Master Apple Media Tools at Manhattan Edit Workshop
Learn Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro with hands-on, interactive classes designed for aspiring editors, filmmakers, and music producers. Gain real-world skills in video editing, audio production, mixing, effects, automation, and more. Create professional projects, build your workflow, and take your creative skills to the next level.
Aug 31, 2026 - Sept 2, 2026 (In Person or Online)
Oct 26 - 28, 2026 (In Person or Online)
Dec 21 - 23, 2026 (In Person or Online)
[THREE-DAY INTENSIVE, 10am-6pm]
This hands-on Final Cut Pro training course gives students the skills to edit professional video content with confidence. Over three immersive days, you’ll learn the full range of Final Cut Pro tools and techniques—from navigating the intuitive user interface to performing precise editing functions. Working with real-world media, you’ll practice everything from basic video editing skills to advanced features that make Final Cut Pro one of the industry’s leading post-production tools. Perfect for beginners and aspiring editors, this course provides a solid foundation in professional video editing with Final Cut Pro*.
Who should attend? This Final Cut Pro X training course is perfect for anyone who wants to edit professional-quality video through hands-on, interactive instruction that makes learning fast and effective.
Course Objectives – What You’ll Learn in Final Cut Pro Training
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Organize and manage media and projects using Final Cut Pro libraries
Apply fast and efficient editing techniques for both video and audio
Fine-tune and trim clips directly in the timeline for precision edits
Enhance projects with effects, transitions, and clip retiming tools
Work with advanced features including 3D titles, 360° video, and multi-cam editing
Create and edit captions for professional video delivery
Adjust and improve visuals using powerful color correction tools
Finish, export, and share a completed video project
Prerequisites: Knowledge of OS X and basic computer navigation. Basic knowledge of editing terminology is highly recommended
Each student gets their own workstation.
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*Apple Pro Certification is not available for this course.
Getting Started
Download and prepare lesson media files
Understand the basic Final Cut Pro workflow.
Importing Media
Define the clip, event, and library containers
Understand the differences between internal and external media files
Create a camera archive
Import files using Media Import and the Finder
Organizing Clips
Apply keywords to a clip and clip ranges
Search and filter clips by keywords
Add notes and ratings to a clip
Create Smart Collections
Detect people and composition within clips
Understand and assign roles
Making the First Edit
Use Final Cut Pro’s powerful search tools, including Transcript and Visual Search, to easily locate moments in your footage
Create a project
Understand the attraction and repulsion behaviors of a storyline
Append, insert, and rearrange clips within a primary storyline
Batch edit a storyboard of clips
Ripple, Roll, and Slip edit clips
Use the Blade tool
Replace a gap clip, ripple delete, and join through edit
Perform connect edits
Create and edit in a connected storyline
Adjust audio levels
Share the project to a media file
Revising the Edit
Define and distinguish between the two types of project duplication
Understand the replace edit options
Use markers for clip sync and task notes
Create and edit with an audition clip
Refine clip duration using Trim to Playhead and Trim to Selection
Enhancing the Edit
Vary the playback speed of clips
Modify the look of clips with effects
Use transitions
Adjust the transform and compositing controls
Create compound clips
Finishing the Edit
Beat Detection to video edits to the musical soundtrack
Add and modify a lower third
Add and modify a 3D title
Split-edit audio and video
Keyframe audio
Adjust an image using the Color Board, Color Wheels, and Color Curves
Sharing a Project
Export to a media file
Post media to an online host
Create a bundle for multiple platforms
Understand the ? XML workflow
Integrate Compressor export options
Managing Libraries
Differentiate between external and internal media
Import media as referenced and managed
Move and copy clips within and between libraries
Consolidate media files in one location
Advancing Your Workflow
Identify manual options for new projects
Sync dual system recordings
Create a chroma key
Understand the multicam workflow
Understanding the tracker in Final Cut Pro
Locating duplicate shots in the timeline
Note: The curricula above comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.
