Final Cut Pro 5 Tutorial: Overview & Organization

Summary: A working knowledge of Final Cut Pro is essential to any aspiring filmmaker. As the most widely used software program in video and film editing, Apple computer's Final Cut Pro can give a professional appearance to any film project from basic digital video to HD material. Because it's relatively affordable and easy to use, Final Cut Pro has become extremely popular with broadcast stations and independent filmmakers. It offers a wealth of effects and functions, like dissolve, iris, distortion, and ripple, rolling, slipping, sliding and other editing functions, as well as color correction filters and audio filters.

In this free Final Cut Pro tutorial you'll learn the basics of Final Cut Pro. This video series will focus on an overview of the software and offer tips on getting started. Expert video editor CJ South will show you step-by-step how to begin and save a new project with the program, gives you an overview of the layout of the different features, and how to operate some of the basic tools you'll need to navigate around the program. Watch this free online tutorial with our others in this series and start working on your independent film today!