Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7

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Peachpit Press, Sep 22, 2009 - Computers - 600 pages
Completely revised for Final Cut Pro 7 and featuring new footage from TNT’s hit show Leverage and the international music creation event Playing For Change: Peace Through Music, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features.

Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video editing and finishing, using professional broadcast footage. After marking and editing clips to create a rough cut, you’ll learn how to trim and refine the cut before moving on to complex tasks such as adding titles, creating transitions and motion effects, applying filters, and working with multi-format and multi-camera footage. The book covers Final Cut Pro’s exciting new features, including iChat Theater support, the redesigned speed tools, and sharing projects on a Blu-ray disc.

  • ¿Lesson and media files available for download for over 40 hours of training
  • ¿Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional, real-world projects
  • ¿Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
  • ¿Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast
  • ¿Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
  • ¿Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and prepare you for the Apple Certified Pro Exam
 

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Contents

Getting Started
Creating a Rough
Editing in Final Cut
Saving and Quitting
Building the Rough
Finishing the Rough
Refining the Rough
Trimming Clip Duration
Completing the
Applying Transitions
Mixing Audio Tracks
Creating Titles
Adding Effects and Finishing
Changing Motion Properties
Applying Filters
Finishing and Outputting

Refining Edit Points
Refining the Editing Process
Customizing and Capturing
Customizing Final Cut
Capturing and Transferring Footage
Exporting and Sharing Files
Using Other Export Options
Editing to Tape
Glossary
Index

Common terms and phrases

adjust appears Apple Apple TV Arrow key audio clip Audio Filters audio level overlay audio tracks Blu-ray Disc button bar Canvas window capture clip name clip’s color Control-click create cutaway delete deselect dialog display double-click drag duration edit point export favorite behavior FCP7 Book Files Final Cut Final Cut Pro FireWire folder footage frame hard disk icon insert Interviews keyboard shortcut keyframe layout Lesson marker master clip media files Motion move the playhead Multicam multiclip narration clip Note NTSC Option key options output overwrite edit parameters play the clip playhead location Playing For Change pointer pop-up menu position the playhead press Return Preview Promo QuickTime reposition Ripple tool rough cut scrubber bar SeaWorld sequence clip sequence tab shortcut menu snap Soundtrack Pro Source control subclip sync sync sound timecode transition trim V1 track video clips whale behaviors zoom

About the author (2009)

Diana Weynand is an award-winning producer, director, editor, and co-founder of Weynand Training International (www.weynand.com), an Apple Authorized Training Center and a leader in training and curriculum development for emerging technologies. Diana was supervising editor for the Barbara Walters Special, director and co-producer of the Emmy nominated PBS series Cinematic Eye, and online editor for RealWorld. She is the author of five best-selling books on Final CutPro (including Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors and Final Cut Express HD), and the co-author of Secrets of Videoblogging and How Video Works.

Bibliographic information

TitleApple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7
Apple Pro Training
AuthorDiana Weynand
PublisherPeachpit Press, 2009
ISBN0321679660, 9780321679666
Length600 pages
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Computers / Interactive & Multimedia
  
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