Describe your Final Cut Pro editing workflow?

Being new to Final cut I would love to hear more about your workflow in Final Cut in terms of capturing clips, organizing clips, etc. Do you first color correct all your footage and then begin editing in timeline, do you color correct as you go? etc.

You color correct AFTER you have locked the cut. Doing so beforehand would be a waste of time.
I have a tutorial DVD on my organization workflow... Getting Organized in FCP.
Fro documentary, after I organize, I lay out the "radio cut", which is narration and soundbytes only. This is when I build the basic story. Then I go back and add footage, maybe add music at the same time. Then go back and add music or fine tune music, and add pacing to the cut. Maybe make a few changes.
But this is all dependent on having a script. If I had no script, I'd watch all the interviews and try to find a story, build minor sequence with storylines.
Narrative...that is VERY script based. I might have a separate sequence for a string of scenes...but I follow the script very much in the beginning, then go back and dissect the heck out of it...what works and what doesn't, work on the pacing.
BTW, I might be compensated by the above posted link.
Shane

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