Final Cut Pro 5 Tutorial: Affecting Video

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 is 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 online video series learn how to affect video and adjust the speed and time mapping. Expert video editor CJ South will show you how to apply slow motion and fast motion effects, fit to fill edit, frame blending and motion blurring techniques. Learn also how to work with freeze frames and de-interlace video. Watch this free online tutorial along with the rest of our Final Cut Pro 5 Tutorial series and start working on your independent film today!