Using Final Cut Pro

When creating a stop motion video the software you most likely will be using is final cut pro. This is a program that you can use to create  stop motion and add effects to the pictures you have taken, it could be music/sound effects, visual effects and so on.


To view the pictures you first have to open a new sequence, this will then come up with a blank screen for you to put your pictures on.

However to get your images actually onto the program you have to open the actual file and put it onto the program. If you have all the pictures in one file you drag the folder on, it is much easier that way.




To get the images into the program, first highlight the images in your chosen folder and then drag them into the sidebar.

The images should appear in a sidebar like this, however to get them into one sequence you must nest items to create a sequence.

 To nest the items you first have to drag the images onto the timeline

It should look something like this, you will be able to see the images along this timeline.

The good thing about the timeline is that you are able to add visual and audio effect to the timeline.