@@pappu4539 I start in the Univertsity, then i work as freelance, then i work in a TV channel and some productions companies, and 9 years ago i start my own drone buissiness in many cases i edit the video for the client, also i do a lot of content in RU-vid. :)
Hey Dylan, great video. Your videos look so professional. Im blown away by your thumbnail and editing skills. I a have been using premiere pro for years and trying to switch final Cut pro. But I’m having trouble with simple edits like adding an intro. It would be really cool if you made a tutorial on how you made this thumbnail. Any help would be much appreciated.
Well thanks so much! I do this for a living, so if it doesn't look at least a little bit professional, then I'm in the wrong field 😅 You definitely made the right move. Final Cut is such a fantastic software. As far as you having trouble with adding an intro, might I suggest picking up a plugin that gives you really amazing looking, animated intros? It really saves you a ton of time. What type of intros are you looking to create exactly? Also that's a great idea! I made this thumbnail in photoshop, but I could totally do it in Final Cut Pro too.
@@dylanjohndickerson you should make a tutorial showing how you did that in photoshop. I have an intro that was made and really good, but when I add it to timeline in final cut, I can’t get the cross dissolve to work right.
@@TrueLifeInvesting Unfortunately, a photoshop tutorial wouldn't jive with my nice :/ I definitely could make one on how to create it in FCP though. Interesting! In what ways is it not working right?
@@dylanjohndickerson I understand that. Could y’all do a tutorial of how to maybe do a short project start to finish? You add the title that’s already pre built, add some text, a few transitions. That would be great. The reason I ask is because when I learned premiere pro they showed how to do from start to finish and even adding things and I was able to pick it up fast but tutorials on Final cut seem so difficult because there are little things left out that make a big difference. But great job, I appreciate your reply. I know RU-vid can keep you busy
@@TrueLifeInvesting that’s a great idea. Would a ‘creating a RU-vid tutorial’ be a good topic or are you looking for it to be a ‘regular’ video, not an editing tutorial?
For all viewers from Germany: Use the ^ instead of the ~ for that Magnetic Timeline Magic ;-) (I'm still a rendering guy. Dunno why. It is the way I do it for 11 years. Maybe a Mandalorian thing: "Rendering your timeline. This is the way.")
This is the way 😂 I have to say it with you. Very true! You can put this key on whatever key you'd like. Only US keyboards have the tilde/grave key I believe.
I already regretted hitting play on this video, expecting it to be like all other boring Final Cut tips videos. But this was tight! No BS and learned 1 or 2 new things! Thank you Dylan!
I thought this comment was going down another route 😂 Glad it was a positive one and I'm stoked to hear you learned some stuff Frederik. I'm coming out with a part 2 next week, just a heads up 🤘
@@dylanjohndickerson Hi Dylan, I can only echo Jeff's words (who by the way is another huge source of inspiration for me) These were some amazing hecks and definitly shaves off quite some time from my next edit. Loved the Shift+? tip. Awesome work, thanks a lot🙏
@@SmartMoneywithKai That makes me stoked to hear, Kai 🤙🏼 Glad I could pass on some useful info. Shift and Question mark is really clutch and when customizing it to just the question mark key, it makes for some quick and easy playback. Thanks for letting me know you liked the video!
Most useful FCPX video I have seen in a long time. Great job, my compliments. Subscribing now ;-) and if there’s a link to buy you a coffee I’m more than happy to do so. All the best from the Netherlands.
Oh wow! Such awesome feedback to hear, Michael! Thank you so much! 😃 There's something on youtube called 'Super Thanks'. It's right below the video and allows you to make a donation of any amount to support the creator. I greatly appreciate you offering that 🙏 please don't feel obliged to. Cheers from Indonesia, my friend!
I don’t leave comments super often but this has made editing so much more enjoyable. Is still my blade to b. Delete is space. And play from head is N. I’ve been editing for 3 years and never knew this lmao Thank you so much for the amazing video. Liked. Subbed.
