Table of Contents

Getting Started

Advanced Editing

Lesson 1 Organizing Your Media

Using Hands-Free Metadata

Entering Metadata Manually

Organizing Clip-Based Metadata

Using Intraclip-Based Metadata

Adding Markers

Filtering Clips

Creating Smart Collections

Renaming Clips

Lesson Review

Lesson 2 Advanced Editing Techniques

Reviewing Editing Basics

Modifying Edits

Using Secondary Storylines

Understanding Compound Clips

Lesson Review

Lesson 3 Working with Auditions

Creating Auditions

Modifying Auditions

Using Auditions and Effects

Lesson Review

Lesson 4 Working with Sound

Setting Sound Levels

Creating Audio Fades

Panning Audio

Managing Audio Channels

Lesson Review

Lesson 5 Using Audio Effects

Understanding Equalization

Controlling Audio Effects

Using Other Types of Effects

Animating Audio Effects

Lesson Review

Lesson 6 Editing Multicam Clips

Using Multicamera Footage

Creating a Multicam Clip

Editing with Multicam Clips

Customizing Multicam Clip Settings

Modifying a Multicam Clip

Adding Effects or Other Trimming

Lesson Review

Advanced Compositing and Effects

Lesson 7 Keying and Compositing

Laying the Groundwork

Using Keying and Masking Effects

Using Advanced Keying Features

Compositing Generators

Compositing Graphics

Lesson Review

Lesson 8 Transformations, Effects, and Titles

Transforming Clips

Working with Effects

Creating Titles

Using Roles with Titles

Lesson Review

Lesson 9 Creating Animation

Animating Clip Position

Animating a Generator

Creating a Travel Matte

Animating with Transitions

Lesson Review

Finishing Techniques

Lesson 10 Color Correction Basics

Getting Ready

What Is Color Correction?

Using an Appropriate Display

Using the Highest-Quality Media

Learning the Color Correction Interface

Using Video Scopes

Adjusting Contrast Using the Color Board

Take 2

Lesson Review

Lesson 11 Adjusting Color and Saturation

Using the Color Controls

Take 2

Adjusting Color Temperature Creatively

Take 2

Using the Global Color Control

Take 2

Adjusting Saturation

Take 2

Changing Saturation with Contrast Adjustments

Dissolving Between Two Grades

Take 2

Lesson Review

Lesson 12 Color Matching

Understanding Shot Matching

Matching Clips Automatically

Take 2

Matching Clips Manually

Take 2

Using Additional Corrections and Effects in a Scene

Lesson Review

Lesson 13 Making Isolated Color Adjustments

Using Color Masks

Using Shapes to Target Frame Regions

Combining Shapes and Masks

Animating Shapes

Lesson Review

Lesson 14 Advanced Sharing and Sending to Compressor

Exporting Projects and Media for Finishing

Outputting with Compressor

Understanding the Compressor Interface

Understanding the Compressor Workflow

Using Advanced Compressor Features

Lesson Review

Appendix A Using DSLR Footage

Index