FCP X BROADCAST QUALITY EDITING – MASTERCLASS

Learn to edit to broadcast and production house standards

The definitive, broadcast standard, Final Cut Pro Masterclass from award winning editor and award winning media trainer, Dean Arnett.

Elevate your video editing skills with our Final Cut Pro X Editing Masterclass, a comprehensive course designed to help you unlock the full potential of this powerful software. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced editor, this masterclass will guide you through the tools, techniques, and workflows needed to create professional-quality content. From mastering the basics to exploring advanced features, you’ll learn everything you need to produce polished, compelling videos for any platform.

What sets this course apart is its focus on the grammar of editing—the foundational principles that go beyond simply cutting footage. You’ll learn how to craft a narrative, establish pacing, and create emotional resonance through thoughtful editing choices. By combining these storytelling skills with technical expertise, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of how to captivate and engage your audience.

In addition to the art of editing, the course covers the practical tools and advanced features of Final Cut Pro X, including multi-camera editing, color grading, audio mixing, and motion graphics. You’ll also discover time-saving techniques to optimize your workflow, enabling you to edit faster and more efficiently. Whether you’re creating content for YouTube, film, or broadcast, this masterclass will equip you with the skills and confidence to produce videos that stand out and leave a lasting impression.

This course goes from the very basics of Apple’s FCP X editing software through to advanced editing functions such as Transitions, Sound Mixes, Graphics, Effects, Keying, Compositing & Animation. But the course isn’t just about button pressing, we explore the often ignored craft of ‘editing grammar’. We learn how to edit faster and more creatively by introducing discipline and sorting processes into your workflow. We look at some short-cuts and practice some regular challenges that professional editors face on a daily basis.

Who’s it for?

Whether a complete beginner, or a regular FCP X editor, this course is for you.

As a beginner, this course will take you from the absolute basics, building as you go, up to an advanced professional level.

If you’re already editing, this course will fill in all the holes in your knowledge, teach you some tricks and techniques for editing faster and better and demonstrate the tools most editors aren’t even aware are available.

Journalists

This course has been used by journalists around the world. 

Broadcasters

This course has been delivered to staff of major broadcasters  around the world., directly resulting in the commissioning of new documentaries and documentary series.

Digital Publishers

Digital Publishers, around the world have made the next step into major programming making with this course.

Amateur Filmmakers

Filmmakers around the world have used this course to develop, shape, fund and get commissioned their passion project.

WHAT WILL THIS COURSE COVER?

In this course, you will learn:

– The basics of Final Cut Pro X, including importing and organising media
– Tips and tricks for creating engaging and effective video content
– The grammar of editing
– Creating projects, using the storylines and magnetic clips
– Master audio mixing
– Creating text, graphics and animation
– Advanced editing techniques, such as colour correction, compositing and keying
– How to use Final Cut Pro X to create broadcast-quality video content

And much more!

Face to face training

This course is available, and has been extensively delivered, face to face course. Email me at training@deanarnett.com to discuss costs and logistics. I can even adapt and modify this course to suit your exact needs.

Pre-recorded online training course

This course is now available as a series of pre-recorded online video modules to consume at your own convenience and schedule. Go to www.videoschool.deanarnett.com to get started.

Live online training

I can deliver this course from my purpose built multi-camera training studio, live, online, to suit your preferred schedule and avoid T&D costs. Email me at training@deanarnett.com to discuss and book. I can even adapt and modify it to suit your exact needs.

Consultancy service

Often clients want to know how to do something, but need it done quickly and efficiently, thats why I'm increasingly being booked as a hands-on consultant to get the work done for you directly and quickly. I'll happily work anywhere in the world, so Email me at training@deanarnett.com to discuss.

WHY YOU NEED THIS COURSE

So much time is wasted trying to edit with a piece of software where you know ‘just enough’ to get by. So why wouldn’t you invest a handful of hours learning the software inside out with professional, broadcast spec training course.

And that’s exactly what this course is.

It has been designed specifically for front line editors who need to edit fast and efficiently to broadcast quality standards using FCP X.

What's in this course?

FCP X EDITING MASTERCLASS SYLLABUS

MODULE 1
Introduction
The U.I.
Personalising the U.I.
Libraries & Files
New Libraries and Importing
Organising your Media
MODULE 2
The Project Window
Working in the Project Window
More Advanced Project Options
Audio Basics
MODULE 3
Timeline Editing
Transitions
Grammar of Editing
Basic Motion
Effects
Generators
Keys & Masks
Speed
Colour Correction
Nesting
Exporting

COURSE OUTCOMES

Having completed this course you will be able to edit confidently alongside established professional editors.

You will understand all the tools, effects and facilities available to you and where to find them.

You will be able to edit faster and create more professional quality videos that will make you and your client / organisation look better.

This course will pay for itself within weeks or months by helping you to work better and faster.

WHO IS YOUR TRAINER?

Dean Arnett is an internationally award winning documentary producer, former BBC staff producer and former BBC Academy trainer. He has made films for the BBC, Discovery, Amazon Prime and Al Jazeera as well as global brands such as Dropbox, Oracle, ServiceNow, Miscrosoft, casio, Orange, NHS and many others.

Over the years he has developed and delivered training courses for the BBC, ITV, STV, MediaCorp, Internews, Irex, AP and others.

All his training courses are developed to broadcast quality standards for high end clients all around the world and delivered online or face to face.

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