Sept 9 - 11, 2026
Oct 19 - 21, 2026
Jan 4 - 6, 2027
[THREE-DAY INTENSIVE, 10am-6pm]
Learn Logic Pro in Just Three Days – Hands-On Music Production Training
This three-day Logic Pro course* introduces students to the software’s primary features and intuitive user interface, enabling them to start producing music right away. Through interactive lessons, you’ll learn how to build a customized audio and MIDI setup that integrates seamlessly with your personal production studio.
Students will create an original song using Logic Pro’s powerful software instruments, Apple Loops, and DSP effects, while gaining real-world experience in MIDI and audio recording, editing, mixing, and arranging techniques. Additional topics include user-defined key commands, automation, external MIDI controller integration, and exporting a polished final mix.
Who should attend? This class is designed for anyone looking to create professional-quality sound with Logic Pro and who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to explore its functionality best.
Course Objectives – What You’ll Learn in Logic Pro Training
This Logic Pro course provides students with essential music production skills, including:
Mastering efficient workflow techniques for faster music creation
Recording and editing both audio and MIDI with precision
Using Logic Pro’s built-in software instruments to produce tracks
Applying audio effects to shape and enhance sound
Mixing projects with professional techniques and automation tools
Manipulating pitch and time for creative and corrective purposes
Prerequisites: Knowledge of OS X and basic computer navigation.
Each student gets their own workstation.
*Apple Pro Certification is not available for this course.
Make Music with Logic Now!
Creating a Logic Pro project
Exploring the interface
Navigating the project
Building up the arrangement
Mixing the song
Mixing down to a stereo file
Recording Audio
Setting up digital audio recording settings
Recording a single track
Recording additional takes
Punching in and out
Recording without a metronome
Changing recording settings
Deleting unused audio files
Editing Audio
Assigning mouse tools
Editing regions in the workspace
Comping takes
Adding fades and crossfades
Editing regions in the audio track editor
Aligning audio
Produce a Virtual Drum Track
Creating a Drummer Track
Arranging the Drum Track
Customizing the Drum Kit
Recording MIDI and Using Controllers
Using a Patch from the Library
Recording MIDI
Correcting the Timing of a MIDI Recording
Joining Recordings into a MIDI Region
Recording MIDI Takes
Punching In and Out
Creating a Layered Sound Patch
Mapping Smart Controls to Patch Parameters
Processing MIDI Notes with MIDI Plug-Ins
Creating and Editing MIDI
Creating MIDI Notes in the Piano Roll Editor
Using the brush tool and custom brush patterns
Using time handles
Quantizing MIDI regions and notes
Importing a MIDI File
Editing MIDI Data in the Event List
Creating and Editing MIDI Continuous Controller
Editing Pitch and Time
Setting a Project Tempo by Detecting the Tempo of a Recording
Using and Creating Apple Loops
Creating Tempo Changes and Tempo Curves
Matching an audio file to the project key and Tempo
Adding a Turntable or Tape Slow-Down Effect
Making One Track Follow the Groove of Another Track
Change the Playback Pitch and Speed with Varispeed
Editing the Timing of an Audio Region
Tuning Vocal Recordings
Editing an Arrangement
Looping regions and converting loops to individual regions
Packing regions into a folder
Saving alternative arrangements
Previewing the song
Copying material to fill in parts
Rendering multiple regions
Adding and deleting sections
Cutting regions to remove silence or noise
Mixing
Organizing Windows and Tracks
Using the Amp Designer
Adjusting Levels and Pan
Submixing tracks and processing with bus sends and auxiliary channel strips
Applying effects to a selected section of a track
Using folder and summing stacks
Using screen sets
Filtering frequencies with an EQ plug-in
Adding depth with delay and reverb plug-ins
Using Compressor and limiter plug-ins
Automating the Mix
Creating and editing offline track and region automation
Recording Live Automation
Using MIDI Controllers
Bouncing the Mix
Mixing in Dolby Atmos
Setting up for Dolby Atmos
Creating Bed and Object tracks
Panning Tracks in Surround
Using 7.1.2 Audio Effect Plug-Ins
Automating the Mix
Exporting the ADM BWF Master File
Note: The curricula above comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.
In-Person Classes:
119 W 23rd Street, Suite 1000, New York City, NY 10011
