As I began to explore the world of Final Cut Pro X, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the vast array of features and functions available at my fingertips. "Fiction" seems like a fitting term for this experience, as I felt like I was navigating uncharted territory with every click and mouse movement. My initial thoughts were "bad," but as I delved deeper into the application, I realized that there was indeed so much to learn.

In fact, I'm still in the process of learning and figuring things out. It's not uncommon for me to pause and take a deep breath, wondering how I'll manage to master this complex software. Despite my initial trepidation, Apple has done an excellent job of providing users with options and resources to help them get started. For instance, the option to install Final Cut Pro X on an external hard drive is a godsend, allowing me to free up space on my internal hard drive.

My Western Digital external hard drive, which holds 160 gigabytes of storage space, has been a reliable companion thus far. With approximately 55 gigabytes of free space remaining, I'm excited to fill it up with the various projects and files that I'll be working on. The prospect of creating and editing video content using Final Cut Pro X is both thrilling and intimidating.

One of my main concerns was how I would edit and assemble videos, given the vast array of options available in the application. Thankfully, Apple has provided users with the option to work within iMovie, which allows me to create and edit my initial movie without feeling overwhelmed. As I progressed through the editing process, I began to appreciate the nuances of working within Final Cut Pro X, particularly when it comes to advanced features like color correction and audio enhancements.

During our conversation, a friend mentioned that one of the coolest things about Final Cut Pro X is its ability to import live footage, including Apple Loops SL. This feature alone takes up an impressive 16 gigabytes of storage space, which is equivalent to my entire Western Digital external hard drive! Despite this, I'm grateful for the option to work with high-quality footage and audio.

My internal hard drive, however, is a different story altogether. With approximately 1.5 gigabytes of free space remaining, it's clear that I won't be running out of storage space anytime soon. However, I do appreciate the fact that Apple has provided users with the option to install Final Cut Pro X on an external hard drive, ensuring that our projects are well-organized and backed up.

Throughout my journey with Final Cut Pro X, I've encountered various surprises and discoveries. One such surprise was finding out where my friend Alfred got his background for one of his video intro sequences. The subtle orange-ish yellowish hue in the background is actually a product of Live Type, which I've now learned more about. The application's vast feature set has also led me to explore different mouse options, including the Logitech MX Revolution.

As I continue on this creative journey with Final Cut Pro X, I'm excited to share my experiences and learnings with you, my audience. Expect plenty of videos in the future, each showcasing a unique aspect of my learning process. From basic cutting techniques to advanced features like color correction and audio enhancements, I'll be covering it all.

For now, I'd like to take a moment to appreciate the support that has been shown me so far. Your interest and encouragement mean the world to me, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to share my passions with you. Stay tuned for more videos, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes insights into my creative process as I navigate the world of Final Cut Pro X.

In conclusion, creating a video using Final Cut Pro X has been an enlightening experience, filled with twists and turns that have kept me on my toes. From navigating the application's complex features to exploring new ways to create engaging content, I'm excited to share this journey with you. With every click and mouse movement, I feel like I'm learning something new and discovering a fresh perspective on video editing.

As I approach 16 minutes into our conversation, I apologize for any monotony that may have set in. However, I hope that my enthusiasm and dedication to this craft will be enough to keep you engaged throughout our journey together. And who knows? Perhaps one day, I'll become proficient in the art of Final Cut Pro X video editing, and my videos will be a testament to the power and versatility of this incredible software.

In the meantime, I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge some of the individuals who have helped me along the way. To my friend Jonathan SP, thank you for your kind words and support – it means a lot to me! And to Alfred, whose background design has been an inspiration, I'm grateful for the chance to learn from your expertise.

As we wrap up this initial video, I'd like to invite you to join me on this creative journey. Expect plenty of videos, tutorials, and behind-the-scenes insights into my learning process as I navigate the world of Final Cut Pro X. Together, let's explore the possibilities of video editing and discover new ways to tell stories that captivate and inspire.

