Brendan Boykin

My background is in television news and corporate video. In TV newsland, I've been an editor, videographer, director/technical director, and live-truck operator. After a few years in news, I moved into corporate video, where I wore the hats of producer, director, videographer, editor, technical support, and trainer. I have been through the transitions from analog tape formats to whichever digital format flavor-of-the-day is current. And along with those format transitions has been the journey from linear editing to non-linear editing, including all versions of Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Pro X.

I've been using Final Cut Pro since version 1. I learned about the Apple certification program in 2002. As I had already written short, Final Cut Pro training guides for a couple of clients, as well as done silo-installations for those clients, I jumped on board and became an Apple Certified Trainer with Final Cut Pro 3. In 2006, Peachpit Press contracted me to be a technical reviewer for the Apple Pro Training Series books. Eight years later, I’ve served as technical reviewer, technical editor, contributing writer, co-author, and author of 28 books in the APTS and ATS series.

When not doing video, providing training or authoring materials, I’m usually exploring Colorado in my Jeep®, camping, or learning something new about Amateur Radio. Combining all three doesn't happen often enough.