From Creative Cow, these great time saving tips.

Want to save time while using Final Cut Pro? CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith will show you how. His video tutorial has five must use tips: Motion Templates, Swap Edit, Audio Levels, Ripple Delete and Transitions Time Saver.

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It doesn’t make you a better FCP editor, but no matter what kind of work you do, speed still matters. Cow author Dustin Lau shares some tips and tricks to accelerate your work in Final Cut Pro that even the old dogs haven’t used before.

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It’s late, you’re running late, and you can’t figure out why your sequence isn’t playing in real time. Fortunately, Creative Cow leader and Final Cut Pro expert Walter Biscardi is here to help. You know that something’s wrong, Walter knows what, and he tells you how to fix it here.

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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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If you learn one thing on this site, learn how to do a three point edit. It’s possible the single most useful method of editing. It takes you beyond the drag and drop style of editing to a point where you can really fly. Once you get the hang of it, it’ll be a second nature to you.Eric Meek of Final Cut Studio School shows you how.

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I recently found the amazingness that is “Fit to Fill.” This edit is simple and versatile, basically taking available footage and making it fit in the space you want by changing the speed. Eric Meek at the Final Cut Studio School has this video tutorial on how to edit using Fit to Fill.

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You know the feeling- you assemble a complex graphic in Final Cut, and it looks crisp and beautiful. You press play, and it looks like crap. Andrew Balis from the Moviola Resource Center has posted some tips over at KenStone.com to help you control what you see. With dropped frames, Unlimited vs. Safe RT, and Sequence settings to worry about, Balis offers a rather comprehensive guide that will help you improve your knowledge of the program.

Read the tutorial here.