Final Cut Pro Mini-Tips

Sometimes you want to read a 600-page manual on a software, and sometimes you don’t…

I’ve been giving people a lot of little tips about Final Cut Pro lately — those time-saving mini-techniques that we all pick up in our own particular ways, and I thought I’d write up a short list of those.

But first, I decided to go prowling around the web to see what other lists and tips were out there.  Here were a few that I found especially useful:

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ten-tips-for-a-better-final-cut-pro-experience/

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/video/articles/18576.aspx

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/freshdv/story/top_10_final_cut_pro_tips_and_tricks/

This last one is from 2004 but still has lots of good info — and Ken Stone’s site is great, one of the first places I look when I need an FCP answer:

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/option_key_fcp_4_balis.html