Final Cut Pro HD for Dummies

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 456 pages
• Published by: For Dummies
• Edition: 1st Edition September 24, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0764577735
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764577734
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Product Description
“Save it in the edit” is a common saying among film professionals. Editing makes the difference between boring vacation movies and exciting travelogues…between the whole dull news conference and the highlights on the evening news. Whether you’re a budding Spielberg, a proud parent who wants two-year-old Junior’s every feat documented for posterity, or a band that wants your music video to rock, Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies tells you what you need to know to edit regular digital or high definition video like a pro. It covers the basics of capturing, importing, and editing digital videos, with detailed how-to for:

• Organizing your media
• Navigating the audio and video Timeline tracks and selecting clips and frames on the Timelines
• Getting fancier with split, roll, ripple, slip, and slide edits
• Working with audio, including mixing, editing out scratches and pops, and using filters to create effects
• Using Soundtrack to compose a musical score, even if you don’t know the difference between horns and strings
• Apply transitions such as 3D simulation, dissolve, iris, stretch and squeeze, and more
• Adding text for captions, opening titles, and closing credits
• Color-correcting video
• Compositing, rendering, and outputting your final product to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web

Three bonus chapters online go into more depth about rendering, customizing the interface, and managing media so you can refine your skills even further.

Final Cut Pro HD For Dummies was written by Helmut Kobler, a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, owner of K2Films, and a frequent contributor to Macaddict Magazine. Having this book next to your editing equipment is the next best thing to having him sit next to you and guide you through the editing process.

Download Description
Shows film and video makers new to Final Cut Pro how to get down to work with this complicated, professional-level video editing software
* The Macintosh platform, which includes Final Cut Pro, owns 58 percent of the video editing software market
* Topics covered include working with new program features, organizing media, using advanced editing tools, harnessing audio and video filters, applying transitions, creating motion effects, compositing, rendering, and outputting to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web

Reader Reviews
Note: For Mac users only. But then again, most of the people wanting to do things like edit movies are using a Mac already. Final Cut Pro HD, is the latest version of the Final Cut program. HD stands for High Definition, and this version is indeed capable of editing HD video. But like with a lot of other software packages, the basic tools that you will use every day form the basics of the package, and they can be learned in a short time. Then as you reach points where you want to do more you can go back to the book to catch up on each point as you need it. Final Cut is suitable for editing the movies showing you new baby, or if you really want to you can use it to get just about as sophisticated as you need for that feature length film you are making with your A-List actor friends. As with all the For Dummies books, this book isn't really for dumb people, it is for people that are just un trained on this particular package. It's a good book.