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Editingoverview
The term video editing refers both to broader stages of a project workow and to very specic
manual tasks that you do with clips in a project Timeline.
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Create a project: To create a movie in Final Cut Pro, you rst create a project, which provides a
record of your editing decisions and the media you use. See Create a new project on page 88.
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Make selections and add clips to the Timeline: Adding and arranging clips in your project is the
fundamental step in creating a movie with Final Cut Pro. You move and reorder clips in the
Timeline. See Adding clips overview on page 99, Arrange clips in the Timeline on page 117, and
Audio overview on page 15 6 .
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Cut and trim clips: Final Cut Pro provides a wide variety of tools for adjusting the start and
end points of clips in the Timeline and for controlling pacing from one shot to the next. See
Trimming overview on page 122.
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Further rene and adjust your project: Final Cut Pro provides many advanced editing tools to
nish a highly polished movie with ease. See topics in the advanced editing section.
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Add eects and color correction: Finishing touches include visual eects and color correction.
See Transitions, titles, eects, and generators overview on page 210 and Color correction
overview on page 376.
Toolbar: Perform
common tasks by
clicking a button.
Connected clips: Add titles and
cutaway shots. In the Magnetic
Timeline, everything stays in sync.
Audio clips: Add music
and sound effects as
connected clips.
Primary storyline: Add and
arrange clips to construct
your movie.
Edit your project
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