FCP X documentation and other information sources

I'll start the ball rolling with

help.apple.com/finalcutpro-logiceffects/mac/4.0/en/finalcutpro

help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion

Motion 5's manual as a 40MB PDF: (Copy and paste this address into your browser)


Other FCP, Motion 5, Compressor 4 help resources:

help.apple.com/helplibrary/

On the same page is help for Soundtrack Pro 3, Color 1.5, DVD Studio Pro 4.2.2, Final Cut Server 1.5

Nice,

I'mm make this sticky when I've fixed the rather odd colour highlight it gets.

Peter

Thanks a ton for posting this -- unfortunately, the Motion .pdf link doesn't seem to work. I'd REALLY love to get the FCPX Help Documentation as a .pdf -- reading it in the help window is alternately making my head hurt and/or fall asleep. Must need more coffee.

Apple's naughty use of spaces in the URL and this board not recognising .pdf as a link terminator meant that the link didn't work. I've edited the original post. Thanks for pointing it out.

Ah ha! If you click on the small printer icon on the upper right hand corner of the FCP X Help webpage, it'll allow you to print the whole doc, which of course can be saved as a .pdf

Just found this, on their resources page for FCPX, there's a page for Third party Effects and content.

So far Listed under Plug-in & tools Automatic Duck, GenArts, Noise Industries G-Technology.

The minimum system requirements are

- Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better

- 2GB of RAM (4GB of RAM recommended)

- OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later
List of Macs with OpenCL-capable graphics cards

- 256MB of VRAM

- Display with 1280-by-768 resolution or higher

- Mac OS X v10.6.7 or later

- 2.4GB of disk space


The current specs don't mention needing a Mac that can boot into 64-bit mode, although it might make FCPX run better.
List of Macs that can boot in 64-bit mode.

For those with AJA equipment... their white paper on configuring FCPX to work with AJA kit .

Judging by the URL, they plan to keep the PDF updated.

Tech support notes from support.apple.com:

Supplementary information

June 21, 2011

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: User manuals

Final Cut Pro X: Support resources

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: Run Software Update after installation to install Pro Apps QuickTime codecs

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: Installation best practices

[url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4663Final Cut Pro X: Options for importing media from photo-based devices[/url]

Final Cut Pro X: Options for importing photos from a media card used for both videos and photos

Final Cut Pro X: Importing Sony XDCAM media

Final Cut Pro X: Timecode of selected media in the Inspector may not display as expected

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: Graphics card compatibility
(Lists which Macs shipped with which graphics cards)

June 22, 2011

Final Cut Pro X: Use "Import from Camera" when importing media from an SD card that was copied to the local drive

June 23, 2011

How to purchase Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4
(Go to Mac App Store)

June 24, 2011

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: Using OpenCL-enabled graphics cards


Troubleshooting

June 21, 2011

Final Cut Pro X: High data rate media may cause unexpected behavior

Final Cut Pro X: Sorting content in the iLife Media Browser may cause unexpected behavior

Motion 5, Motion 4: Motion projects cannot be previewed in finder or QuickTime Player

Motion 5: Alpha type analysis of media with an alpha channel may not be determined correctly

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: "Please see if your boot volume has sufficient space" alert when sharing to an LG Blu-ray drive


Final Cut Pro X: "Please Locate" dialog box appears when selecting Spaces presets

Compressor 4.0: Batch files created with Compressor 3.5.3 open with Compressor 4.0

Compressor 4: Issues applying a setting to effects-intensive Final Cut Pro X projects sent to Compressor

Compressor 3.5.3 & 4.0, Apple Qmaster: Network interface changes are not detected until Compressor is restarted

Final Cut Pro X: Unusable fonts may cause unexpected behavior with Inspector

Final Cut Pro X: Distortion when creating Motion templates with non-square pixel aspect ratios

Final Cut Pro X: Keyboard commands may conflict with Spaces keyboard commands

Final Cut Pro X: Systems with two graphics cards may export QuickTime movies with green artifacts (current work around - 'only use Final Cut Pro X with single graphics card on your system'!)

Final Cut Pro X: "Final Cut Pro generated an error or unexpectedly quit" alert when leaving Share Monitor open

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: About the "Failed: Quicktime could not access a file. Offset too big" alert

Final Cut Pro X: Connect your camera or device directly to the built-in FireWire port on your computer (No hubs please)

Final Cut Pro X: Importing a range selection of iPod or MP4 video media plays clip as a still frame

June 22, 2011

Final Cut Pro X: Movie files from iTunes, iPhoto, and Aperture do not appear in the media browser

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: May be unable to open Final Cut Pro X

Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4: "Send To" menu command from Final Cut Studio (2009) opens incorrect version of target app


June 24, 2011

Final Cut Pro X: Mac OS X 10.6.7: Media Browser option unavailable in Share menu

Developer information for those of you who plan to create plug-ins for Final Cut Pro X.

FxPlug 2.0 SDK Overview

FxPlug 2.0 SDK Overview - PDF version

Peachpit's (paper and e-) books on FCP X:

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