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\\Action menu: The gear icon has some actions that you can apply to the

currently selected item in the results list. You can add audio files to the project audio browser, find the selected file in Finder, create new files, and convert ReCycle files to Apple loops. Depending on the file type selected, you can also audition the audio.

After you’ve located the file you want to add to your project, you can drag it into the project just like the other browsers. You can also import project settings from the all files browser, as described in Chapter 2.

Importing Video to Your Project

Logic Pro X isn’t just an audio/MIDI sequencer. You can also import video and add your own movie score. Film and TV scoring with Logic Pro X is intuitive, and you’ll find that adding movies to your project is simple.

Adding a movie to your project

As you discovered previously in the chapter, you can add QuickTime movies to your project by using any of the media browsers. You can also add a movie by choosing File Movie Open Movie (Option- -O). Navigate to the movie file in the dialog that appears and click Open. The Open Movie dialog asks you to open the movie; if the movie contains an audio track, you can extract the audio track into your project, as shown in Figure 8-7. Click OK and the movie is added to your project and the audio is added to the track list.

Figure 8-7:

The Open Movie dialog.

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Display the inspector, and the movie appears at the top of the inspector, as shown in Figure 8-8. You can double-click the movie to open the video in a separate window.

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Figure 8-8:

The movie inspector.

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Exploring the movie track

After you add a movie to your project, you can display the movie track. Choose Track Global Track Show Global Tracks, and the global tracks open above the tracks area. (If the movie track isn’t visible, choose Track Global Track Configure Global Tracks, select the Movie check box, and click Done.) The movie track displays thumbnails of the video and is adjustable by dragging the bottom edge of the movie track, as shown in Figure 8-9.

Figure 8-9:

The global tracks movie track.

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Creating movie scene markers

You can create movie scene markers that are locked to absolute time instead of relative time. This means they won’t move if you change the tempo of your project. Movie scene markers are great for timing your music to the rhythm of the scene. To create movie scene markers, choose Navigate Other Create Movie Scene Markers and select one of the following options:

\\Auto Range: Create markers based on the marquee selection, project

cycle, selected regions, or all three.

\\Marquee Selection: Create markers based on the marquee selection.

\\Cycle Area: Create markers based on the cycle area.

\\Selected Regions: Create markers based on the selected regions.

\\Entire Movie: Create markers based on the entire movie.

After you select the option for creating movie scene markers, the movie will be analyzed and markers will be created, as shown in Figure 8-10. Markers are created based on a fixed threshold for scene cuts and work well for most types of video.

Figure 8-10:

Movie scene markers.

Importing audio from your movie

If you’ve already imported a movie but not the audio, or if you want to import audio from a movie without importing the movie, choose File Movie Import Audio from Movie. The audio will be added to a track in the track list.

Importing audio is useful if you need to build a soundtrack around dialog or sound effects.

As you’ve learned in this chapter, you don’t need to play an instrument to benefit from Logic Pro. You discovered how to import movies so you can compose your own soundtracks. You also found out how to navigate the Logic Pro browsers so you can build a project from prerecorded media. As you can see, Logic Pro can support professional demands, which is why so many musicians rely on it to get great results.

Part III

Making Music with Virtual Instruments

\	Check out the Logic Pro X workflow customized just for guitarists by visiting
	www.dumies.com/extras/logicprox.

In this part...

\\ Make beats with Drummer and Ultrabeat. Produce drum sounds and sequence drum patterns.

\\ Load and play the vintage keyboards and produce classic and creative tones. Understand keyboard and synthesizer fundamentals and edit instrument sounds and effects.

\\ Explore the Logic Pro synthesizers and samplers and discover how to design sounds. Create virtual models of acoustic instruments and emulate vintage synthesizers.

\\ Create an orchestral template with Logic Pro patches. Play orchestral instruments with expression and define a productive composing workflow.