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MEWTube is home to hundreds of videos about post-production and editing -- not just interviews with post professionals, but also, quick how-to videos for every step of the post process. They're things you find yourself Googling mid-project, short tutorials it never hurts to have on hand. Here's a compilation of our videos tutorials for Final Cut Pro X! How to Delete Render Files in Final Cut Pro X How to Add Slug in Final Cut Pro X How to Add Transitions to Connected Clips in Final Cut Pro X How to Add Custom Clip Names in Final Cut Pro X How to Export Master Files in Final Cut Pro X How to Import Footage from a Card in Final Cut Pro X How to Import Footage from a Hard Drive in Final Cut Pro X How to Add Custom Export Destinations in Apple's Final Cut Pro X For more videos like these, including Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer tutorials, visit and subscribe to MEWShop on ...

Manhattan Edit Workshop Instructor Ari Feldman shows how to export master files in the latest version of Apple's Final Cut Pro X. Manhattan Edit Workshop is a New York Film Editing School offering a full range of basic to advanced manufacturer certified training courses, from the Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate and Apple products to the complete suite of Adobe applications. Manhattan Edit Workshop's mission is to provide the highest quality education for filmmakers and editors. Focusing on both the art and technology inherent to our craft. We foster a "learn by doing" approach in an atmosphere where mistakes are encouraged as part of the process and the only "silly" question is the one that isn't asked.

Manhattan Edit Workshop Instructor Ari Feldman shows how to import footage from a hard drive in the latest version of Apple's Final Cut Pro X. Manhattan Edit Workshop is a New York Film Editing School offering a full range of basic to advanced manufacturer certified training courses, from the Avid, Autodesk, Assimilate and Apple products to the complete suite of Adobe applications. Manhattan Edit Workshop's mission is to provide the highest quality education for filmmakers and editors. Focusing on both the art and technology inherent to our craft. We foster a "learn by doing" approach in an atmosphere where mistakes are encouraged as part of the process and the only "silly" question is the one that isn't asked.

Clark's timeline in FCPX George Abbott Clark knows that Final Cut Pro X has a cloudy reputation in the editing business. “When it first came out, it was a nightmare,” he says on a phone call from Los Angeles. “But the new updates are remarkable. It’s like power steering - you would never go back to making it more complicated and cumbersome.” In editing Jim Shoe from writer-director Pete Sutton, Clark faced pushback from post-production and industry peers in his choice to cut in FCPX. Amid a series of major studio releases also cut with the controversial program — Focus and Whiskey Foxtrot Tango among them — Clark remains steadfast in his adherence to FCPX, citing the ease of working with the system. “[FCPX] has a rep for being simplified and dumbed-down,” Clark says. “But it’s not. It’s sophisticated, and advanced. There’s a misconception in the community.” In the transition from FCP7 to X, Clark knew the new program was being built on a 64-bit platform from the ground...