Media Homework

Final Cut Pro and IMovie

Final Cut Pro:

When you first use final cut pro it will be a little bit different to a person’s one if they have used it before because they might already have libraries loaded up. To load in footage you will have to create an event, so to do that you’ll need to click file and press new event or you can simply press right click on your mouse and select new event, or if you are really good you can use option N, which will allow you to name the event, choose what library you would like to save it in (this is where your video will be stored).

To upload the media you can go to file, then there will be an option to input media, this will bring up the media import window where you can see all connected devices. This will allow you to choose the click you would want to use for your video; when you choose the click it will allow you to store it in the library you would like to save in. You can either handle all the clips yourself or rely on final cut pro to handle it its self.

After this your footage will be imported. You can either choose to see the pictures of the clip or if you don’t you can click a button, which will allow you to have a list view of the media you have uploaded.

Now you can start to place the clips you have in the final cut pro timeline and to find out what clip you actually want to use you can click the spacebar to see what the clip it actually is and if you would like to use it. To bring the clip into the storyline you can click and drag the clip from the browser (this is where clips are found). This will then play on the viewer, which is where the clip will be played and shown.

On the right hand side of the screen when you are using final cut pro there is a button that will allow to cut parts of the clips you don’t want which then can be deleted when you right click that part of the clip you don’t want and press delete. You can also adjust the sound, but if you don’t want to use the sound from the clip you can press the little music note icon, which will allow you to choose a piece of music you already have on your computer.

iMovie:

IMovie is a video editing application developed by Apple. With iMovie, you can import images, video and audio to create professional-looking movies at a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood blockbuster.

When you load up iMovie you will have to click file and select import media so that you are able to extract media from your computer or device to IMovie, this will then allow you to choose what clip you would like to move from your computer to IMovie. After, you choose the clip you would like to use, you will have the option to save it in a device you have saved on iMovie. iMovie practically has the same form of layout as final cut pro, but in my opinion final cut pro is more complex and advanced than IMovie.

Similarly, you will have to create an event for your library so that you can save the movie that you are going to make into that library.

• The first time you import video from your camera, there won’t be any existing events in your Event Library.
• To create a new event, type a name for it in the “Create new Event” field.
• If you’re importing video that recorded on different days, you can have iMovie create a new Event for each of those days by selecting

When you have all your videos imported and you used different videos from different days and put them together, the movie is most likely going to be rough and not play that well. If you would like to fix that you can click settings on the top right hand corner, which will allow you to press stabilization, this will smooth any shaky cam motion.

Advantages

·         Final cut pro has a lot of editing features in comparison to iMovie. However, this could make it more difficult for the user to use as it may be a bit to complex.

·         You can add more clips onto your timeline in comparison to iMovie. (You can only add 18 clips on iMovie)

·         You can have as many soundtracks as you want or need in comparison to iMovie.

Disadvantages

·         Final cut pro takes a lot more time to compose in comparison to iMovie

·         iMovie is easier and more simple than final cut pro

·         Both final cut pro and iMovie can sometimes corrupts your file if it isn’t saved properly