Faculty Tutorials
Titles and Text
This tutorial will show you how to apply titles and text to your Final Cut Pro projects. Open up the Titles browser by clicking on the T (Titles) button. Hover over the different choices to preview how they animate. Some of them are still and will not move when you...
Using Green Screen Footage
Shooting in front of a green screen gives you the ability to replace the green background with any background of your choice. This tutorial will show you how to apply a background image to green screen footage with Final Cut Pro. Select the part of your green screen...
Final Cut Pro: Exporting Your Finished Movie
Exporting your finished movie is one of the last steps of the editing process. This tutorial covers the process of converting your edited project into a new movie file that can be uploaded to YouTube, embedded into a website or presentation, or burned to a DVD. Click...
Recording Audio in GarageBand
This tutorial will show you how to record audio with GarageBand in your newly created podcast project.Select a Track The new podcast that you’ve created will open with two tracks. The first one will be selected by default. To select the other, simply click on it. The...
Editing Podcasts in GarageBand
This tutorial will help you edit your audio, whether it’s fixing your mistakes or adjusting the volume.Once you’ve made a recording, you can play it back by dragging the playhead to the beginning and pressing the spacebar.Trim Ends You can trim of the ends of clips by...
Fades, Volume Adjustment, Music, and Sound Effects in GarageBand
GarageBand comes with a wide array of jingles and sound effects to make your podcast pop. This tutorial will show you how to use them in your podcast, and how to do fades and adjust audio levels of different clip segments.Add an Intro or Outro Click the Loop icon in...
Capturing Footage using an iSight in iMovie
This tutorial will explain how to capture footage using your iSight camera (the built-in camera on the iMac) inside iMovie. Press the Import button at the top of iMovie, which is a downward-facing arrow. Choose FaceTime Camera (Built-in) under the Cameras section on...
Exporting a Podcast as an MP3 in GarageBand
This tutorial will show how to export a podcast out of GarageBand as an MP3.Once you’ve completed your podcast, exporting as an MP3 is extremely easy. Click File and select Save. This step only saves the data file of your recording and edits. Select Share and then...
How to Import Videos from an HD Camera
This tutorial explains how to import videos into iMovie from an HD camera.On the Camera Plug in your HD camera via USB or Firewire cable, whichever your camera uses. Make sure your camera is on and set to Playback mode. NOTE: You should be able to switch to Playback...
Converting iPhone HEVC Video to .mp4 Format
This tutorial will show you how to use a program called Handbrake, to convert your iPhone video into .mp4 format.Different cameras and phones record video into many different formats, depending. The most universal video format at the moment is .mp4, but sometimes your...