As always, loving the content! The second edit of the desert video was much more interesting to watch. As far as editing, it depends on the video and the song, but it helps if the track has drums and is in 4/4 time. You can also take a 3 minute song and shorten it instead of fading out. If you know the chord progression, take the ending and add it to the end of the first verse, for example. The end result: short song with great into and great ending.
Dude... not exactly what I was looking for but I ended up staying to see what you had to say, and holyshit you had some suuuuper dope info! Especially all the shortcut keys you used and how do edit on your timeline. Thanks for the tips!
Holy Cow Yes - Delete And Not Backspace Was Huge For Me - Wish I Was Aware Of This Feature While Editing My Outdoor Christmas Lights Video - Totally Dig The Tutorial With Same Music & Same Clips But Different Outcomes - Yes, The Second Video Is More Desirable For Sure - Will Watch This Video A Few More Times As A Learning Tool - Much Appreciated - Thank You Cheers
This grade has some high contrast, really bright whites and darker shadows but really bright overall. It’s also pretty saturated overall. If you go in that direction I’m sure you’ll be able to achieve something similar 👍🏼
Hey Joel. I haven’t, but I created that using After Effects. You could create something similar using the elements in the FCPX Titles, Graphics and Transitions pack I did a video on recently. Glad you’re getting value from the videos. Super happy to hear that! 😊
i'm new to final cut pro.. i found your channel when i was looking for ways to fix plugin errors. i haven't been able to fix it yet, but your channel is very helpful.
Glad you like the content on the channel 😊👍🏼 Sorry that the fix didn’t work for you. What plugin are you trying to fix? If it’s a Pixel Film Studios plugin, those seem to not always work with this method.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching 😄🙏🏼 If you're new to FCPX and interested, I have a Basics of FCPX video that will help you get a good understanding of the interface and where all the tools are, etc. 👍🏼
Yeah that would be so handy. Unfortunately not. Maybe Apple will give us something like that in a future update. They have the tech in other apps like Logic and Garage Band, so seeing quantization features or beat detection features in FCP would be amazing.
Thank you so much. I’m just starting on Final Cut Pro finally and not editing things in iMovie on my phone anymore and stuff like this is so helpful for people like me.
That’s awesome Nicolas! If there’s anything else in particular that you are struggling with, feel free to let me know, and maybe that will make for a good tutorial topic!
Done tons of lyric videos and music videos but never used the "bracket".. This is GENIUS (and so obvious) ..no i feel like an idiot! But from now on this idiot will save alot of time! Thank you!
Your videos are breathtaking good! I started editing with Sony Vegas, went then to Premiere and want to change to FCPX so im not a total beginner but this videos are so great, especially because you show workflows and shortcuts, which is the most important thing for me! :) Thumbs up mate
Thanks Jonas! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos 😊🤙🏼 FCPX is really easy to use and get the hang of in my opinion. If you make the switch you won’t be sorry 😄
Hi Brad! I can't seem to find the delete key on mu keyboard, all I have is the backspace key. I have to go to edit/replace with gap. Great greta tip though!!!
Ah, you must have the shorter keyboard. Alternatively you can use the shortcut Cmd + Alt + ⬆️ to lift the clip from storyline and then you can hit the backspace key. Same result, although it’s an extra step. It is probably a little quicker than going via the edit menu 😊👍🏼
You are my new and I mean the best tutorial person that I’ve looked at on RU-vid thank you!!!!! !!! YES!!!! Simplistic but to the point and your have commands out on the screen.
Thank you so much for this video! As a young(er) channel owner, I'm constantly trying to improve my editing. I've been trying to get my edits "just right" with the beats, but have never quite gotten them to where I wanted them to be. This video took care of that instantly. I'm now editing on beat and much, much faster than before. Thank you!!!!
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately setting markers through a whole track is time-consuming as it has to hit the exact beat. We're missing a Transient auto-marker function in FCP
I definitely prefer Trap or Old School Hip Hop. Loving this video, you made it a little different than what it already available on the platform. I found it very useful. Keep it up! I'm riding with you guys!
Hi Brad, what is your thoughts about using compound clip? Can you give some tips, short cuts and easy way to apply it.. I'm still learning FCPX, looking forward to your next tutorials...
Awesome tut as always, man. I'm a timeline editor myself. I like being able to have everything in front of me when I get to work. It's about the best workflow for you, tho. Thanks for the tips, man!
