Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Express HD

by Weynand, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780321335333
• ISBN10: 0321335333
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback w/Disk
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

The only Apple-authorized guide to Final Cut Express HD!

Table of Contents

Getting Started	xiii
The Methodology	xiii
Final Cut Express Book Files	xiv
Reconnecting Media	xv
Loading Software	xvi
About the Apple Pro Training Series	xvi
System Requirements	xvii
Resources	xvii
Covering the Basics	1	(16)
Working with Finder Windows	2	(7)
Working with the Dock	9	(3)
Adding Final Cut Express HD to the Dock	12	(2)
Lesson Review	14	(3)
Editing Video	17	(16)
Preparing the Lesson	18	(1)
Working with DV and HD	18	(5)
Working with QuickTime	23	(3)
Shooting Terminology	26	(2)
Understanding Nonlinear Editing	28	(2)
Lesson Review	30	(3)
Working with a Project	33	(28)
Launching Final Cut Express HD	34	(1)
The Final Cut Express HD Interface	35	(6)
Menus, Shortcuts, and the Mouse	41	(4)
Working with Projects in the Browser	45	(5)
Changing Window Layout	50	(1)
Working with Bins	51	(6)
Quitting and Hiding Final Cut Express HD	57	(1)
Lesson Review	58	(3)
Working in the Timeline	61	(26)
Preparing the Project	62	(1)
The Timeline and the Canvas	62	(1)
Playing a Sequence in the Timeline	63	(6)
Working with Timeline Tracks	69	(10)
Playing the Sequence from the Canvas	79	(2)
Saving and Quitting	81	(1)
Lesson Review	82	(5)
Working in the Viewer	87	(26)
Opening Your Project File	88	(1)
Preparing the Project	88	(1)
Viewing Clips	89	(5)
Marking Clips	94	(12)
Viewing Edit Points	106	(3)
Saving and Quitting	109	(1)
Lesson Review	110	(3)
Making Edits	113	(22)
Preparing the Project	114	(1)
Working with Sequences	115	(3)
Making Overwrite Edits	118	(6)
Backing Up Sequences	124	(2)
Inserting Clips	126	(4)
Adding Music	130	(2)
Saving and Quitting	132	(1)
Lesson Review	132	(3)
Editing to the Timeline	135	(30)
Preparing the Project	136	(1)
Manipulating Clips in the Timeline	137	(13)
Drag-and-Drop Editing Basics	150	(5)
Dragging to the Timeline	155	(6)
Saving and Quitting	161	(1)
Lesson Review	161	(4)
Other Editing Options	165	(36)
Preparing the Project	166	(1)
Building a Sound Track	167	(2)
Marking in the Timeline	169	(8)
Replacing Edits	177	(5)
Deleting Clips and Gaps	182	(6)
Storyboard Editing	188	(9)
Saving and Quitting	197	(1)
Lesson Review	197	(4)
Trimming an Edit Point	201	(22)
Preparing the Project	202	(1)
Trimming	203	(1)
Dragging Edit Points	204	(5)
Rippling Edits	209	(5)
Extending an Edit	214	(2)
Trimming in the Viewer	216	(4)
Lesson Review	220	(3)
Fine-Tuning Edit Points	223	(24)
Preparing the Project	224	(1)
Trimming Two Edit Points	224	(1)
Slipping Clip Content	225	(7)
Rolling Edit Points	232	(4)
Sliding Clips	236	(4)
Dragging to Reposition a Clip	240	(2)
Saving and Quitting	242	(1)
Lesson Review	243	(4)
Customizing Your Project	247	(34)
Preparing the Project	248	(1)
Organizing Browser Information	248	(9)
Saving and Recalling Window Layouts	257	(3)
Using Button Bars	260	(3)
Working with Master Clips	263	(3)
Working with Subclips	266	(5)
Working with Markers	271	(7)
Lesson Review	278	(3)
Capturing Digital Video	281	(34)
Preparing the Project	282	(2)
Connecting Sources for Capture	284	(1)
Previewing and Marking Your Source	285	(6)
Logging Your Clips	291	(8)
Capturing Options	299	(4)
Choosing Preferences and System Settings	303	(8)
Saving and Quitting	311	(1)
Lesson Review	311	(4)
Working with Audio	315	(40)
Preparing the Project	316	(1)
Hearing, Seeing, and Selecting Audio	316	(12)
Adjusting Audio in the Timeline	328	(10)
Adjusting Audio in the Viewer	338	(4)
Making an Audio-Only Edit	342	(5)
Using the Voice Over Tool	347	(4)
Lesson Review	351	(4)
Applying Audio and Video Transitions	355	(44)
Preparing the Project	356	(1)
Understanding Transitions	356	(1)
Applying Audio Transitions	357	(9)
Applying Video Transitions	366	(8)
Using the Transition Editor	374	(4)
Working with Wipe Transitions	378	(5)
Rendering Transitions	383	(6)
Applying Other Video Transitions	389	(2)
Saving a Favorite Transition	391	(3)
Advanced Editing Techniques	394	(2)
Lesson Review	396	(3)
Adding Titles and Other Items	399	(32)
Preparing the Project	400	(1)
Working with Video Generators	400	(6)
Creating Text Edits	406	(6)
Adding a Title over a Background	412	(3)
Adding a Lower Third	415	(4)
Outlining Text	419	(3)
Creating a Credit Roll	422	(6)
Lesson Review	428	(3)
Finishing Your Project	431	(38)
Preparing the Project	432	(1)
Importing and Connecting Footage	432	(12)
Adding Finishing Touches	444	(4)
Exporting Sequences and Clips	448	(10)
Outputting to Tape	458	(5)
Recapturing a Project	463	(3)
Lesson Review	466	(3)
Index	469