Making Movies With Final Cut Express: A Self-Paced Guide To Editing Digital Video

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You don't have to go to film school to learn from the master: In Making Movies with Final Cut Express, Hollywood veteran Michael Rubin comes to you! In these pages, he provides everything you need to know to start producing entertaining and informative videos with Apple's new Final Cut Express. Offering loads of illustrations and a friendly writing style, this handy book makes it easy for even complete novices to learn digital video editing. After covering the basics of working with Final Cut Express--using the timeline, adjusting shots, inserting audio tracks, adding text and titles, and more--Rubin lets you hone your skills by editing and assembling the video clips included on the companion DVD. By the time you complete this book, you'll be ready to create your own effective video projects and improve the footage you've captured in the past. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Ch. 1 First Things First 1 A Place to Work 2 A Quick Tour Through the Final Cut Interface 11 Preparing for the Tutorials 24 Playtime: Mastering the Video Controls 28 Ch. 2 Basic Editing 49 Familiarize Yourself with the Scene 50 Editing Your First Shots 59 Understanding Inserts 61 Timeline Features 73 Adjusting Your Shots 78 Creating Multiple Versions 95 Review of Final Cut Express Editing Tools 97 Ch. 3 Less Basic Editing 101 Track Controls 102 The Overlap 107 The Insert 115 Adjusting Your One-Track Shots 128 Moving Shots Around 136 Life In and Out of Sync 141 Ch. 4 Getting Fancy with More Tracks 149 Adding More Tracks 150 Sound 151 Titles and Text 165 Basic Transition Effects 184 Keyframes and Composting 196 Filter Effects 200 Basic Speed Effects 204 Putting It All Together: The Title Sequence 208 Adjusting the Final Cut Interface 210 Ch. 5 Becoming Your Own Assistant 217 Managing Video Projects 218 Input: Capturing Video 234 Output: Finishing Up 252 Ch. 6 Your Video Projects 273 What's in Your Camera Now? 274 New Projects 279 You Made It! 299 Appendix 301