Couldn't agree more! I like being able to see ALL my footage when choosing shots. Everyone will have their own unique way of editing 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
Do you mean in-camera transitions or transitions created in editing? Maybe this video on mask wipe transitions is what you’re after: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_CobwN-GX5c.html
Great tutorial brad. So you don't use your primary timeliness for the videos, you always have a empty block in the primary timeliness and keep your videos above it.
It’s actually an old habit. Back when I used to use FCP7 and I used video tracks, track 1 was always for interviews/dialogue, track 2 and 3 for broll, 4 for titles and graphics, etc. Because of that I always have broll above the primary story line 😊
FCPX has a magnetic timeline but FCP7 has video tracks instead (or individual video layers). If you look at this screenshot of FCP7, notice how there are individual layers for your video and audio files labeled V1, V2, A1, A2, etc. images.app.goo.gl/65vELYMzQRqa4yHs8
Dude that was so fun to watch. I just learned so much. Shortcuts, work flow and the idea behind the subject. Shit man. Congrats. I'm impressed. Thank you. Who needs school with we have RU-vid lol.
Love this. So helpful. I have been using markers but then dragging clips in and manually cutting each one to the marker. One question, how can you drag a clip that you have put in the timeline out and put another one in?
Glad you enjoyed this video. You can drag a new clip from the browser on top of the original and wait a second for the popup where you can choose to replace the clip. Or, you can simply delete the one and add a new one in it's place. If you are struggling with deleting a clip which causes other clips to disappear then this video on the Magnetic Timeline might help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JonW5Zem3ZA.html
Don't know why I didn't land on this channel before? I have lately started watching your videos, and they're really helping me a lot. Really loved the video.❤ I really liked the 'TIPS' effect you have made at the beginning of this video, and I have been looking for that very effect to use in my edits! It would be great if you could share how to do it?
Really appreciate that Jai! I’m glad you’ve found the videos helpful 😊🙌🏼 I actually used a particle generator in After Effects to generate the tips particles and I made sure to add gravity to make it look like they were falling. Hope that helps 🤞🏼
@@Brad_West Oh! I am getting started with fcpx and have apple motion for post production ( yet to learn ), will look into motion if I could produce anything similar 😊
Yeah I think there is a particle generator in Apple Motion. I would recommend checking out The Final Cut Bro on RU-vid if you don’t already know him. He has some great Apple Motion tutorials 😄👌🏼
You can customize your keyboard shortcuts by going to Final Cut Pro > Commands > Customize and then you can assign any shortcut to the "Trim Start" and "Trim End" commands. Hope that helps 😄
The same principles would apply in terms of creating markers to cut to. But you're likely going to have each shot only last a few frames in that scenario. Or you could experiment with some speed ramps or reversing clips as well.
This was AWESOME! Super helpful - Question: For Mac users, around 4:00 you mention used the delete key, not backspace. Our delete key acts as a backspace, do you know what we should use to simply complete the task that you complete here? Thanks!
I’m glad you enjoyed it Daniel 😊👍🏼 I’m also on a Mac, I just have the extended keyboard but if you only have the delete key, you can hit shift + delete to do what I did here. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching 😊🙏🏼
If your audio is on the primary storyline, the shortcut will cut the audio. You can select the audio, hit Cmd Option Up arrow to lift it from the primary storyline and then you can cut on the gap clip.
Really great tips! Thank you so much! Definitely a few gems in here I didn't know about!! I was a browser editor but I think I'll give it a go doing it in the timeline!
It might take some time getting used to switching from the browser to the timeline but I personally find it to be so much faster. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching 😊🙌🏼
Is your audio clip on the primary storyline? It might help to drop the audio below the primary storyline and add your footage to the primary storyline.
How did you insert a video placeholder as primary clip for cutting to the beat which will then be replaced by actual selected clips? Thanks in advance.
Good question Christophe. Simple answer: It’s just a personal preference. 😊 I like to have my interview / talking head / a-roll footage on the primary storyline and my b-roll and other clips above that. It helps me to visually identify sections in my edit, especially in longer edits. It comes from when I used to edit in FCP7 and I used to keep different cameras on different tracks so that I could organize my timeline. Other than that, it doesn’t accomplish much 😂 I hope that helps 🤞🏼
I feel like the song "Beat It" from Michael Jackson would have been extremely appropriate for this video. It's really too bad copyright laws exist. Haha great video as always! 👊
