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Published inMar 2024
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Bruce G. Macbryde
Bruce G. Macbryde
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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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Understanding the timeline view tools

The height and duration of the timeline can be changed from the right-hand side of the center menu bar, by pressing the filmstrip icon. The top slider lets you zoom in and out of the timeline to see more or less detail. The six icons below this slider give you different configurations of video views compared to audio. The second, lower slider bar changes the height of the timeline.

Figure 5.7 – Timeline view tools

Figure 5.7 – Timeline view tools

The Command + + and Command + - shortcuts are very useful to zoom in and out of the timeline in incremental steps. Shift + Z will show a fit-in-window view, so everything in the timeline fits in one window. The Home key and End key on extended keyboards jump to the beginning and end of the timeline.

Figure 5.8 – Home and End keys

Figure 5.8 – Home and End keys

The secret to a seamless edit is to have the action at the end of one clip flow into the following clip. A classic example of a transition...

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Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614921

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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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