COMM 333: Production and 3-point Editing.

With Final Cut Pro it is essential at times to know the values of three point editing in the sense that it may do many functions that simple drag and drop to a timeline may not. The idea of setting in-and-out points allows a smoother flow of your videos while keeping it linear and professional. Below is a series of instructions on basic three point editing via Final Cut Pro.

• First and foremost one must have their footage at the ready for editing. Then promptly setting the sections of when you want the in and out points of the clip.

• Secondly stating where in the timeline sequence you would like the clip to go with in and out points.

• Third is making sure the audio and video tracks are lined up through the in and out points for the timeline before you place it into the actual sequence.

Then we simply add the clip to the timeline and work towards the video being much more parallel to the ideas of the footage and overall vision. Overall I'm probably going to be using this as much as possible in my video, but so far my footage is still in the development stage and hopefully I can get it evened out a bit more to justify my vision of what the video can be. So far I have a few stills and titles but I still need to gain more video footage of the imagery I'd like.