Preparing the Project

To get started in Lesson 10, you will launch Final Cut Express HD and then open the project for this lesson.

1.	Launch Final Cut Express HD, choose File > Open or press Cmd-O, and choose the Lesson 10 Project file from the Lessons folder on your hard drive.
2.	Close any other projects that may be open from a previous session by Ctrl-clicking their name tabs in the Browser and choosing Close Tab from the shortcut menu.

The Browser does not contain any clips but does have four sequences open in the Timeline. These sequences will be familiar because they were copied from four earlier lessons. In each case, there are some ways in which adjusting the edit points will improve or polish the sequences. The lesson number has been added to the sequence name so you have a reference to its origin.