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Synopsis
The first comprehensive guide to Final Cut Pro, the most popular professional digital video editing software in the world. Final Cut Pro is a complex, versatile video editing program. The Macworld Final Cut Pro 2 Bible will show readers how to use Final Cut Pro to easily create their own video masterpieces. Now even a novice videographer can turn his digital video camera and Macintosh into a top-flight editing studio - all with plug-and-play ease! Readers will learn how to apply compositing and special effects to videos and there's extensive demystification of Firewire, QuickTime and other technologies that are key to Final Cut Pro's success. There's also coverage of storage solutions, video cards and other hardware topics. All the major changes with the Final Cut Pro 2 release are given detailed but concise attention. These changes include the addition of real-time functions such as dissolves, effects and transitions. This book will also cover audio meters, DV start/stop detect and colour-coding of labels. The CD contains demo video clips and audio clips used throughout the book, as well as useful plug-ins, scripts and utilities. There are also further utilities included for testing video hardware - crucial to getting peak performance from Final Cut Pro.
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About the Author
About the Authors Zed Saeed lives in New York City as a freelance digital-media consultant who specializes in editing, compositing, and workflow issues. Zed served as a senior post-production consultant for Apple Computer and Oxygen Media on Final Cut Pro and digital-video workflow design and with Media 100 and Adobe Systems on video related products. He has also worked as an editor, producer, compositing artist and broadcast designer for Showtime Channels, Sundance Channel and ESPN Classics. Zed has written articles on digital media technologies for magazines and has served on the faculty of NYU Graduate School, Parsons School of Design, and New School University. Zed has written, produced and edited videos that have received awards and recognition by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the American Film Institute. Zed believes that Final Cut Pro is in the process of making a serious dent in the space-time fabric of our universe. Keith Underdahl is an interface designer, electronic publisher, and multimedia specialist living in Albany, Oregon. Keith publishes digital libraries on CD, DVD, and the Internet. In 2000, he managed production of Ages Software's Ultimate Christian Library, the world's first mass-produced DVD-ROM software product for the Macintosh Operating System. Keith is also an active writer, with such credits as Windows Movie Maker For Dummies, Teach Yourself Microsoft Word 2000, and Internet Bible, among others.
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If Final Cut Pro 2 can do it, you can do it too Written by Zed Saeed, a post-production consultant to Apple's Final Cut Pro team, this comprehensive insider's guide delivers all the know-how you need to master Final Cut Pro 2 -- and tackle professional-caliber video-editing projects. The book opens with a Quick Start tutorial to get you up and running fast, followed by in-depth coverage of the sophisticated capture, editing, and output features that make Final Cut Pro so versatile -- from basic tools and techniques to film and broadcast production, compositing, DVD creation, and other advanced topics.Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x, 64MB RAM, 80MB free hard drive space, Adobe Type Manager V4 or later with Type 1 fonts. See the "What's on the DVD-ROM" appendix for details and complete system requirements.
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