Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X is streamlined, logical and powerful. Once you grasp the key concepts of how this works, within moments you will have synced together different camera angles and be cutting these in realtime within FCPX.
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Chroma Keying in Final Cut Pro X is delightfully quick and simple to achieve results. This tutorial shows just how quick and effective the chroma key functionality in Final Cut Pro X is, and how to achieve results quickly.
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Compound Clips provide the means to simplify your edit by collapsing many clips into a single clip. These can be used to take a complicated Timeline and to reduce a portion of the Timeline, or all of the Timeline, into a single clip. The Compound Clip can then be positioned and edited like any other clip.
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Storylines are unique to Final Cut Pro X. The Primary Storyline is where the main edit takes place. Additional Storylines can be added, or clips can be worked with as Connected Clips. This tutorial shows the difference between Connected Clips and Storylines and how they work.
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Skimming through media is one of the brilliant features of Final Cut Pro X. While some other editing systems have their own ways of "skimming", the implementation within Final Cut Pro X is extremely elegant. The real power of this process is revealed when skimming through mass media. You can quickly movie through all of the footage within an Event with a simple swipe of the mouse.

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The latest edition of Rick Young's Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X is now shipping and we are giving away 3 copies to win. The winners will be drawn at random and announced in the next edition of the Movie Machine monthly update.
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