

There’s a full screen control button in the bottom right (7). The bottom of the viewer window has controls for transforming the media (4), adjusting color correction and enhancing audio tracks (5), and choosing clip re-timing options (6). The dropdown menu allows you to view scopes, change playback quality, view color or alpha channels, overlays, and more (3). The top of the viewer shows basic clip information (1) and lets you change the viewer size (2). The viewer is the window next to the browser, where media plays back either when skimmed or played in the timeline.

*Folders in Final Cut Pro X don’t actually hold any media, but they do store keyword and smart Collections. The buttons above the browser are for importing media and showing or hiding either the keyword editor or background tasks window. The buttons on the window are for setting the items to be in filmstrip or list view, and you can sort or group items in the browser by various metadata, change the filmstrip display size, and narrow media down by length.

You can skim through files, drag across a clip to select a range, and drag items into your timeline. When an event, folder, or collection is highlighted, its media will show in the browser. Also, there are additional sidebars for photos and audio files and titles and generators that can be added to your projects. You can create and organize libraries, events, folders*, and collections here. The sidebar shows any/all libraries, events, folders, and collections that hold your media. It works hand-in-hand with the sidebar to the left. The browser window is where your imported media is displayed. Lastly, the audio meters are to the right of the timeline (6). Below all of these is the timeline where you actually edit your video (5). Further to the right is the inspector window that shows a summary of a clip’s information (4). To the right of that is the viewer window where media is played back (3). Next to that is the browser, where media is displayed (2). In the upper-lefthand corner, you’ve got the sidebar, where libraries, events, projects, and collections are shown (1). When you open Final Cut Pro, you’ll usually see the standard window configuration.