You should start leaving comments more often! 😊 I enjoy hearing what people have to say. That makes me very happy to hear that I was able to shed some light on a few things. Have you seen part 2 of this video by chance? You may like that as well 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
I literally started laughing out loud because crying was not an option :D Especially the one with the Tilde key is a life changer, I can't count how often I messed up my timeline. Thank you so much for all these pro tipps, way better than all the other vids I've seen on this topic!
Haha I got you, my friend! I'm stoked to hear that I was able to pass along some useful tips to help you flourish as an editor 💪🏼 Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Worth mentioning that once you have a keyword collection, you can add clips to it by dragging and dropping. You can also add just ranges of a clip, so for example if you’re clipping up an interview you can select a range and drag it to a keyword collection called “clips” and you have a simple easy list of all your clips. I’ve been editing in Premiere all day and the media management is awful compared to FCP.
Great points, David! I just did a quick dive into some features, but you're right, there are so many more ways to organize your footage in FCP 🙌 Without a doubt better than Premiere.
Thank YOU John. I make these for the satisfaction of helping people out, completing projects, and my love for editing. I don't make much money off of them. You giving that Super Thanks gives me that extra push to keep continuing down the path I'm on. Thank you once again for your generosity 🙏
I consider myself an advanced FCP editor and so I avoided watching this video after having it suggested to me several times by RU-vid. But I must say, bravo. This is a great list! I had no idea about the tilde key tip, and I never even considered just using proxy media for some of the more computationally intensive footage and then switching to proxy preferred. Fantastic work!
A shortcut I personally like is rebinding the Zoom In and Zoom Out feature for the timeline to the 1 and 2 keys, respectively. The saved time adds up from having to use the Command key every time I want to change the zoom (which for me is very often)
I totally agree! The magnetic timeline is of course the default in FCP and one reason why it's so fast, but obviously there are times when you'd like to disengage it. The "~'" key is the savior in that instance. Thanks for watching, my friend!
Killer tips Dylan, thank you! Saving presets, getting all that sound in the library, background render off, shift ?, and those killer organization tips are game changers for me 👊
You have Single-Handedly, in my 5+ years of editing in FCPX, BLEW MY MIND with these hidden gems, that i honestly had no idea even existed... smh lmao. This video was EXTREMELY Useful!!!!!!!!
Holy Crap! I've watched countless tutorials over the years on fcpx, and this is by far the best one impho. Every single aspect I have had while editing was addressed in this one video. The attention to detail and explanation of everything was very well done too. 21.8k Subs right now, I bet you'll have 100k by the end of 2022. Great job on this and thank you....
Wowwzaaa 😍 Thank you so much! I can only hope. I don't foresee that happening, but I gotta keep up the grind and hope that it does. My goal for this year was 30k. Thanks for the kind words my friend 🙏
Damn! I thought I knew FCP! Thanks for these brilliant tips. “B” for blade has always been a default on mine. I organize my clips in finder with folders, such as Project Name>Sound>DayOne then drag Project Name folder into FCP (or import,) FCP will create keywords for each folder automatically. Finding all the clips for Day 3 or a particular scene is a snap. If the camera has been loaded with metadata such as EXIF and keywords those transfer too.
Good to know about snapshots, Dylan. I never thought about dupes of compound clips and multicam clips inheriting the parent properties. I’ve always used duplicate project for versioning.
My pleasure, Kent. Ya definitely go with snapshots. I've definitely made the error of using duplicate projects and after a lot of editing in multicam clips, I sadly went back to some old versions to find that they had been changed as well.
I have been using FCP for 13 years now. As a self taught editor. I have just watched this for the first time, and it's brilliant! So helpful, I'm probably going to have to watch it a few times, as you are very fast! Thank you, I have subscribed to your channel.
Thanks so much Suzanne! That makes me very happy to hear that you enjoyed it 😊 I struggle with finding that medium of quick and concise tutorials and tutorials that are a little slower and in depth. I'll keep trying to find that medium. Thanks for the CC and for the sub!
