Final Cut Pro

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Final Cut Pro

• Transitions Trimming

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Transitions

• A transition
• Visual effect used to change from one clip to the
  next.
• Indicates a change in time or location in the
  flow of your project.
• Final Cut Pro comes with a variety of
  transitions, but youll probably use dissolves
  and wipes the most.
• You can also add cross fade audio transitions to
  smooth audio transitions.

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Adding a transition

• Once two clips are adjacent to each other on the
  timeline, you can add any transition.
• A transition can start, center, or end on the
  edit point between the two clips.
• Transitions are available through the Effects
  menu in the menu bar or the Effects tab in the
  Browser.
• A transition is displayed as an overlay on top of
  the edit point between the two clips.

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Transition Duration

• By default, transitions have a total duration of
  one second, but you can change this if you want.
• For a transition to be applied, the two clips
  must have unused frames (handles) that overlap
  past the edit point.
• Handles are the frames before the in point and
  after the out point of a clip.
• These handle frames arent visible in the
  sequence but the clip still contains them.

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Transition Duration

• Figuring total allowable transition duration
• Lets say the CU clip on the left has a mark
  out point one second before the media end point.
• Its handle is one second
• The Debra enters café WS shot has a mark in
  point two seconds after the media start point.
• Its handle is two seconds
• The total allowable transition between these two
  clips is 3 seconds.

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Adding Transitions - Effects Menu

• Select and edit point
• Click on it
• Or
• Position the playhead at the edit point.
• To add a video transition
• Choose Effects gt Video Transitions gt transition
  type gt then the desired transition from the
  submenu.
• To add an audio transition
• Choose Effects gt Audio Transitions gt then choose
  the desired transition from the submenu.

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Adding Transitions - Effects Tab

• Drag a transition from the Effects tab in the
  Browser to an edit point in the Timeline.
• The selected transition is added to your edit,
  centered at the edit point.

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Adjusting a Transition

• You can easily trim transitions in the Timeline
  to make them longer or shorter.
• If the transition is centered on the edit point,
  changes in duration extend in both directions.
• For example, if you want to make a transition
  longer by 1 second, drag the start or end point
  out 1/2 second.

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Adjusting a Transition - Graphical

• Select the Selection tool in the Tool palette
• Move the pointer to the beginning or the end of
  the transition in the Timeline
• The pointer changes to a Resize pointer.
• Drag the transitions boundary so the new
  duration appears in the duration pop-up field.

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Adjusting a Transition - Numerical

• Control-click the transition, then choose
  Duration from the shortcut menu.
• If you enter a duration thats longer than the
  available handle amount between the two clips,
  you hear an alert sound and the maximum duration
  possible is displayed in the dialog.

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Rendering Transitions

• Combines video, audio, and applied effects one
  frame at a time.
• The result is a new file, called a render file,
  which is saved with your project and played back
  in real time.
• The render bar indicates the render status of all
  transitions and effects in your sequence.
• Many transitions play back in real time and do
  not need to be rendered.
• Items that need rendering have a red bar above
  them.

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Rendering Transitions

• The render bar has two regions
• Upper for video
• Lower for audio
• Colors
• Gray or Green no render necessary
• Red not visible until rendered
• To render a transition in your sequence
• Press Command R
• Or
• Select one or more transitions in the Timeline,
  choose Sequence gt Render Selection gt Both

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Default Transition

• Video
• 1-second cross dissolve
• Audio
• 3 dB audio cross fade
• Shown underlined and boldface in the Effects tab
  of the Browser
• The default transition is used when you do an
  insert with transition or overwrite with
  transition edit in the Canvas

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Adding a Default Transition

• Control-click an edit point between two clips in
  the Timeline
• Choose Add Transition from the shortcut menu
• The name of the default transition appears after
  Add Transition
• or
• Press Command-T to apply the default video
  transition
• Press Command-Option-T to apply the default audio
  transition

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Deleting a Transition

• Select the transition you want to remove from the
  Timeline, then do one of the following
• Choose Edit gt Clear (or press Delete).
• or
• Control-click the transition, then choose Cut
  from the shortcut menu.

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Trimming

• Trimming allows you to both shorten and extend
  shots on your timeline.

