Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, Fourth Edition

Lesson 3. Customizing Your Project

Goals

Select editing presets

Change audio/video settings

Select user preferences

Select sequence settings

View item properties

Change and save window layouts

Dynamically resize the interface

Customize the keyboard and button bars

Customize bin views

Perform storyboard editing

Now that you’ve tackled some Final Cut Pro editing basics, let’s take a look at where and how you adjust your settings. While Avid attaches settings to Projects, Users, and Site (systems), FCP settings control Sequence Settings, User Preferences, and System Settings. The User Preferences and System Settings categories are similar in nature. But one of the primary differences between Avid and Final Cut Pro is that where Avid attaches ...