Thank you Dylan. I do find some of these videos so slow and boring, they take too long to get to the point. But yours is great, and if it' too fast I can pause it. Keep up the great work!
You should comment more, brotha! I'm always down to chat in the comments. That makes me stoked to hear you enjoyed it 🤘 Any particular video topic you'd like to see next?
Absolutely blown away by this video! I have been using FCP for many years and over several years I have probably watched hundreds of RU-vid videos on FCP. Some of the channels are good, but Dylan John you are the Jedi Knight of FCP. I learned so much in this video and all of it really useful things that are going to save me a lot of time. Can't thank you enough for posting this. Incredible.
😂 Well damn! I've always wanted to be a Jedi Knight and looks like I got my shot! I'll take a mix of Mace Windu and Kenobi. It's my pleasure, Mike! I really appreciate you letting me know you enjoyed it. I put a lot of work into this video, so feedback like yours definitely makes me feel that it was time well spent. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏
@@dylanjohndickerson Hi dylan, I like all the topics you develop on this channel. I'm working as a filmmaker for 1 year and half and I've learnt so much thanks to your videos. Thanks you so much for that. Keep it that way, maybe a video about color grading mistakes and how to avoid them ( with color finale 😍) or how to color grade a wedding or stuff like that .I wish you the best. Have a great day mate.😁
@@playjohskill You know what's funny, is I'm actually writing a script for a video called '5 Reasons Why Your Color Grades Suck' haha. You know what I have planned! haha. A color grading tutorial for wedding videos would be a solid idea as well. I'll keep the color grading tutorials coming :) I'm also creating a color grading course for Final Cut Pro and Color Finale users right now. I'm hoping to have it done by the end of the year, so I'll keep you updated! I wish you the best as well brotha 👊 Thanks so much for the support and enjoy your day!
Thanks for the free guide. I wrote a bunch of notes but I have as much trouble reading them as anyone else would. Your guide has a very clear definition for all of the functions and their keystrokes. Just taking ten minutes to look it over before starting a project really refreshes the old memory. Your comment on the grave/tilde key helped explain why some of my clips were put out of synch
Woah... Seasoned FCP Editor, I've been using FCP since V1. When I saw the title for this video, I admit that on some level I was imagining to be validated at how much I know about FCP. Well instead, I was humbled. This is an awesome video with some really great tips. Also, the tempo of your presentation is absolutely perfect. You don't waste time, but you don't rush either, and you have style and perfectly supporting visuals the entire time. Pretty much all of the other instructional videos on the internet just got B-Slapped by you. Well done Brother.
Matt…what awesome CC to receive, brotha 🙏🏼 Tempo and flow is something I’ve really worked on the past couple months. In the past, I went WAY too fast, cutting out all pauses because that’s what I thought people wanted. I think I’ve grown closer to satisfying people that’d like a quicker tutorial and those that would like a slower one. Hahaha that’s awesome. Thanks for the kind words man 🙏🏼
I've been editing (self taught) on FCP X for a few years now and just had my mind blown on a few things here, so valuable you probably increased my productivity by 10%, thank you!!!!
Ow ow! That's so great to hear! Thanks so much for watching 🙏 Did you happen to see part 2 of this video? If not, here it is 👉🏼 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
Just wow!!!!!!! I been looking at a lot of people and I learn much more in the 4 back to back videos I’ve been watching.. thanks!!!!! That audio thing is genius 😂
Right? I figured I had to say it because I know some people are thinking, 'well it's just hitting an extra key. That's not too much harder'. But like you said, it adds up. Thanks for watching!
No problem my friend! You might also enjoy my latest video as well 😊ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i4Nk1nzIeuU.html Btw, I see your Indonesian! I moved to Bali a few months ago 🤙🏼
Damn son! This video is fantastic. I've been editing all my videos in fcpx for a year and a half. Made it to step 5 before seeing something I already knew.
Ah, a couple of those I hadn't thought about. The one about changing decibels is something I do super often and hadn't thought about assigning a shortcut. Thanks again for the excellent videos.
