Creating Photo Slideshows in Final Cut Pro X

I'm Jerad Hill, a California Wedding Photographer and this is a short tutorial on creating photo slideshows in Final Cut Pro X, Apple's latest version of Final Cut Pro.

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Howto & Style

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• final cut pro x
• photo slideshow
• photography montage

[jeradhill]

Hi Blueandred, I don't know off of the top of my head how to change the letterbox color but I know that you can throw down a solid object and color it however you wish to cover the entire background including that would be letterboxed.

[jeradhill]

I don't believe you can archive your install to a disc. However you can always download it again from the app store if you need to.

[robertsIPlegal]

Hi Jerad -

Downsampling from iPhoto or Aperture into iMovie has been adding unwanted pixilation.

Pro X clearly is doing ok with basic slide shows, and it says it will import from former iMovie projects. Does it have Ken Berns affects like iMovie - or what happens if that is imported?

Can it pull from Aperture too or just iPhoto?

[jeradhill]

@robertsIPlegal I am not sure. I have Aperture but have not yet tried this. It seems that there is no downsampling of photos when I pull them from iPhone. I wouldn't pull them from iPhone if the Import feature set the image time length like it should. Hopefully apple with fix these little annoyances over time.

[planks29]

hi how i include a video clip in my timeline? thanks for your help

[jeradhill]

@planks29 I posted a new video to my channel on that topic. I actually did it a while ago, sorry for not updating this comment.

[vanessakellett85]

Hi @jaredhill I have been trying to do this for days. This tutorial is great, but what size are your images pixels width, height and resolution? or does iPhoto resize them? I have wasted many discs only to find that my text is pixelated and so are my images? I originally had large files but then I resized them to 720 x 480. I need my slideshow to show on a large flat screen TV. Any help would be grateful to stop me from losing my mind.

[ernie599]

Great Video, I was going to do another search on how to add video and still images. Great work thank you very much.

[ernie599]

Thanks so much for this video, this helped me out so much. I spent about 3 hours trying to figure it out. Than I was like Duhhh youtube. lol

[IRVNAT313]

Thanks for the video, i am trying to make a slideshow for my friends, and this video helped me a lot. :):)

[bussiness4]

Great video!!

[Poliwhirl420]

Hi, I made a photo slideshow on iMovie and tried importing it into FCPX, but only the video clips showed up and in place of the photos there was a red triangle with an exclamation point in the center of it. Do you know how I can import everything?

[Mrtheunknownable]

@jeradhill hi, how do you add a banner like thingy on the bottom to describe a picture? I can't seem to "mix" the banner and the picture together...

[MrIfti1991]

Your an amazing tutor!!!! Love your vid !!!!!

[3DUnforgettables]

WOW thanks a bunch!! Super job!

[angman]

Wow very well done ...easy to follow thanks for posting ...just purchased FCPX this iz very helpful !