Remember, when using external microphones, your camera will record your dialogue in mono tracks (you'll hear it on only one side of the headphones). Put the audio in stereo on the timeline in Final Cut after you are finished editing it and it will raise the levels for your upload to YouTube.
Layering FX in Final Cut:
Layering Picture Within Picture Tutorial in Final Cut This tutorial helps you do a more advanced editing technique: layer picture within a picture in Final Cut. It also helps you with duplicating and flopping a shot.
Equalizing Dialogue in Final Cut:
Equalizing Dialogue in Final Cut (tutorial)
Creating Text in Final Cut:
Creating Titles and End Credits in Final Cut (tutorial)
Removing Room Hum in Final Cut Pro:
Removing room hum and air conditioning noise using Soundtrack Pro (tutorial)
"Photoshopping" Video: Removing or Adding things from a shot:
Combining and layering shots allows you to remove or add people or things to your video.
LINKS to other Final Cut Tutorials:
Color Correction (this is a basic tutorial to remind you how to lighten up a dark shot or play with color correcting):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYJ2YN2lhzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-q67zdbf8&feature=fvsr
Creating the "Pleasantville" effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPYjBHhUQZM
Using motion templates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC6jenR44RM
speed effects (speed/slow/freeze frame): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX-p_iCQPog
Animating stills and video (the Ken Burns effect): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ifnRUNWKWI
Using filters (adding video effects like blur and “bad TV”): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbeNjN6POw
Exporting from Final Cut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEjAZpvX7UcUsing Compressor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgY_Y14sYIE
Other Compressor (simpler) tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_fM5Pb0CIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkBmN2pi1tI&feature=related
DVD Studio Pro simple tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQBb4yeSkE&feature=relmfu