For now, it's time to wrap up our conversation and bid farewell for today. However, don't worry – I'll be back soon, armed with more knowledge, skills, and a whole lot of creative enthusiasm. Until next time, stay tuned, and keep on learning!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey tubies Dave here obviously you may have noticed I've been out of the loop for a while as far as YouTube video uploads go um that's mainly because I ran out of mini DV tapes and I refuse to overwrite mini DV tapes with new footage because I just like to have everything backed up you know just in case but that's a good thing God forbid I lose my iMac three upgrade footage right any I don't know um so I I have like a bunch of things here to talk about to kind of fill in the Gap until I get my next real video out so hopefully you guys are interested let's start out with the most important one 10 Panasonic 60-minute mini DV tapes these just came in the mail today from eBay awesome can you say sexy come on with me sexy all right but seriously 60 minutes 10 tapes guys that's 600 minutes slash1 hours of footage so I'm definitely going to be supplied for a while and the sweet thing is I got these 10 tapes for just under $30 shipped off eBay Best Buy like one $16 for three tapes on loan so yeah do the math freaking rip off Best Buy that's why you got to go to eBay and yes these are brand new these are not these are not like gray Market tapes or whatever these came from a power seller so I appreciate his business or his offerings whatever you want to call it so next up um we related once in a while I get a question about you know David what's your Wii number add my Wii number I want to play with your me and the parade or whatever I don't know you know all that good stuff so I figured I just give it to you guys right now it's going to appear on the screen right now as I read it so if you you want me to add your me to my address book then just message me it don't post it in a comment message me that way it's easier to get to and it's easier to save and easier to find so if you want me to add you to my me address book send it send your Wii number to my mail inbox YouTube whatever you want to call it so here's mine mine is 865 8685 1 4 57 8170 sorry it's the girlfriend Heather got a commission congratulations Heather if you're watching well I hope you're watching you watch all my videos so yeah I have a golf for now it's pretty good anyway um so yes 8650 86851 1457 8170 for my nickname it doesn't matter matter you can just call me I David the creative one David the boring one the sexy one whatever you want it's fine with me so those two are out of the way um you know what this is the best Snapple ever Snapple Apple it's seriously so awesome so good it's orgasmic my hard drive is spinning down um external hard drive obviously yeah I still have the memory shut up I don't mean that but um yeah I still have the memory for the iMac that didn't work um I decided to resell through eBay myself so I just have to get around to doing it so yeah that still has 128 Megs of ram it's doing great though I don't use it that often but once in a while I turn it on just to play around with it um I've actually had a request that somebody wants to um see how video editing is handled on that so I might do that I might not not sure but I think it'd be interesting to see how iMovie handles video editing on a G3 processor 350 MHz 1208 megas of ram that should be interesting um okay I don't want to make this video too long so let's cut to the good part um yesterday I received a certain something in the mail very awesome very special to me something I've been wanting for a while um I just took a while to actually order it but my girlfriend Heather she motivated me to finally buy it so I don't know what took me so long but um most of you know I edit my movies in iMovie HD I love it it's a great application but it has its limitations obviously it comes with the Mac so it can't be anything too Pro likee so for only 100 for only $150 from apple.com I ordered this oh yeah that is hot seriously sweet guys okay um if you don't know what Final Cut Is Final Cut is Heather is I aming me that's one heck of a sandwich she's drunk no she's not drunk I changed my way message I don't know what she's talking about she's drunk anyway here comes another I am she's typing sorry distractions distractions so then we I GNA eat some grilled cheese you do that Heather you eat your you eat your grilled cheese she's so cute anyway sorry um back to Tech stuff sorry Final Cut for you people who don't know Final Cut Is the pro application software that you know people use to make professional movies not Final Cut Express Express is the more consumer friendly version basically it's phonica Pro stripped from a few features so it's still very powerful it's it's insane like when I launched it I was literally scared I don't know what I'm doing yet I've been messing around with it for like a couple hours but lots of good stuff to