Final cut screen grabs

Top left is your browser, the browser is where imported images are held .

In the browser you should have tabs, this is where you find transitions and video effects , such as texts.

The time line is where most of the editing takes place starting by dragging things down to the browser . The time line has padlock symbols, which when clicked allows you to block one area of your work . Anything that is blocked will not be affected by an edit that you carry out.

MuteFinal cut has a set of green buttons on the left hand side if these are clicked they will mute audio

Toggle buttonIf you want to change your sound levels you can act on this by clicking the toggle button (which looks like a strange N). When the toggle button is clicked two pink line will appear allowing you to raise or lower sound levels fade in and out.

ToolsTo the right of your screen is a tool bar and your audio indicator. Razor tool, cursor, pen tool. Razor, this is used to cut away image or audio that you don’t want

Final cut propertiesFirst thing you need to know is final cut is not destructive therefore any edit move you do can be undone. Edit undo is limitless. To edit undo go file and undo.

To import either video or audio in final cut you click file scroll down to import , then across

to file.