Lab 4: Intro to Editing

BRING TODAY:  USB Drives & footage

Resources: Vimeo's Video 101: Editing Basics, Setting Scratch Disks in Final Cut Pro

How to set the scratch disks in Final Cut
1) Make a project folder WITH YOUR NAME ON IT on the computer's Scratch disk and call it whatever you want - example: "Laura Hadden Project 1"

2) Make a folder inside of "Laura Hadden Project 1" and call it "Scratch"

3) Make a folder inside of "Laura Hadden Project 1" and call it "Video" - put all of your .mov files into the folder called "Video"

So now inside "Laura Hadden Project 1" should be two folders; "Video" and "Scratch"

4) Open up Final Cut Pro

5) Go up to the top tab and click on "Final Cut Pro" --> "system settings"

A window will open that looks like this:



6) Click on each of the set buttons that are highlighted below (the blue underline points out the folder you are pointing it to) and direct final cut to the folder you made called "FCP"

Setting the scratch disks tells Final Cut where to put all of the files that it generates as you edit. You should set the scratch disks every time you open up Final Cut!

Next week: Finish editing! Bring in music or other sound effects you would like to add to your project. as well as your USB drives(!!!). Project is due at the end of class.

Note: If you want to have more editing time, please refer to the "How to work in labs at Hunter" handout on Blackboard, but you have to use your flash drive or external hard drive to bring your project folder to those computers!