be had so yes um phonica Pro is like the application like you know real movie companies use to actually edit movies that's how great Apple software is yeah yeah yeah I know they use Windows too sometimes but apple is practically dominant when it comes to video editing so ha take that you Windows users just kidding keep the Flaming comments yourself okay so let me just show you what I came with fod Express HD install dis or look at me in the reflection can you see me yeah you can see me in the reflection on the monitor Apple Loops more about that in a bit that's for soundtrack live type media one and two two discs so that's cool and you know what's really cool Apple actually included a Final Cut Express HD tutorial DVD which is sweet cuz this application has is a very steep learning curve and that's the truth I don't care what you say the um the learning curve is definitely steep but it's worth it obviously Apple software is literally like the best besides Adobe okay um so I only got this for $150 with my education discount I finally or I finally used the gift card that got from an organization that I made their website for around Christmas time that was a gift to me so I appreciate it very much if you guys are watching this but I doubt you are but if you are I do appreciate it so thank you um so I'm just putting everything away oh my God so many plastic sleeves what the hold the language back David all right I don't want to I don't want H whoa slow down I don't want to make this video too long you got what the freak oh that's my fault yo oh my God I'll just do it later yeah I don't want to make this video too long but um basically expect my video opportunity my video limitations to be cut big time I can literally do so much ficon Express HD comes with two separate applications called soundtrack which is pretty s explanatory it's basically Garage Band on steroids you can make you know you can compose more professional soundtracks to your movie you know it's it's it's actually built for soundtracks and stuff like that so it's cool I don't see myself using it that much but hopefully I will for the appal loops and then finally live type two live type two oh my God hold on got to get a drink for this this is here like the best Snapple ever orgasmic anyway live type 2 is Apple's professional title slash animation compositing program application I guess you could call it that basically you can make very detailed titles SL animations to go along with your movies and let me tell you I am very impressed I know I seem very sarcastic but I'm not I mean I didn't expect that much from a title compositing application but you should see some of the backgrounds in this application they're insane and there's awesome transitions everything is so smooth it renders in real time and stuff like that oh god um I hope I can get some video capturing done on my screen eventually so I can show you guys I know I still have to do that Mac tips podcast back off just kidding but I know that's another project I to do I'm thinking about buying snaps Pro or whatever it's called I think it's think it's $29 I think it'll be worth it cuz I definitely want to uh screen capture my Mac so I can give lessons slash tutorials slash tips so yeah good stuff I love it all three programs have a pretty steep learning curve live type isn't that bad but I stuff I definitely have a lot to learn ficon Express HD woo I have a lot to learn I I oh slow down David i t way too fast um I literally have no idea what I'm doing in that yet I've only figured out a few things I don't even know how to open an imov application and that is possible Apple said it Apple said that themselves on their website so you know what's funny not funny but kind of like scary um the Apple Loops SL live type media content alone takes up ready for it 16 gigabytes of storage space so you see this little guy over here my Western Digital external hard drive 160 gigabyte USB 2.0 I know no firear does its job though anyway that poor hard drive is filled up okay I have like one point something gigabytes for you but still um yeah but I'm so glad Apple gave you the option of installing on an external hard drive because my internal hard drive as it is so let me check it command ey it's a little Str for you guys Mac users 11.95 gab free so it's not that bad but it's definitely filling up fast um so yeah I'm just glad Apple gave you the option of installing it on external hard drives but the cool thing is this Western this Western Digital right here um I still have about 55 gigabytes free so I still have a lot of space to fill up sorry guys stuff's um addicting I think that's it um so yeah this movie you're seeing right now most likely will be edited in iMovie because I'm not ready to edit yet in final con Express HD like I said I still have a lot I uh still have a lot to learn like basically the whole application so I don't even know how to do basic cutting it so different from my movie obviously that's to be expected so kudos to you