She begins with a Quick Start chapter to quickly take you through an entire project from start to finish, and then dives deeply into each step of the post-production process—from preparation and organization, to editing and refining, to audio and effects, to media management and exporting. Each stage of the postproduction workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, and uses real-world examples from both narrative and documentary workflows.

This lynda.com course and its exercise files are compatible with Final Cut Pro X v10.2 or later.

Topics include:

• Touring the interface
• Ingesting and organizing assets
• Navigating and marking footage
• Performing basic edits
• Moving and removing clips
• Trimming in the timeline
• Working with connected clips and secondary storylines
• Editing audio
• Multicam editing
• Working with effects
• Correcting color
• Managing libraries and projects
• Sharing and exporting projects