Importing
- Connect SD card to computer
- Open Final Cut Pro X
- Use Media Import (down arrow button in upper left of UI)
- Select the video from the flash storage
- Settings
- Add to event named for the video
- Files > Copy to library
- No keywords
- No audio roles
- Transcoding > Create proxy media
- Analyze and Fix > Remove silent channels
Start project
- Create a new project with the same name as the event inside the event
- Pull the imported clips into the project
- Right-click on the clips and detach audio
- Select all video clips and copy them. Paste as the end of the timeline.
- Drag the copies to the track above and move to the beginning of the track
- Press period (.) to offset copies by one frame to the right
- In the video inspector (top-right, film icon button), Compositing > Blend mode to “Lighten” and opacity to 50%.
- Add a shape mask to all the copies and shape it to the smart light
- Select the original clips and the copies. Right-click and “New Compound Clip”. The compound clip can share the name of the project.
- Trim off the last frame to avoid a frame with just the light.
- Press the down arrow key while focused in the timeline to jump the playhead to the last frame.
- Press the left arrow to move back one frame.
- Press alt-] to trim from the playhead to the end.
- Select the audio tracks
- Apply the “Rad Devon Studio Voice” effects preset
Bumpers
- Blade a clip or leave the playhead at the point to start the bumper.
- Pull bumper from the “raddevon.com bumpers” and drop it above the main track. It should snap to the playhead.
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