Comprehensive Guide to Final Cut Pro: Part Four

You’ve got your amazing footage imported into Final Cut Pro – now how can you make it even better? One way is to try speeding it up or slowing it down to see how it looks! In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how to retime your clips!

We've gone over how to retime your clips in Final Cut Pro, but what if you want to change the speeds of different segments of your clip? You've come to the right place! In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to apply variable speed changes to your clip with defaults, or customize your own.

Ever wondered how you can get your voice to sound like a chipmunk? Or maybe you’d rather sound like you emerged from a dark cave? In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial, we’ll show you the secret – turning the Preserve Pitch feature on or off!

You’ve got an awesome project with variable speed changes, but what if you want to soften the changes inbetween individual speed segments? That’s where speed transitions come in! In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how to add and edit speed transitions between your different speed segments.

Get ready, because we’re about to show you some amazing features in the Final Cut Pro retiming toolbox! In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how you can reverse your clip to play it backwards, rewind your clip to replay a specific moment, or add an instant replay to highlight the best footage.

There are so many great features in Final Cut Pro's retime editor that we had to create another video! In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to create jump cuts in your footage, or use hold segments to pause on a frame.

Need a slow down sequence for your Final Cut Pro project? You've come to the right place! In this video tutorial, we'll go over what you need in order to shoot amazing slow motion, and how to use Frame Blending or Optical Flow to smooth out segments of slow motion that fall below your project's framerate.

What if you've added a video effect to your clip, but you only want it to apply to a certain section? You need to apply an effect mask! In this video tutorial, we'll show you where to find and add an effect shape mask to your effect layer to isolate the effect to one area of your clip.

Got some footage in Final Cut Pro you want to apply an effect to, but you want to restrict the effect to a specific color range? Instead of a shape mask, try a color mask! In this video tutorial, we’ll show you how to add a color mask to your effect, and how to adjust it to perfection.

Need a mask to move with your subject? You'll want to use keyframes! In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to use keyframes to animate an effect's shape mask in Final Cut Pro.

Effect shape masks are great, but a single rectangle or oval shape can only go so far. Fortunately for us, we can use multiple shape or color masks to achieve the coverage we want. In this video tutorial, we'll show you how you can set different effect mask modes and layer them up in specific ways.

Wondering how you can create "Windows" or chop off pieces of one piece of footage to let other clips show through underneath? In Final Cut Pro, a simple shape mask can help you! In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to find the Shape Mask effect, and how to use the on screen controls to edit it.

Shape masks are great if you want an oval or rectangular selection for your mask in Final Cut Pro, but what if you need to mask out something a bit more complicated? You'll want to use the Draw Mask effect. In this video tutorial, we'll show you how to locate and use the Draw Mask effect to create complex masks.

You might know how to create a mask in Final Cut Pro, but how do you edit one? There are so many ways, but in this video tutorial, we'll focus on how to add new control points to your mask!

Added a mask but not sure how to move or adjust the control points? In this quick tutorial, we’ll cover all the basics to moving your control points using both the on-screen and inspector controls. Follow along and you’ll be fitting your mask perfectly in no time!

Excuse our French, but we’re going over Bezier control points today! Not sure what these are or how to use them? We’ll cover everything you need to know about editing Bezier curves in Final Cut Pro.

B-Spline curves are similar to Bezier curves but offer a smoother overall shape. Not sure how to use B-Spline control points? Don’t worry, we’ll cover everything you need to know about using B-Spline controls in Final Cut Pro.

Getting that perfect shape for your masks can be a bit daunting at first. In this video, we’ll cover all the inspector controls for both shape masks and draw masks. Follow along and you’ll know everything you need to know to adjust your masks in Final Cut Pro.

Tired of your boring old mask? Well, did you know that you can animate your masks to create some cool effects? In this quick tutorial, we'll go over how to add keyframes to animate your masks in Final Cut Pro.

Is your project getting a bit cluttered and hard to work in? You might want to consider using compound clips to help keep your timeline organized. In this tutorial, we'll go over all the different ways to create compound clips so that you can group clips together.

Have some clips grouped up into a compound clip, but no sure where to go from there? Well, in this video we'll go over how to make edits within a compound, as well as how to edit the compound clip itself.

Do you want to group several connected clips together? Or maybe you want to cut to some cutaway shots without affecting the primary storyline? Well, you can achieve all this and much more with storylines. Follow along, and we'll show you how to add and edit storylines in Final Cut Pro.

In this video, we’re going to go over a unique feature in Final Cut Pro, called Auditions! This amazing feature is great when you want to try out different clips without having to constantly replace your footage with the new one.

Have an audition, but not sure how to review and try out different clips? In this video, we'll cover exactly how to cycle through your audition clips and set a selection as the pick. We'll also show you some neat examples so be sure to stick around!