Friday, 16 October 2009

INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO


FINAL CUT PRO IS A SOFTWARE PACKAGED RUN ON G5 MACS. IT ALLOWS YOU TO CONSTRUCT A SEQUENCE OF SHOTS AS A NARRATIVE OR A MONTAGE.
FIRSTLY WE LOOKED AT FINAL CUT SERVER. FINAL CUT SERVER IS JUST LIKE A FILING CUPBOARD, AS IT STORES ALL YOUR PROJECTS AND KEEPS THEM SAFE. IT ALSO GIVES YOU EASY ACCESS BY CHECKING WORK IN AND OUT.
WE THEN LEARNT ABOUT LOGGING, WHICH CONSISTED OF PLACEING OUR BEST TAKES FROM THE DIGITIZED RUSHES (SHOT IN OUR PRELIMANERY TASK) IN TO A CREATED LOG BIN. THIS MAKES THE NEXT STAGE OF EDDITING EASIER AS IT REMOVES ALL THE FLAWED TAKES, SUCH AS LIGHTING ERRORS, BACKGROUND NOISE, INACURATE FOCUS, OR BADLY DELIVERED LINES. GIVING US LESS TAKES TO SHIFT THROUGH AND TO PLACE ON THE TIMELINE.
THE TIMELINE IS WHERE LOGGED SHOTS GET PLACED IN CRONOLOGICAL ORDER,BY CUTTING AND TRIMMING TAKES GIVING A FLUID SEQUENCE OF SHOTS. DOING THIS PREVENTS CONTINUITY ERRORS AND CONSEALS THE ILLUSION OF LOTS OF SEPERATE TAKES.

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