Woahh there are so many tipps here! Thank you! (One lil tip for you tho: mention your name later in the video to get a higher retention. Start off with the first tipp in the first 20sec.
My pleasure! I’ve flirted with that idea, but how would you go about doing it naturally? I can’t just say 3 minutes in “…oh by the way, my name is Dylan 😂”
Wow nevermind, the + - decibel short cut - mine blowing! I thought I'm already pretty efficient in Final Cut, but these Tipps will make my workflow even fester🙏💯
Hell ya! Custom keyboard shortcuts REALLY cut down on time. I also have option right/left bracket set to just right bracket and left bracket and that saves me quite a bit of time as well.
That sfx library tip is amazing first video I've seen that shows that definitely going to save lots of time and prevent having to constantly drag sfx into each project
I just got Final Cut for myself, so I have not used it in a quite a few years. While finding videos to help me remember how to use it, this is the most useful one that I found! Onto watching 10 MORE things... Thank you!
Well HOT DAMN 🔥 That's awesome feedback to receive. Thank you so much, Shane. I'm releasing part 2 tomorrow if you're interested. Turning notifications to 'ALL' should notify you of it. 🤙🏼
Again, great video. Plus, fun fact, if you have your skim tool on no you’re hovering over audio sections in the timeline, when your press “shift + ?” video will play based in your pre and post roll settings in preferences, but the screen doesn’t move! The play head goes back but the screen doesn’t follow, which is super helpful when editing audio or moving start/end points while looping playback to see timing in real time.
You just randomly appeared on my timeline (the wonders of the algorithm hey) and omg….I started watching and got to tip 4……and cheered! You have saved me hours of moving clips left and right in order to delete a clip because of the magnetic timeline. I had no idea what even to search for to stop this so have just gotten used to doing it. I’ll be using the special key now! This was such a great video / and all the the tips were super too….save effects! Why didn’t I ever think of that hahah. Cheers. I’ve been at editing a few years now and love it but you’ve just made the process even more enjoyable. Have subscribed too 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Stuart
Haha the algorithm sure favored this video! I'm glad you found me 😊 Have you seen part 2 of this video yet? If not, I'l link. it below. I'm really happy to hear I made the editing process for you more enjoyable. That's some great feedback to hear! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
Great tips! Just to add that, if your SFX folder has large number of files FCP may take a minute or two to load them before you can see it in the drop down menu in FCP. Thanks again!
Thanks! Yep you're right. Quite a bummer, but I've switched my sound design workflow to the free app Soundly. I created a recent video on it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MAHP4VRyg2Q.html
So glad it was helpful, Attila! If you haven't watched part 2 yet, you may enjoy that as well 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
It's my pleasure! Check out part 2 as well as my other videos when you get the chance 😊 You'll know the ins and outs in no time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
Yooo that's so awesome to hear, Vadym! I'm coming out with a part 2 next week, by the way. Hit that notification bell to get notified about its release if you haven't already! 🤘
Normally I dont leave comments like this. But, holy crap, this video is a game changer. So many things ive found annoying and sluggish to deal with were solved. Thanks so much, My job is boutta be som much easier.
That makes me very happy to hear 😊 I really appreciate you commenting and letting me know! You'd definitely enjoy part 2 as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
Part 2!? Bro I gotta watch part 1 at least 5 more times to make the stuff in it sticks XD. Just coming back to this video before a start another editing sesh XD.@@dylanjohndickerson
This is probably the most informative Final Cut Pro Tips video I've seen. I have been editing for a long time now and some of these are definitely very useful!
Oh no way! Such awesome feedback to get 🤘 Thanks so much! Did you happen to see Part 2 of this video that I just released? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QyKPzFD3xF0.html
My buddy is also making the switch! I promise you won't regret it. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the software: dylanjohnmedia@gmail.com
Yo thanks so much, brotha! I really appreciate that 🙏🏼 Have you seen part 2 of this video as well? You'll enjoy that too I think. Thanks a ton for the support! I'm stoked you found my channel.
