Making Movies with Final Cut Express

by Rubin, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780321197771
• ISBN10: 0321197771
• Format: Paperback w/Disk
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

bull; bull;Best-selling author and Hollywood veteran Michael Rubin teaches home and corporate videomakers video editing. bull;Apple's new Final Cut Express offers a hefty portion of a professional video editor's toolkit for a fraction of the price of Final Cut Pro. bull;Companion DVD includes all of the files and images readers need to turn raw footage into a polished dramatic scene.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
First Things First	p. 1
A Place to Work	p. 2
A Quick Tour Through the Final Cut Interface	p. 11
Preparing for the Tutorials	p. 24
Playtime: Mastering the Video Controls	p. 28
Basic Editing	p. 49
Familiarize Yourself with the Scene	p. 50
Editing Your First Shots	p. 59
Understanding Inserts	p. 61
Timeline Features	p. 73
Adjusting Your Shots	p. 78
Creating Multiple Versions	p. 95
Review of Final Cut Express Editing Tools	p. 97
Less Basic Editing	p. 101
Track Controls	p. 102
The Overlap	p. 107
The Insert	p. 115
Adjusting Your One-Track Shots	p. 128
Moving Shots Around	p. 136
Life In and Out of Sync	p. 141
Getting Fancy with More Tracks	p. 149
Adding More Tracks	p. 150
Sound	p. 151
Titles and Text	p. 165
Basic Transition Effects	p. 184
Keyframes and Composting	p. 196
Filter Effects	p. 200
Basic Speed Effects	p. 204
Putting It All Together: The Title Sequence	p. 208
Adjusting the Final Cut Interface	p. 210
Becoming Your Own Assistant	p. 217
Managing Video Projects	p. 218
Input: Capturing Video	p. 234
Output: Finishing Up	p. 252
Your Video Projects	p. 273
What's in Your Camera Now?	p. 274
New Projects	p. 279
You Made It!	p. 299
Appendix	p. 301
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