Maximum FCP Efficiency with Tabs
| A Creative COW Apple Final Cut Pro Video Tutorial |

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Walter Biscardi
Biscardi Creative Media, Buford, Georgia USA
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Because Final Cut Pro can do so much, it can be easy to get lost inside its interface as you start to do more and more at once. Let Creative Cow leader and Final Cut Pro expert Walter Biscardi show you how to take back control of your workspace and work more quickly and efficiently with FCP's tabs.

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Comments | | | |  | Maximum FCP Efficiency with Tabs by Rob Grauert 101938078 |
wow...the scopes set up is a great idea. I didn't know you could divide them up into separate windows. | | | | |
| | | | I get the video! Thanks Walter! | | | | |
| | | |  | Maximum FCP Efficiency with Tabs by AndrewB 126201998 |
I also just get a Quicktime logo with a ? in it... | | | | |
| | | | I've passed along your comments to the Creative Cow team. It works here, not sure why it's not working for other folks. | | | | |
| | | |  | Maximum FCP Efficiency with Tabs by Dave 126315733 |
I also get only the logo | | | | |
| | | | If you Click on that icon, it should appear and start to play within about 10 seconds. That's what happens here. Of course, this depends on your connection speed. | | | | |
| | | | All I get upon "click here to play" is the quicktime logo. (?) Thanks for any info. - Michael Singh | | | | |
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