Post Production Workflow Guide

When creating or editing something on apple software you have to first create a new project folder, to do this you must hold ctrl (control) and then click to bring up a drop down option, then click new folder and in this you can save all of your files. Putting all of the footage in one folder makes it easier to find as it's all in one place and you can just search the folder name and find it, whereas if everything wasn't in a folder you would have to find them all individually.
To start editing some footage you must first import some footage:

After the footage has finished importing you can then drag all of the footage from the project tab, thats in the top left and onto the time line, that's on the bottom. This is where you can just import all of the footage and only use what you want as you don't have to drag it all onto the timeline. On the timeline if you are trying to time footage then you can add a marker just by clicking on the top with the moue and align the clip with the time at the top, you can also zoom in on the timeline and see the frames for more optimal timing.
The timeline:

Next to the timeline there are all of the tools that you would need to do a very basic edit of a clip, you can find transitions and effects on the effects and tools tabs at the top of the screen, but if you do use these you must render the clips that you have edited afterwards to add these effects. You can also add audio effects that will be under another option.
Files:
You can export clips as different file formats so you can use them on different software, like exporting something from paint to Photoshop for example. You can also compress files if you are planning on exporting them to put on something like YouTube s they take up less memory and are faster to upload.
Some files wont export onto other software though, as the newest final cut does not export over to older final cuts as the do have other features and some of them wouldn't update.