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Trying to get started using FCP
Hello everybody please bear with me. I am a newbie to MAC and FCP. I am a old film/linear based editor and this non linear thing is screwing my head up. I have the FCP for dummy book as well as the Apple FCP book and I learned how to log and capture but I cannot get a fade from black into the program. Matter of fact I cannot figure out how to get my audio into my G5 computer from my DVCAM. In general I need serious help. Can anybody give me some basic steps to get started on a program and may I confur with you from time to time as I go along?
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6 Replies
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I think a class would really help you get started… where are you located?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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i am in dc
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humbling experience, isn’t it? i’m quite a newbie, too. been on a PC for 6 years, and trying to get the hang of this very powerful package of FCP Studio.
have you got the fade in figured out yet? if not, the quickie for this one is to put your cursor over the beginning of the clip, then right click (or regular click with a single-button mouse, with the control key held down) and you can then select “add transition cross dissolve”. this works for fade outs and transitions between shots as well. hopefully this helps, but i would find a class and take it as soon as possible, or, if no classes near you, buy some of the tutorial discs and pour over them.
take care…
sincerely,
j. tad newberry
big ya productions
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There are no easy answers or quick fixes here. As Jerry says a class will help but only that, help. Read, read, read, do, do , do, do again and then do again. There are a gazillion books and DVDs out there to help you but essentially its up to you to keep banging away until you “get it”. Do the tutorials that came with FCP. Read that Dummies book again. Read that Apple Book again. Order a training DVD and do it over and over until you finally get it. Post specific problems here at the Cow and I mean specific. Don’t just say you cant get audio in from your DVCam or you cant get a fade to work. Tell us why you cant get it to work. Tell us all the things you tried.
Lots of help for a FCP user. You’ll get it.
Michael Horton
lafcpug
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Mike thanks maybe because ai am stuck on linear editing it is not coming easy. This past NAB I took the Future Media traing class on FCP plus have the book and DVD but I am just not getting it. When you say be specific on my questions there are simple things I need to know like how do I get a standard fade up from black into a scene on the timeline? I recently was able to do a short video montage of video shots on my powerbook but could not get a fade up from black into the timelime as well as a fade to black. any suggestions?
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Mike thanks maybe because ai am stuck on linear editing it is not coming easy. This past NAB I took the Future Media traing class on FCP plus have the book and DVD but I am just not getting it. When you say be specific on my questions there are simple things I need to know like how do I get a standard fade up from black into a scene on the timeline? I recently was able to do a short video montage of video shots on my powerbook but could not get a fade up from black into the timelime as well as a fade to black. any suggestions?
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