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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 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 materialThe 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
Front Cover......Page 1
Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Editing Workshop......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
What Is Editing?......Page 12
Who Is This Book For?......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Lesson 1. Installing Final Cut Express HD......Page 16
What You Really Need......Page 17
Firing Up the Application......Page 22
Summary......Page 27
Default Windows......Page 28
Loading the Lesson......Page 29
The Browser......Page 32
Viewer......Page 39
Playing Clips......Page 42
Exploring the Canvas and Timeline......Page 45
Summary......Page 50
Loading the Lesson......Page 52
DV Start/Stop Detect......Page 53
Using Markers......Page 56
Slicing Your Clips......Page 59
Organizing the Clips......Page 65
Look before You Cut......Page 67
Summary......Page 68
Loading the Lesson......Page 70
Working with the Clips......Page 73
Summary......Page 85
Loading the Lesson......Page 86
Making the Sequence......Page 87
Rearranging the Sequence......Page 90
The Trim Tools......Page 95
Summary......Page 100
Setting Up a New Project......Page 102
General Preferences......Page 103
Easy Setup......Page 114
Summary......Page 117
Capture......Page 118
Strategies for Capturing......Page 122
Summary......Page 133
Lesson 8. Adding Transitions......Page 134
Applying Transitions......Page 135
Rendering......Page 142
Transition in the Viewer......Page 150
Using Transitions......Page 152
Summary......Page 158
Lesson 9. Advanced Editing: Trim Edit and Splitting Edits......Page 160
The Trim Edit Window......Page 161
The Split Edit......Page 164
Summary......Page 171
Setting up the Project......Page 172
Controlling Levels......Page 173
Middle of the Sequence......Page 183
Voice Over......Page 187
Summary......Page 191
Setting Up the Project......Page 192
Text Generator......Page 193
Summary......Page 205
Setting Up the Project......Page 206
Title 3D......Page 207
Title Crawl......Page 216
Nesting......Page 217
Still Images......Page 223
Summary......Page 228
Setting Up the Project......Page 230
Keyframing......Page 233
Straight Motion......Page 235
Curved Motion......Page 238
Other Motion Controls......Page 240
Summary......Page 247
Motion Control......Page 248
Split Screen......Page 254
Brady Bunch Open......Page 255
Summary......Page 266
Lesson 15. Adding Special Effects Filters......Page 268
Applying a Filter......Page 269
Some Useful Filters......Page 271
Perspective......Page 274
Stylize......Page 278
Video......Page 279
Summary......Page 280
Color Correction......Page 282
Desaturate and Sepia......Page 287
Keying......Page 288
Matte......Page 292
Summary......Page 298
Setting Up the Project......Page 300
Generators......Page 301
Compositing Modes......Page 305
Summary......Page 315
Travel Mattes......Page 318
Summary......Page 336
Lesson 19. Outputting from Final Cut Express HD......Page 338
Record to Tape......Page 339
Print to Video......Page 340
Export......Page 341
Archiving......Page 349
Summary......Page 350
Index......Page 352
What's on the DVD......Page 367
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