Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshop

by Wolsky

• ISBN13: 9781578201181
• ISBN10: 1578201187
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-07
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Pro 3 - learn how to edit with it!More than a button-pushing manual - this editing workshop gives you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing with Final Cut Pro 3(FCP). It includes in-depth i Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshop goes beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Pro with a tutorial guide to the art and technique of editing. This comprehensive series of editing lessons gives you a working knowledge of the principles and methods taught in film schools.

Author Biography

Tom Wolsky is an honors graduate of the London School of Film Technique with 30+ years of professional experience spanning film, tape, and digital production. Career highlights include work on BBC documentaries and dramas; producting ABC News programs; managing tape operations and news editors; as well as the occasional screenwriting gig. Tom teaches video production in the regional occupation program at Mendocino High School, and operates an independent studio, South Coast Productions. He has acted published articles in DV and Macworld magazines, and taught at the Digital Media Academy at Stanford University

Table of Contents

Reviewers' Comments	p. iv
Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Installing Final Cut Pro 3	p. 1
What You Really Need	p. 2
Loading What You Need	p. 3
Installing Final Cut Pro 3 for Mac OS X	p. 12
Welcome to Mac OS X	p. 16
Users	p. 19
Memory: How Much and What Kind	p. 21
Real-time Editing	p. 23
Monitors	p. 25
Speakers	p. 25
Firing Up the Application	p. 25
Understanding the Interface	p. 27
Browser	p. 31
Viewer	p. 43
Exploring the Canvas	p. 49
Timeline Window	p. 51
Summary	p. 53
Getting Your Material into Final Cut Pro	p. 55
Setting Up a New Project	p. 57
General Preferences	p. 58
User Mode	p. 64
Timeline Options	p. 65
Labels	p. 67
External Editors	p. 67
Scratch Disks	p. 68
Audio/Video Settings	p. 71
Sequence Presets	p. 74
Capture Presets	p. 83
Device Control	p. 87
External Video	p. 91
Log and Capture	p. 91
Strategies for Capturing	p. 97
Tools	p. 103
Summary	p. 105
Cutting Up Those Shots	p. 107
Loading the Lesson	p. 107
Slice and Dice	p. 111
DV Start/Stop Detection	p. 122
Organizing the Clips	p. 126
Look Before You Cut	p. 131
Making Selects	p. 133
Media Manager	p. 138
Summary	p. 141
Editing Basics: Building Your Sequence	p. 143
Loading the Lesson	p. 143
Setting up the Project	p. 145
Working with the Clips	p. 146
The Canvas Edit Overlay	p. 148
Let's Start Editing	p. 161
The Trim Tools	p. 168
Summary	p. 176
Adding Transitions	p. 177
Loading the Lesson	p. 177
Setting up the Project	p. 178
Applying Transitions	p. 179
Rendering	p. 188
Controlling Transitions	p. 197
Transition Editor	p. 198
Using Transitions	p. 200
3D Simulation	p. 201
Dissolve	p. 204
FXScript DVE's	p. 207
Iris	p. 221
Map	p. 224
QuickTime	p. 225
Slide	p. 231
Stretch	p. 233
Wipe	p. 233
Conclusion	p. 238
Advanced Editing: Using Sound	p. 241
Loading the Lesson	p. 242
The Split Edit	p. 243
Backtiming	p. 254
Controlling Audio Levels	p. 265
Voice Over	p. 272
Summary	p. 277
Advanced Editing: The Moment	p. 279
Loading the Lesson	p. 280
Editing Forms	p. 281
Summary	p. 308
Adding Titles	p. 311
Loading the Lesson	p. 312
Setting up the Project	p. 313
Text Generator	p. 313
Nesting	p. 334
Title 3D	p. 340
Title Crawl	p. 349
Photoshop Titles	p. 350
Summary	p. 361
Animating Images	p. 363
Loading the Lesson	p. 363
Motion Window	p. 364
Straight Motion	p. 370
Curved Motion	p. 371
Crop	p. 376
Distort	p. 377
Opacity	p. 379
Drop Shadow	p. 380
Motion Blur	p. 381
Pan and Scan	p. 382
Scaling Text Files	p. 385
Split Screen	p. 385
Chasing Stills	p. 386
Brady Bunch Open	p. 389
Picture in Picture	p. 399
Color Correction	p. 401
Loading the Lesson	p. 402
Applying Video Filters	p. 402
Video Scopes	p. 404
Color Correction	p. 413
Keying	p. 428
Summary	p. 434
Adding Special Effects Filters	p. 435
Loading the Lesson	p. 436
Blur	p. 438
Border	p. 442
Channel	p. 442
Color Correction	p. 446
Distort	p. 446
FXScript DVE's	p. 452
FXScript Layered DVE's	p. 466
Image Control	p. 472
Matte	p. 473
Perspective	p. 483
QuickTime	p. 486
Sharpen	p. 492
Stylize	p. 493
Video	p. 496
Summary	p. 503
Compositing	p. 509
Loading the Lesson	p. 510
Generators	p. 510
Compositing Modes	p. 514
Travel Mattes	p. 520
Outputting from Final Cut Pro	p. 549
Record to Tape	p. 550
Print to Video	p. 550
Edit to Tape	p. 551
Export	p. 554
Final Cut Pro Movie	p. 556
QuickTime	p. 558
Audio Export	p. 562
Export Audio to OMF	p. 563
Batch List	p. 565
EDL	p. 567
Batch Export	p. 568
Summary	p. 570
Index	p. 571
What's on the CD-ROM?	p. 590
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