Final Cut Pro X Guru: Creating Speed Changes
45mIntermediate2016-10-10
Authors
Jeff I. Greenberg
Filmmaker, Editor
Course details
Final Cut X has impressive time remapping features that allow you to bend time: slow things down, speed them up, reverse action, or even freeze frames. Learn how to enhance your storytelling with Final Cut Pro speed changes, and get the best quality renders from your time-remapped footage. Jeff Greenberg introduces the technical and creative possibilities with Final Cut Pro's Custom Speed dialog, automatic adjustments such as Speed Ramp and Instant Replay, the Range and Blade Speed tools, and Apple Motion. Plus, learn how to use high-frame-rate footage for the perfect slo-mo effect.
Learning objectives
Basics of retiming
Freeze-framing a clip
Getting the best playback quality
Understanding the automatic adjustments
Advance speed changes, including range selections
Learning objectives
Basics of retiming
Freeze-framing a clip
Getting the best playback quality
Understanding the automatic adjustments
Advance speed changes, including range selections
Skills covered
Final Cut ProVideo EditingAppleVideoLimited Series
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
Key Speed Basics
- Freeze framing a clip
- Hold speed
- Retiming a clip via presets
- Reversing a clip
- Retiming a clip manually
- Custom Speed dialog
- Changing the speed of speakers
Understanding Rendering Quality
- Speeds that work well with Normal or Frame Blending quality modes
- Optical Flow and getting the best results
Automatic Adjustments
- Speed Ramp
- Instant Replay
- Rewind
- Jump cuts at markers
Advanced Speed Changes
- Using the Range tool for partial speed changes
- Using the high frame rate (HFR) material natively
- Using the Blade Speed to to refine speed changes
- Using Motion to build a strobe effect
Conclusion
- Next steps