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Step 1
Choose the basic editing method that is best for your editing style.
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Step 2
Start with dragging your clips into the timeline after setting in and out points and making sub-clips, which you will refine later with greater detail. This is called the drag and drop method.
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Step 3
Use the three-point editing system. This is a far more precise style of editing, which gives you a product closer to your desired end result the first time, leaving less need for detail refinement.
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Step 4
Make use of the razor tool, located in your tool bar, to make further refinements, such as shaving a second or two off a clip.
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Step 5
Cut with the razor tool and you don't have to drag the rest of the sequence over. Simply right click, or for those without that feature, control-click on the empty space.
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Step 6
Using the three-point editing system, you will need to follow a few simple but necessary rules. First, you will have to set up the viewer and the timeline or canvas. This will allow you to view your clip as you select it and the sequence, as the clip is dropped in.
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Step 7
Set up an in and out point, in either the viewer or canvas, and then do the same in the window lacking the in and out points. You create a sequence in Final Cut Pro by allowing the system to create the last one automatically.