Apple you make some great software I mean that obviously I'm kind of using your operating system um so yes my options open up big time it's got email let me see who it is real quick we can check this in real time feel like you're watching news YouTube new comment on me got we from Jonathan SP so I guess that's a little shout out for you real quick Jonathan SP I don't know um I guess that's it so yes expect lots of videos expect a different style of video hopefully soon expect some kickass titles I can't wait to see what kind of titles I put on there hopefully a good soundtrack I'm hoping to get a real intro to my videos kind of like my friend Alfred has ad blossi check out his videos if you haven't done so yet aasi a d i b l a SI I think I spelled that right so yeah oh Alfred speaking of you dude sorry I didn't mean to scare you um I found out where you got your background from for your intro you may have told me you may have told me before but I easily forget so um I found your background I think it was in live type I found that little that orange-ish yellowish background you have very cool it looks so much better in Final Cut because I'm used to seeing like the ultra compressed version on YouTube so it was cool seeing it in like highres very nice touch I guess that's it um I got a new mouse it's a Logitech I think it's mx1000 or Alfred calls it suxx 1000 but I actually don't like it that much I want the um other one with the two wheels and where you can just throw the uh throw the middle wheel so it just keeps rolling and then you stop it with your finger fet what it's called oh Logitech MX Revolution I think that's it So eventually I'm G to get that this is nice though but I'm I'm not like super impressed by it I don't know maybe I'm just picky well I guess that's it guys expect lots of videos got my mini DV tapes I'm so happy so yeah God this video went over 15 minutes I'm sorry guys um you know me I'd love to talk so um thanks for watching guys and I look forward to showing you plenty more videos hopefully I'll change my style up a bit now that I have so many more opportunities like seriously I love it I can't wait to learn probably going to watch them um tutorials if I can say tutorials soon on the DVD that came with it so all right now I'm approaching 16 minutes so I apologize for this being so long hopefully you're interested you see the that dog in the background that's Ashley she's fine she's sleeping um okay thanks for watching tubies and um I'll be back soon with more videos so thanks for watching and thanks for all the support so far I you know I obviously really appreciate it so stay tuned for more videoshey tubies Dave here obviously you may have noticed I've been out of the loop for a while as far as YouTube video uploads go um that's mainly because I ran out of mini DV tapes and I refuse to overwrite mini DV tapes with new footage because I just like to have everything backed up you know just in case but that's a good thing God forbid I lose my iMac three upgrade footage right any I don't know um so I I have like a bunch of things here to talk about to kind of fill in the Gap until I get my next real video out so hopefully you guys are interested let's start out with the most important one 10 Panasonic 60-minute mini DV tapes these just came in the mail today from eBay awesome can you say sexy come on with me sexy all right but seriously 60 minutes 10 tapes guys that's 600 minutes slash1 hours of footage so I'm definitely going to be supplied for a while and the sweet thing is I got these 10 tapes for just under $30 shipped off eBay Best Buy like one $16 for three tapes on loan so yeah do the math freaking rip off Best Buy that's why you got to go to eBay and yes these are brand new these are not these are not like gray Market tapes or whatever these came from a power seller so I appreciate his business or his offerings whatever you want to call it so next up um we related once in a while I get a question about you know David what's your Wii number add my Wii number I want to play with your me and the parade or whatever I don't know you know all that good stuff so I figured I just give it to you guys right now it's going to appear on the screen right now as I read it so if you you want me to add your me to my address book then just message me it don't post it in a comment message me that way it's easier to get to and it's easier to save and easier to find so if you want me to add you to my me address book send it send your Wii number to my mail inbox YouTube whatever you want to call it so here's mine mine is 865 8685 1 4 57 8170 sorry it's the girlfriend Heather got a commission congratulations Heather if you're watching well I hope you're watching you watch all my videos so yeah I have a golf for now it's pretty good anyway um so yes 8650 86851 1457 8170 for my nickname it doesn't matter matter you can just call me I David the creative one David the boring one the sexy one whatever you want it's fine with me so those two are