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Make Your Films DVD Friendly With Markers

8/3/2013 9:13:20 AM

Use Chapter Markers to give your Final Cut projects a professional finish

Difficulty: Intermediate

Time needed: 10 minutes

The festive season may well be a distant memory, but let’s not forget we’ve got smartphones capable of shooting great quality video to capture those special moments. If you filmed your Christmas and New Year’s Eve shenanigans on your iPhone 5’s brilliant four-inch screen, chances are that you’re going to want to cut all of your clips together and export them to a DVD for viewing in the future.

With these types of DVDs, you might just want to watch one bit; perhaps the moment that Uncle Joe over-indulged in the sherry and fell asleep face first in his Christmas dinner, for example. To do this, you need to split your DVD into chapters – like a book. This enables you to skip to the part that you want to see. Sounds complicated? Not with Final Cut Pro X – all it takes is a few clicks. Pull up a chair, fire up Final Cut Pro X and let’s get started…

The festive season may well be a distant memory, but let’s not forget we’ve got smartphones capable of shooting great quality video to capture those special moments.

The festive season may well be a distant memory, but let’s not forget we’ve got smartphones capable of shooting great quality video to capture those special moments.

Share menu

Select the File menu and choose the Share option from the drop-down that appears. This is the menu you’ll need to begin the process of exporting your project to DVD, or another platform such as YouTube

Send to Compressor

Want to have full control over how your DVD looks? Send your project to Compressor, which offers DVD customizations such as adding menus and titles. To do this, click File and select Send to Compressor

Zoom in

The Zoom slider enables you to see more (or less) of your project. It works by showing more or less frames in each clip – making it easier to locate the perfect Chapter Marker thumbnail

Quick share

Click the share icon on the right-hand side of the Final Cut Pro X interface in order to see options which will enable you to easily export your project to be shared with other people

It works by showing more or less frames in each clip – making it easier to locate the perfect Chapter Marker thumbnail

It works by showing more or less frames in each clip – making it easier to locate the perfect Chapter Marker thumbnail

Knowledge base - Customizing your DVD

Final Cut Pro X offers you the opportunity to export your projects to DVD, but the DVD will play as exported. If you’re looking for a little more control over how your final DVD will look, Compressor (available from the App Store) will do that job for you – and it’s just as easy to use as Final Cut Pro X!

Step-by-step: Final Cut Pro X Add Chapter Markers to your project

1.    Open your project

Navigate to the Project Library and double-click on your project to open it. Can’t see the Project Library? Click Window>Show Project Library.

2.    Find your place

Click on the play head and drag it left or right along the Timeline to the place in your project where you want to mark the start of the new chapter.

3.    Mark your chapter

Select the Mark menu and choose Marker>Add Marker from the drop-down menu. Or save time by pressing the M key to set the Marker.

Mark your chapter

4.    See Marker options

The Marker will appear in blue. If you hover your cursor, it will enlarge slightly. Double-click on the Marker and click the bookmark icon.

5.    Convert your marker

Clicking on the bookmark icon converts the Marker into a Chapter Marker. The Marker icon on the Timeline will change color, from blue to orange.

6.    Chapter Marker image

Happy? Click Done. We’re going to look at choosing an image for the chapter. Single-click the Chapter Marker. You’ll notice a large pin to the right.

7.    Image Marker pin

This pin marks the frame used as the chapter’s thumbnail. By default, the pin will use the thumbnail from the eleventh frame after the Chapter Marker.

8.    Find your image

To change the image used, click the pin and drag it left or right along the Timeline. Use the Viewer to locate the right frame to mark your chapter with.

9.    You’re all set

Once you’re satisfied that you’ve found the right frame, let go of the pin. That’s all there is to it – you’re all set to export your finished project to DVD.

You’re all set

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