Introduction

Consider this as the walk before you run chapter. Before you can really start having a ball in FCPX and making flashy movies, you must understand the basic techniques of how FCPX handles the editing of clips into a timeline. There are many differences in how FCPX edits in contrast to FCP7 or other video editing software. As Apple put it, they built FCPX with the next decade in mind, not the last one. All new tools and features such as Magnetic Timeline, Precision Editor, Range Selection tool, and many others, can seriously speed up your workflow once you have a good grasp of how they work.