The ULTIMATE Guide to MUST-KNOW Organization Tips & Tricks for Final Cut Pro
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In this FCP workflow/organization tutorial, we’ll go over organization tips I wish I knew many moons ago. Although many of these tips are likely known by some of you, I’ll run through how I use them so I can edit quickly and with max efficiency. Learn how to structure your files for optimal efficiency, harness the power of 'favorites' for swift access of the best clips you have in your arsenal, and leverage keywords to streamline your workflow. Discover the full potential of smart collections, arguably my favorite feature built into Final Cut Pro. Customize workspaces for maximum productivity, and create a centralized asset library for easy access to plugins, titles, effects, sound effects and images to save you boat loads of time while editing. Say goodbye to chaos and hello to smooth editing with these must-know FCP organization tips and tricks!
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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - Not sexy, but very important.
00:40 - One reason why you should set this up right now with me
05:03 - Easiest way to sort through your favorite clips/media
06:16 - When to go about doing this
06:46 - Thanks to today's sponsor: CleanMyMac X
07:53 - The key to organization
09:42 - When this really comes in handy in your projects
10:44 - Don’t have to be so specific
11:28 - Or you can be very specific to make your life easier
12:15 - Harness the power
12:31 - Honestly, one of my favorite FCP features
14:48 - Specific and very useful smart collection tip
15:40 - Quick summary on why this is so helpful
16:25 - Set up your living room for activities
16:53 - Quick example
17:22 - Setting it up
17:50 - Another reason you can set one up
18:49 - Save days of your life by setting this up
19:45 - Stylize them once, add sfx once, and you’re set for life.
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22:06 - Why should you set all these organizational tips up?
22:24 - Thank you so much for the continued support!
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Despite Apple’s tepid commitment to FCP, it’s great you and the community still provide such useful information that make FCP still a great NLE, so thank you!
It’s my pleasure 😊 I do have high hopes for Apple updating some great things into FCP this year though 🤞
wish I could press like buttons a thousand times!! I especially liked the way you organized effects, music, etc. Compound clips are still a confusion to me, I will watch other videos of yours now...!!! Thanks, I can't imagine how much work you put into this video!! Appreciate!
Thank you so much 🥹 I'm stoked you enjoyed it! Thanks for the support, Renee.
Favorites is 100% the thing I'm missing the most from FCP after having an affair with Davinci for the past few months. MAN do I miss it.
Yes indeed, I cannot move over to Davinci for the same reason, it is just so easy to rip through my videos hit I/O hit F and move on and then make my timelines from just those selects/Favorite moments. I have been asking Davinci for years to do this but so far nothing!!
Yuppp and keywords/smart collections really come in handy.
WOW, this was the first video you've made that I knew everything in it... out of all the videos you've made. Great video for sure!
Sick! That's a great sign 😊
Woof. I’ve known it for a while, but this is really the next frontier for me to level up my editing. Great work. I’m going to start implementing a lot of this!
Sick! Love to hear that, Brent. Glad it was helpful 🤙🏼
Oh man! I so needed this video. Scruffy doesn't go half way to describing me. Now I know I have to wash behind my ears lol. I'm about to get better thanks Dylan.
😂 happy to help, my friend!
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OMG thank you sooooo much for this vid! I’m still fairly new to film editing and fcp and have been looking for a vid like this to help suggest org tips for my content. Love love love! Will definitely implement some of these. Thank you!
It's my pleasure 😊 glad I could help. Have you seen these two videos of mine? They're packed with a lot of tips that should help set you down the right path:
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Fantastic video! That's exactly what I needed to finally getting organized! I have a doubt though, probably obvious for not beginners... After you import each media to the correspondent events you're gonna create only one project inside one of the events? 🤔
Thanks so much! 😊 yes that’s correct. Although if it’s a big project with a lot of footage, you could make ‘stringouts’ which are basically projects with the best footage of different days/etc and then add that to the main project. Up to you. I usually do 1 project though
Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching 👊
Keywords - You can also drag a range selection (or even multiple selections) from the the browser to the keyword in the list without having to Command+K and add them manually.
Ya great point! Not sure why that’s something I’ve never done 😅
@@dylanjohndickerson I kind of discovered it by accident while keywording a project. One of those, "I wonder if I can do this?" moments. And it worked. Being able to use drag multiple persistent range selections onto a keyword at once can save a ton of time, for sure.
Really good tips!
Thanks so much!
Perfect timing! Thanks, Dylan!
Thanks for watching, David!
Great video ! Thank you so much
Thanks for watching! 🙏
Thanks bro helps a lot
So glad to hear that 🤙🏼 thanks for watching
Yes indeed, Favorites are Key. I cannot move over to Davinci for the same reason, it is just so easy to rip through my videos hit I/O hit F and move on and then make my timelines from just those selects/Favorite moments. I have been asking Davinci for years to do this but so far nothing!! Everyone on the Davinci forums seems to blow it off and say it is not much different but it is totally different in Davinci and too many extra steps to do something so simple. Not to mention my 100's of plugins that I use daily and do not want to have to purchase the Davinci versions or there isn't any similar.
Yup man. That’s exactly why FCP is the efficiency king. Resolve has more bells and whistles but too many things can get in your way and take you out of the creative flow.
Organization is paramount. QUESTION. On your first bit. After that folder structure is setup, and you created the Example Library, then opened it up and inside created the Events that correlate with the folder structure you initially created, it seems you would still have to drag the media into the FCP events from the folder structure it sits in. So duplicate, rename and move media into appropriate folders of the template folder structure, then open the library within the FCP folder. Then drag and drop the media from the folder structure into Events in the FCP browser window?
Thanks
I don't quite understand your question, sorry. So I don't drag anything into the template folder structure. Only when I duplicate the folder structure for a project do I start dragging stuff into it. Then I just open up that FCP library in there, and import all the media into their designated folders.
@@dylanjohndickerson thank you for the reply. I have implemented this organizational approach. For me some of the folders are named differently and I do have media in certain template folders prior to duplication. This media will be used in all of my future projects, so this saves me of adding them each time I begin a new project with a new library.
Can I ask you the transition you used in this video? Thank you!
Hey Renee! Which transition? I used many
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Thanks Dylan! great tips but one thing that makes me confused for so many years is where to keep media. Some years ago I decided that the easiest way for me to keep all media within the fcp library. Isn't this an easier way than keeping the media within the folders in the hard drives?
Thanks for watching man! No because what if you need to access a specific dialogue or clip for another project? The folder structure I went over is the easiest option.
@@dylanjohndickerson Hmm 🤔 As all of the footage is organized as events instead of folders in the hard drives, i could easily find and copy specific footage or media between fcp libraries, that’s never been an issue for me. Also i never keep original footage except the fcp created footage after import. Am I really doing it wrong? 😑
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i wish, i knew that 10 years bevor...🤣
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