Part Four: Keyframes, Speed Effects, Effect Masks and Shape Masks on Footage, Compounds, Storylines, and Auditions

Welcome to our Comprehensive Guide to Final Cut Pro! Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve been editing videos for years, our bite-sized tutorials will teach you the fundamentals of this revolutionary software.

In an increasingly digital world, video editing is an amazing skill for any creator to have in their arsenal. Final Cut Pro is one of the best video editing packages for creating small clips to multi-million dollar movies, and it’s available for a reasonable price to anyone with a Mac.

In Part Four, we’ll cover how to create simple animations with keyframes, smooth keyframe paths, copy and paste keyframes, modify multiple keyframes, and adjust fade handles for keyframed effects; how to speed up or slow down clips, create variable speed changes, preserve pitch on retimed audio clips, add speed transitions, reverse, rewind, or add instant replays, create jump cuts or hold segments, and create super smooth slow motion; add a shape or color mask, animate an effect shape mask, and combine multiple effect masks; how to create simple or complex shape masks, add or move control points, edit Bezier or B-Spline control points, how to use mask controls, and how to animate a mask; how to create and edit compound clips, how to add and use storylines, and how to create and edit auditions.

Once you’ve finished Part Four, check out Part Five, in which we’ll cover Clip Roles, Captions, Organizing Libraries, and how to Export Projects in Final Cut Pro.

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