Final Cut Pro X Guru: Organizing Assets

Discover how to use keywords, markers, and other metadata to keep Final Cut Pro X assets organized during every stage of the editing process: from import to export.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Organization: What works best for you?

1. Asset Organization Today

• The benefits of organizing assets
• Updates to modern workflows
• Organizing assets in and out of Final Cut Pro X
• Libraries vs. event organization

2. Efficient Importing in Final Cut Pro X 10.1

• Determining the best import method for your workflow
• Using the Media Import window
• Copying files vs. leaving files in place
• Transcoding files and creating proxies
• Importing tags and folders as Keyword Collections
• Importing graphics
• Importing and syncing audio files
• Analyzing for color balance and audio problems
• Importing assets from another event
• Dragging and dropping files into FCPX and import settings

3. Organization Inside the Browser

• Setting up workspaces
• Pre-editing and adding notes
• Understanding the Event Browser
• Creating Keyword Collections
• Applying keywords to part of a clip
• Creating keyword shortcuts
• Understanding library Smart Collections
• Searching and filtering clips
• Adding clips to favorites or rejecting clips
• Working with folders
• Creating video roles
• Creating audio roles

4. Working with Metadata

• Working with metadata
• Understanding metadata views
• Editing metadata views
• Adding custom metadata fields
• Applying custom names
• Creating new custom names
• Changing existing metadata

5. Working in the Timeline

• Using the timeline index
• Filtering searches in the timeline
• Regular vs. to-do markers
• Marker shortcuts
• Viewing roles and audio lanes
• Creating additional roles and subroles in the timeline

6. Using Metadata for Export

• Descriptions and tags for export and online distribution
• Creating bundles for batch exporting
• Using roles for exporting titles
• Using roles for exporting audio
• Exporting XMLs

7. Media Management

• Relinking files
• Opening and closing libraries
• Modifying storage locations
• Consolidating media
• Retrieving a backup library or project
• Duplicating projects vs. duplicating projects as snapshots
• Backing up and moving libraries

Conclusion

• Next steps