projects .

Final Cut Pro Interface understanding

• Material window ： On the left is our material window , All our videos are screened here ,

• Preview window ： In the middle is our preview window , We can move the mouse here , Preview the picture .

• Check the windower ： On the right is a window of our inspector , All our parameters are in the inspector window , Make an adjustment , Including a change in its opacity , Operations such as cropping, rotation and scaling .

• Timeline window ： At the bottom is our timeline window , All our videos are edited here .

preferences

And finally we found Final Cut Pro preferences ,

Remove the tick of background rendering during playback ,

Import here , Keep the file in place ,

This will greatly save our storage space .