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Trimming

• 3 types of trim edits
• Ripple edit
• Adjusts a clips In or Out point, making the clip
  longer or shorter.
• Subsequent clips move left or right to adjust for
  the change.
• Ripple delete
• Removes selected clips from the sequence and
  closes the gap by moving all subsequent clips on
  unlocked tracks to the left.
• Roll edit
• Adjusts the duration of two adjacent clips at
  once by simultaneously adjusting the outgoing
  clips Out point and the incoming clips In point.

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Edit Adjustment Examples

• The outgoing shot is held too long
• Its Out point needs to be trimmed shorter by a
  few frames.
• For example, if a person finishes speaking and
  there is too long of a pause before you cut to
  the next speaker, you can trim the Out point to
  shorten the pause.
• The outgoing shot is not held long enough
• Its Out point needs to be adjusted by adding a
  few frames, making it longer.
• For example, if a persons voice is cut off in
  mid-sentence by the edit, so you extend the
  outgoing shot by a few frames.

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Edit Adjustment Examples

• The incoming shot starts too soon.
• Its In point needs to be trimmed later by a few
  frames.
• For example, if you cut to a shot with a ½ second
  lag before the sound-bite, so you trim the In
  Point to remove the lag.
• The incoming shot starts too late.
• Its In point needs to be extended earlier.
• For example, you cut to the sound-bite and the
  first word is cut off, so you trim the In Point
  to add enough frames to fit the word back into
  the clip.

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Where You Trim Edits

• Viewer
• Click on the clip in the Timeline to open it in
  the Viewer.
• Change its In and Out points.
• Timeline
• Use the trim controls from your toolbar and
  adjust the clip.
• Trim Edit window
• Provides a dedicated environment to fine-tune
  edits and preview the results.
• Displays both sides of an edit
• Outgoing clip before the edit point
• Incoming clip that appears after.

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Ripple Edit

• Shortens or lengthens a clip and then moves all
  subsequent clips in the sequence left or right to
  compensate for the changed clip length
• The overall length of the sequence becomes
  shorter or longer
• If you shorten a clip, all the other clips after
  move left to close the gap
• If you lengthen a clip, all the other clips after
  move right to make room

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Ripple Edit

• You can adjust the clips In point or Out point
  in either direction, making it longer or shorter.
  
• If you shorten clip A by adjusting the Out point,
  use the Ripple tool by moving its Out point to
  the left.
• Clip B moves to the left by the same number of
  frames.
• As a result, there is no gap between the two
  clips, and the overall sequence is now shorter.

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Performing a Ripple Edit

• Select the Ripple tool in the Tool palette (or
  press the R key twice)
• Select an edit point by clicking near the edge of
  the clip.
• If linked selection is on, the edit points of
  linked clip items are also selected
• Drag the edit point to lengthen or shorten the
  clip in the sequence

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Canvas Display Ripple Edit

• As you adjust the edit, you will see a two-up
  display in the Canvas
• Out point of the outgoing clip on the left
• In point of the incoming clip on the right
• Use this visual feedback to see which outgoing
  and incoming frames will be adjacent when you
  finish the edit

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Ripple Delete

• A ripple delete is a lot like a ripple edit,
  except instead of shortening a clip, you delete
  it entirely.
• All items to the right of the deleted clip move
  to the left, filling in the gap.
• Performing a ripple delete shortens the duration
  of your sequence.

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Performing a Ripple Delete

• Select a clip or range of clips to delete
• Do one of the following
• Choose Sequence gt Ripple Delete
• or
• Press Shift Delete
• or
• Control-click the item or region you want to
  delete, then choose Ripple Delete from the
  shortcut menu.

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Roll Edit

• Allows you to change when an edit occurs between
  two clips, but not the overall length of the
  sequence
• A roll edit moves the edit point between two
  clips
• A roll edit trims two clips at once
• Both the Out point of the outgoing clip (to the
  left) and the In point of the incoming clip (to
  the right) of the selected edit point move
  simultaneously.
• If you make one clip shorter, the other gets
  longer, and vice versa.

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Performing a Roll Edit

• Select the Roll tool in the Tool palette (or
  press the R key).
• Select an edit point between two clips.
• Drag the edit point left or right.
• As you drag, the Canvas shows the two-up display
  with the Out point of the outgoing clip on the
  left and the In point of the incoming clip on the
  right.

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Final Cut Pro

• Transitions Trimming