Introduction

Final Cut Studio is a professional video and audio production suite for Mac OS X from Apple Inc., and a direct competitor to Avid Media Composer in the high-end movie production industry. Final Cut Studio was introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters in April 2005. It is the successor to Production Suite, and added new versions of all the Production Suite applications, as well as a ‘new’ program, Soundtrack Pro, which is really a new version of Soundtrack, formerly included with Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Studio has been positioned as an all-in-one production workflow system because of its integration of film, motion graphics and audio post-production tools in one suite.

Prerequisties

• Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS and computer navigation
• Basic Knowledge of editing terminology is recommended

Course Content

1. Final Cut Studio HD – An Introduction

• Final Cut Pro 7
• Motion 4
• Soundtrack Pro 3
• Color 1.5
• Compressor 3.5

2. Final Cut Pro 7 – The editing process and tools

• Setting up Final Cut Pro and overview
• Importing, capturing and transferring media
• Previewing and editing clips
• Sequencing clips in the timeline
• Transitions and titles
• Adding and balancing Audio

3. Motion 4 – Creating 2D and 3D motion graphics

• Integration with Final Cut Pro and overview
• Building animated graphics in Realtime
• Working with particles
• Creating text and styles
• Moving to 3D
• Working with templates

4. Color 1.5 – Mastering color and tone

• Integration with Final Cut Pro and overview
• Primary corrections
• Secondary corrections
• Hue, sat and channel curves
• Color FX
• Rendering and workflow

5. Soundtrack Pro 3 – Creating soundtracks and audio post production

• Integration with Final Cut Pro and overview
• Multi-tracking and audio sweetening
• Removing noise with filters and tools
• Compression and balancing dialogue
• Surround sound and mixing tracks
• Output and workflow

6. Compressor 3.5 – Exporting and encoding

• Integration with Final Cut Studio and overview
• Setting up batch renders
• Output and delivery