out of the way um you know what this is the best Snapple ever Snapple Apple it's seriously so awesome so good it's orgasmic my hard drive is spinning down um external hard drive obviously yeah I still have the memory shut up I don't mean that but um yeah I still have the memory for the iMac that didn't work um I decided to resell through eBay myself so I just have to get around to doing it so yeah that still has 128 Megs of ram it's doing great though I don't use it that often but once in a while I turn it on just to play around with it um I've actually had a request that somebody wants to um see how video editing is handled on that so I might do that I might not not sure but I think it'd be interesting to see how iMovie handles video editing on a G3 processor 350 MHz 1208 megas of ram that should be interesting um okay I don't want to make this video too long so let's cut to the good part um yesterday I received a certain something in the mail very awesome very special to me something I've been wanting for a while um I just took a while to actually order it but my girlfriend Heather she motivated me to finally buy it so I don't know what took me so long but um most of you know I edit my movies in iMovie HD I love it it's a great application but it has its limitations obviously it comes with the Mac so it can't be anything too Pro likee so for only 100 for only $150 from apple.com I ordered this oh yeah that is hot seriously sweet guys okay um if you don't know what Final Cut Is Final Cut is Heather is I aming me that's one heck of a sandwich she's drunk no she's not drunk I changed my way message I don't know what she's talking about she's drunk anyway here comes another I am she's typing sorry distractions distractions so then we I GNA eat some grilled cheese you do that Heather you eat your you eat your grilled cheese she's so cute anyway sorry um back to Tech stuff sorry Final Cut for you people who don't know Final Cut Is the pro application software that you know people use to make professional movies not Final Cut Express Express is the more consumer friendly version basically it's phonica Pro stripped from a few features so it's still very powerful it's it's insane like when I launched it I was literally scared I don't know what I'm doing yet I've been messing around with it for like a couple hours but lots of good stuff to be had so yes um phonica Pro is like the application like you know real movie companies use to actually edit movies that's how great Apple software is yeah yeah yeah I know they use Windows too sometimes but apple is practically dominant when it comes to video editing so ha take that you Windows users just kidding keep the Flaming comments yourself okay so let me just show you what I came with fod Express HD install dis or look at me in the reflection can you see me yeah you can see me in the reflection on the monitor Apple Loops more about that in a bit that's for soundtrack live type media one and two two discs so that's cool and you know what's really cool Apple actually included a Final Cut Express HD tutorial DVD which is sweet cuz this application has is a very steep learning curve and that's the truth I don't care what you say the um the learning curve is definitely steep but it's worth it obviously Apple software is literally like the best besides Adobe okay um so I only got this for $150 with my education discount I finally or I finally used the gift card that got from an organization that I made their website for around Christmas time that was a gift to me so I appreciate it very much if you guys are watching this but I doubt you are but if you are I do appreciate it so thank you um so I'm just putting everything away oh my God so many plastic sleeves what the hold the language back David all right I don't want to I don't want H whoa slow down I don't want to make this video too long you got what the freak oh that's my fault yo oh my God I'll just do it later yeah I don't want to make this video too long but um basically expect my video opportunity my video limitations to be cut big time I can literally do so much ficon Express HD comes with two separate applications called soundtrack which is pretty s explanatory it's basically Garage Band on steroids you can make you know you can compose more professional soundtracks to your movie you know it's it's it's actually built for soundtracks and stuff like that so it's cool I don't see myself using it that much but hopefully I will for the appal loops and then finally live type two live type two oh my God hold on got to get a drink for this this is here like the best Snapple ever orgasmic anyway live type 2 is Apple's professional title slash animation compositing program application I guess you could call it that basically you can make very detailed titles SL animations to go along with your movies and let me tell you I am very impressed I know I seem very sarcastic but I'm not I mean I didn't expect that much from a title compositing application but you should