Quick tip for final cut pro4

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Quick Tip for Final Cut Pro final cut pro

Video editing is frequently synonymous with Apple products for its user-intuitive nature and functionality. Although every Apple computer is delivered built with video editing capabilities via iMovie, most video hobbyists and independent filmmakers need a more feature-rich video editing suite. Enter Final Cut Pro (FCP). First produced by Macromedia Inc., a now maintained by Apple Inc., FCP allows users to log and transfer video data onto a difficult drive for editing, processing and producing video content inside a wide array of formats. With a product packed with so many features, useful processes can be often overlooked while shifting through video editing options. Below I would like to share some advice for a slow-motion effect using footage with different resolutions and frame rates. With the amount of formats out there today, it can be hard to help keep a record of everything and produce this content you wish. final cut pro x

Reducing video to obtain that slow-motion effect used to take additional procedures in previous versions of FCP. Now, in FCP X, the operation is fairly simple as there is no need to produce a copy of the clip prior to deciding to implement the result as FCP now allows nondestructive editing. fcpx plugins

To start, let's assume you're beginning with 720P video using 60 FPS, but would like to edit in a 23.98 timeline for your internet blog. You would like to be sure that your project is setup with the desired frame rate and resolution and with this example you're targeting 720P and 23.98. Now apply your original video for the project which was recorded at 720P and 59.92. When playing it within the new desired frame rate, extra frames are taken off the recording however the action remains in realtime. fcpx effects

The next thing is to conform your original footage for the desired frame rate for those frames in the clip, effectively developing a slow-motion clip. First, scrub your clip then enter your "in and out" points to your timeline. Now find the clip and then go through the Retime Menu.

The Retime Menu offers a number of options: slow, fast, normal, hold, conform speed, instant replay, rewind, speed ramp and an substitute for adjust video quality. Although the "Slow" option would effectively slow down the speed from the video's playback, optimum results will never be achieved. To offer the best results choose "Conform Speed." This option adjusts the initial video


frame rate towards the frame rate of times line. In cases like this, this effect decreases the speed of every frame from the original content by roughly 40% creating an exceptionally smooth and vivid slow motion playback.


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