Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Editing Workshop
- 3rd Edition - April 16, 2007
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Author: Tom Wolsky
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 5 2 5 - 7
Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.5--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with the art and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGo beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.5--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. You develop a working knowledge of this powerful editing application with eleven tutorials that cover each and every essential, including:
* setting up your system and understanding the interface
* getting your material into FCE and organizing it
* slicing, dicing, and organizing clips
* editing to build and trim a sequence of shots
* adding transitions
* using sound to refine your edit
* titling with FCE and Photoshop
* animating images to create engaging scenes
* adding special effects filters
* compositing to enhance your projects
* outputting your material
The companion DVD contains a video introduction to FCE that is especially designed for iMovie users. It compares and contrasts the two applications to ease the transition. The DVD-ROM portion contains project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use.
* setting up your system and understanding the interface
* getting your material into FCE and organizing it
* slicing, dicing, and organizing clips
* editing to build and trim a sequence of shots
* adding transitions
* using sound to refine your edit
* titling with FCE and Photoshop
* animating images to create engaging scenes
* adding special effects filters
* compositing to enhance your projects
* outputting your material
The companion DVD contains a video introduction to FCE that is especially designed for iMovie users. It compares and contrasts the two applications to ease the transition. The DVD-ROM portion contains project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use.
* Cover all of the essential editing processes from system set-up to outputting your material
* Eleven tutorial lessons give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing
* The companion DVD contains project files and a training video especially for iMovie users
* Eleven tutorial lessons give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing
* The companion DVD contains project files and a training video especially for iMovie users
Novice editors, moviemakers, students, hobbyists.
- Edition: 3
- Published: April 16, 2007
- Imprint: Focal Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080545257
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Tom Wolsky
Tom Wolsky is an honors graduate of the London School of Film Technique with nearly 40 years of professional experience spanning film, tape, and digital production. Tom operates an independent studio, South Coast Productions. He also teaches for Apple Computer and for the Digital Media Academy and serves as a forum leader on creativecow.net
Affiliations and expertise
is the Senior Instructor for the Digital Media Academy. Tom is the author of several Final Cut and video production instructional books as well as DVDs for FCP, Final Cut Studio, and Mac OS X. He is an active presence on a number of online forums, 2-pop, Creative Cow, and the Apple support forums.
Before teaching he worked in the film and television industry for more than 40 years. He worked in London as a writer, producer, and technician before joining ABC News, where he was an operations manRead Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Editing Workshop on ScienceDirect