You're reading from Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing A step-by-step guide to smart video editing with FCP 10.6

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213243

Length 796 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

FINAL CUT PRO

Concepts

Video Editing

Author (1):

Iain Anderson

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Importing and Organizing

2. Chapter 1: Quick Start: An Introduction to FCP FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Before the Edit: Production Tips

4. Chapter 3: Bring It In: Importing Your Footage

5. Chapter 4: Sort It Out: reviewing and keywording

6. Chapter 5: Choose Your Favorites: Selecting, Rating, and Searching

7. Section 2: Rough Cut to Fine Cut

8. Chapter 6: Build the spine of the story: Quick Assembly

9. Chapter 7: Cover It Up: Connections, Cutaways, and Storylines

10. Chapter 8: Neaten the Edges: Trimming Techniques

11. Chapter 9: Consider Your Options: Multicam, Replacing, and Auditions

12. Chapter 10: Explore a Little: Compound Clips and Timeline Tricks

13. Section 3: Finishing and Exporting

14. Chapter 11: Play with Light: Color Correction and Grading

15. Chapter 12: Refine and Smooth: Video Properties and Effects

16. Chapter 13: Blend and Warp: Video Transitions and Retiming

17. Chapter 14: Boost the Signal: Audio Sweetening

18. Chapter 15: A Few Words: Titles and Generators

19. Chapter 16: You're Done: Exporting Your Edit and Finishing Up

Using the Timeline Index

The Timeline Index allows you to view, search, and instantly navigate to everything in your timeline, including Markers, Keywords, clips, Roles, and much more. You can open the Timeline Index by pressing the Index button to the left of the central bar, and you'll then see it pop up to the left of the timeline:

Figure 10.55: The Timeline Index, showing clips in the current timeline

At the top of this pane, you'll see a Search field, but before you type anything there, it's best to focus on the three words just below it: Clips, Tags, and Roles:

Clips includes all the items in the timeline, including video, audio, auditions, Multicam, Compound, and gap clips, as well as transitions.
Tags includes Markers and Keywords of all kinds that are applied to the clips in the timeline.
Roles shows all the Roles applied to any of the clips in the current timeline, and lets you control visibility and display the...