Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop

✍ Scribed by Tom Wolsky

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Edition: Pap/Dvdr
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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. * 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

✦ Table of Contents

FRONT COVER......Page 1
FINAL CUT EXPRESS 4 EDITING WORKSHOP......Page 4
COPYRIGHT PAGE......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
WHAT'S ON THE DVD?......Page 12
What Is Editing?......Page 14
Why Do I Get to Write This Book?......Page 16
What's on the DVD?......Page 17
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
LESSON 1 Installing Final Cut Express......Page 22
What You Really Need......Page 23
Firing Up the Application......Page 31
Understanding the Interface......Page 34
Summary......Page 37
Loading the Lesson......Page 38
Reconnecting the Media......Page 39
The Browser......Page 41
The Viewer......Page 50
Playing Clips......Page 54
Exploring the Canvas and Timeline......Page 56
Summary......Page 61
Setting Up a New Project......Page 62
General Preferences......Page 63
System Settings......Page 70
Easy Setup......Page 76
Summary......Page 79
Capture......Page 80
Strategies for Capturing......Page 83
Log and Transfer......Page 90
Importing Files......Page 94
Importing Music......Page 95
Summary......Page 97
Loading the Lesson......Page 98
Marking In and Out Points......Page 99
DV Start/Stop Detect......Page 100
Using Markers......Page 102
Slicing Your Clips......Page 105
Organizing the Clips......Page 114
Look Before You Cut......Page 117
Summary......Page 118
Loading the Lesson......Page 120
Working with the Clips......Page 122
Summary......Page 134
Making the Sequence......Page 136
Rearranging the Sequence......Page 139
The Trim Tools......Page 146
Summary......Page 152
LESSON 8 Adding Transitions......Page 154
Applying Transitions......Page 155
Rendering......Page 161
Controlling Transitions......Page 167
Using Transitions......Page 169
Summary......Page 174
Setting Up the Project......Page 176
The Trim Edit Window......Page 177
The Split Edit......Page 181
Summary......Page 186
Controlling Levels......Page 188
Normalization......Page 198
Finishing Up......Page 199
Voice Over......Page 203
Summary......Page 206
Setting Up the Project......Page 208
Text Generator......Page 209
Basic Animation......Page 218
Summary......Page 219
Title 3D......Page 220
Title Crawl......Page 229
Nesting......Page 230
Still Images......Page 235
Summary......Page 239
Setting Up the Project......Page 240
Keyframing......Page 241
Straight Motion......Page 243
Curved Motion......Page 245
Other Motion Controls......Page 248
Summary......Page 253
Motion Control......Page 254
Split Screen......Page 259
Brady Bunch Open......Page 260
Summary......Page 270
Setting Up the Project......Page 272
Effect Availability......Page 273
Applying a Filter......Page 275
Some Useful Filters......Page 276
Summary......Page 285
Color Correction......Page 286
Image Control......Page 291
Keying......Page 293
Matte......Page 296
Summary......Page 301
Setting Up the Project......Page 302
Generators......Page 303
Compositing Modes......Page 304
Summary......Page 312
Travel Mattes......Page 314
Summary......Page 328
Record to Tape......Page 330
Print to Video......Page 331
Export......Page 333
Archiving......Page 340
Summary......Page 341
B......Page 342
E......Page 343
L......Page 344
R......Page 345
T......Page 346
Z......Page 347