Transitions and Effect
Put forth some serious thought when selecting transitions for your video project. For example, let's say that in your independent feature, at the height of action when all seems lost and your hero is next to death, just when things couldn't get any worse.....they do, because you use a cube spin to cut to your next secene!
It's not good enough to just slap a trasition effect between two clips, you have to tune, tweak and fine tune some more. In Final Cut Pro, just double-click on you transition and that will open it in the view, allowing you to change settings and get the response you were looking for from your audience.
