Just like any other industry, the post production world is full of its own lingo. I have put together a list of Final Cut Pro related terms here. However, I just found this list of general post production terms that includes some key stuff that I left out.

Check it out and study up. Happy new year!

As a side note, I will be traveling out of the country over the next couple weeks, so my updates may not be as often.

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Oliver Peters has a great post on his blog with 12 Tips that every editor should know. It is a must read. One of my favorites:

2. Temp music – Many editors like working with temporary music as a placeholder. I advise against this for two reasons. First – people tend to fall in love with the temp score and then it’s hard to get real music that feels as good. Second – temp music becomes a crutch. You tend to be more forgiving of a weak scene when there’s interesting music than when the scene is naked. I prefer to cut a strong scene and make it work through editorial solutions. If a scene can stand on its own, then the addition of sound effects and a score will make it that much better. The exception is a visual montage set to music. Here, I tend to do better when I’m cutting to music rather than the other way around.

Read 12 Tips For Better Film Editing.

I found this post via Scott Simmons Editblog.

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This article is not specific to Final Cut Pro, but it offers some great tips and information regarding working with motion graphics. Lots of these tips are also applicable to editing. Its definitely worth a read.

Click here to read 50 Motion Graphics Tips

By default any clips that you put into the timeline that contain audio and video are linked together. In other words, when you try to move/change speed/cut one, you do the same action to both. This can be frustrating, but thankfully it is very easy to separate the two.

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When you are editing a large project in Final Cut Pro, your footage can sometimes get out of control. This is especially true if you have multiple editors working on a single project. Sometimes it is easier to see a picture of the clip rather than just the file names, there are a couple of ways to go about this.

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