Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) User Manual
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Chapter 2
Final Cut Pro basics
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Play back clips and projects in the Viewer
The Viewer is where you play back your video, including clips and projects with up to 1920 x
1080, 2K, 4K, and even 5K resolution. You can play back events, projects, or individual clips in full-
screen view or on a second display. With the Event Viewer, a separate video display that can be
shown next to the main Viewer, you can display two clips at the same time: one from the Event
Browser and one from the Timeline. For information about ways to play media, see
on page 74.
Resolution-independent playback:
Play back video files up to 5K.
Full-screen playback:
Play your video full screen,
or on a second display.
Onscreen controls:
Adjust effects such as
Transform, Crop, and Distort.
Dual viewers:
Display event clips
and project clips side by side.
You can also use onscreen controls, superimposed over the video in the Viewer, to adjust settings
for a wide array of effects and transitions.
Edit your project in the Magnetic Timeline
The bottom portion of the Final Cut Pro window contains the Timeline, where you create your
movie by adding and arranging clips and making all your edits. The Timeline in Final Cut Pro
“magnetically” adjusts clips to fit around clips that you drag into place. If you drag clips out of
place, the surrounding clips close up to fill the space.
A Final Cut Pro project holds all of the information for your final movie, including your editing
decisions and links to all the source clips and events. For more information about editing your
project, see
on page 99 and
on page 117.
Toolbar:
Perform
common tasks by
clicking a button.
Connected clips:
Add titles and
cutaway shots. In the Magnetic
Timeline, everything stays in sync.
Audio clips:
Add music
and sound effects as
connected clips.
Primary storyline:
Add and
arrange clips to construct
your movie.