Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop Tom Wolsky
0-240-81077-5Elsevier/Focal Press 9780240810775 0240810775 May-08
List Price: $36.95Paperback326 pagesCD or DVD included.
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  • Nineteen tutorial lessons give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing
  • Covers every essential activity from system set-up to outputting your material
  • The companion DVD contains project media files, demo software and plug-ins

    Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express 4--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 with nineteen tutorials that cover each and every essential, including:

  • setting up your system and understanding the interface
  • ingesting and organizing your material including drive-based and disc-based camera data
  • 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 project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use.

    Readership
  • Novice editors, moviemakers, students, hobbyists.

    Contents
  • Installing Final Cut Express HD; Exploring the Final Cut Express HD Interface; Getting Material into Final Cut Express HD; Cutting Up Those Shots; Editing Basics: Placing Your Shots; Editing Basics: Building Your Sequence; Adding Transitions; Advanced Editing: Trim Edit and Splitting Edits; Advanced Editing: Using Sound; Adding Titles; Boris Calligraphy and Advanced Titling; Animating Images; Animation Effects; Adding Special Effects Filters; Color Correction, Keys, and Mattes; Compositing; Travel Mattes; Outputting from Final Cut Express HD

    Author Information
  • By 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