Final Cut Pro 5 Tutorial: Timeline

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 creating timelines with the software and offer tips on customizing your timeline. Expert video editor CJ South will show you step-by-step how to begin and navigate your timeline as well as how to zoom inside the timeline, and navigate gaps. You will learn about audio controls, source and destination controls, visibility and lock controls, and how to set and delet markers in a clip. Watch this free online tutorial with our others in this series and start working on your independent film today!