see some of the backgrounds in this application they're insane and there's awesome transitions everything is so smooth it renders in real time and stuff like that oh god um I hope I can get some video capturing done on my screen eventually so I can show you guys I know I still have to do that Mac tips podcast back off just kidding but I know that's another project I to do I'm thinking about buying snaps Pro or whatever it's called I think it's think it's $29 I think it'll be worth it cuz I definitely want to uh screen capture my Mac so I can give lessons slash tutorials slash tips so yeah good stuff I love it all three programs have a pretty steep learning curve live type isn't that bad but I stuff I definitely have a lot to learn ficon Express HD woo I have a lot to learn I I oh slow down David i t way too fast um I literally have no idea what I'm doing in that yet I've only figured out a few things I don't even know how to open an imov application and that is possible Apple said it Apple said that themselves on their website so you know what's funny not funny but kind of like scary um the Apple Loops SL live type media content alone takes up ready for it 16 gigabytes of storage space so you see this little guy over here my Western Digital external hard drive 160 gigabyte USB 2.0 I know no firear does its job though anyway that poor hard drive is filled up okay I have like one point something gigabytes for you but still um yeah but I'm so glad Apple gave you the option of installing on an external hard drive because my internal hard drive as it is so let me check it command ey it's a little Str for you guys Mac users 11.95 gab free so it's not that bad but it's definitely filling up fast um so yeah I'm just glad Apple gave you the option of installing it on external hard drives but the cool thing is this Western this Western Digital right here um I still have about 55 gigabytes free so I still have a lot of space to fill up sorry guys stuff's um addicting I think that's it um so yeah this movie you're seeing right now most likely will be edited in iMovie because I'm not ready to edit yet in final con Express HD like I said I still have a lot I uh still have a lot to learn like basically the whole application so I don't even know how to do basic cutting it so different from my movie obviously that's to be expected so kudos to you Apple you make some great software I mean that obviously I'm kind of using your operating system um so yes my options open up big time it's got email let me see who it is real quick we can check this in real time feel like you're watching news YouTube new comment on me got we from Jonathan SP so I guess that's a little shout out for you real quick Jonathan SP I don't know um I guess that's it so yes expect lots of videos expect a different style of video hopefully soon expect some kickass titles I can't wait to see what kind of titles I put on there hopefully a good soundtrack I'm hoping to get a real intro to my videos kind of like my friend Alfred has ad blossi check out his videos if you haven't done so yet aasi a d i b l a SI I think I spelled that right so yeah oh Alfred speaking of you dude sorry I didn't mean to scare you um I found out where you got your background from for your intro you may have told me you may have told me before but I easily forget so um I found your background I think it was in live type I found that little that orange-ish yellowish background you have very cool it looks so much better in Final Cut because I'm used to seeing like the ultra compressed version on YouTube so it was cool seeing it in like highres very nice touch I guess that's it um I got a new mouse it's a Logitech I think it's mx1000 or Alfred calls it suxx 1000 but I actually don't like it that much I want the um other one with the two wheels and where you can just throw the uh throw the middle wheel so it just keeps rolling and then you stop it with your finger fet what it's called oh Logitech MX Revolution I think that's it So eventually I'm G to get that this is nice though but I'm I'm not like super impressed by it I don't know maybe I'm just picky well I guess that's it guys expect lots of videos got my mini DV tapes I'm so happy so yeah God this video went over 15 minutes I'm sorry guys um you know me I'd love to talk so um thanks for watching guys and I look forward to showing you plenty more videos hopefully I'll change my style up a bit now that I have so many more opportunities like seriously I love it I can't wait to learn probably going to watch them um tutorials if I can say tutorials soon on the DVD that came with it so all right now I'm approaching 16 minutes so I apologize for this being so long hopefully you're interested you see the that dog in the background that's Ashley she's fine she's sleeping um okay thanks for watching tubies and um I'll be back soon with more videos so thanks for watching and thanks for all the support so far I you know I obviously really appreciate it so stay tuned for more videos\n"