Final Cut Pro Video Editing: Edit Your Videos Faster

In this masterclass, Justin walks through the most efficient way to edit in Final Cut, from setting up your project and importing footage all the way through to exporting your finished video. He also dives into the newer AI features inside Final Cut that speed up your workflow and free you up to be more creative. This isn’t a tour of every single button. It’s the key stuff you actually need to get up to speed fast and start creating.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Project Setup Done Right: Setting up your libraries, importing footage the smart way (without doubling your file sizes), and letting Final Cut auto-configure your project perfectly from your main camera clip.
• Fast, Efficient Editing: The core tools and keyboard shortcuts (blade, ripple delete, skimming, in/out markers) to trim your footage and shape your story in a fraction of the time.
• B-Roll, Titles & Effects: Layering in overlay footage, adding professional titles (including text that sits behind you), and using transitions and the zoom-in trick to keep viewers engaged.
• Pro Audio & Color: Mixing your audio so it sounds clean and balanced, isolating voice to clean up noisy recordings, and simple color grading to make your footage pop.

• The AI Features Worth Using: The new AI tools that genuinely save time, from AI slow-motion and background removal to voice isolation and auto-reframing a widescreen video into vertical.