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 info on the new features, interface elements, and
tools introduced in version 3 of FCP as well as the issues
of integration with OS X. You develop a working knowledge
of the principles and methods taught in film schools with
thirteen tutorials that cover each and every essential,
including:
- Nuances of system set-up to ensure smooth
operation
- Getting your material into FCP and getting it
organized
- Editing to build and trim a sequence of shots
- Using Realtime, OfflineRT, and QuickView previews
- Adding transitions including FXScript DVEs
- Working with audio, split edits, back-timing, and level
control
- Advanced editing techniques including rhythm and
timing
- FCP and Photoshop titling
- Color correction, image animation, and special effects
filters
- Compositing to enhance your projects
- Outputting your material
The companion CD-ROM includes digital media and graphic
files for the tutorial projects, sample transitions and
filters from CGM, the TMTS Free filters and generators, and
utilities including FileXaminer, Carbon Copy Cloner, and a
timecode calculator.
Contents Chapter 1 Installing Final Cut Pro 3
- What You Really Need
- Loading What You Need
- Welcome to Mac OS X
- Real-time Editing
- Monitors
- Speakers
- Firing Up the Application
- Understanding the Interface
- Browser
- Viewer
- Exploring the Canvas
- Timeline
- Summary
Chapter 2 Setting
Preferences
- Creating a New Project
- Preferences
- Audio/Video Settings
- Log and Capture
- Summary
Chapter 3 Cutting Up Those
Shots
- Loading the Lesson
- Slice and Dice
- DV Start/Stop Detection
- Organizing the Clips
- Watching for Editing Opportunities
- Media Manager and Offline RT
- Editing the Reel
- Summary
Chapter 4 Editing Basics: Building Your
Sequence
- Loading the Lesson
- Setting up the Project
- Working with the Clips
- The Canvas Edit Overlay
- Let's Start Editing
- The Trim Tools
- Summary
Chapter 5 Adding
Transitions
- Loading the Lesson
- Setting up the Project
- Applying Transitions
- Real-time Transitions
- QuickView
- Rendering
- Transition Editor
- Using Transitions
- 3D Simulation
- Dissolve
- FXScript DVEs
- Iris
- Map
- Page Page
- QuickTime
- Slide
- Stretch
- Wipe
- Conclusion
Chapter 6 Advanced Editing:
Using Sound
- Loading the Lesson
- The Split Edit
- Creating the Bed
- Controlling Audio Levels
- Voice Over
- Summary
Chapter 7 Advanced Editing:
the Moment
- Loading the Lesson
- Summary
Chapter 8 Adding Titles
- Loading the Lesson
- Text Generator
- Nesting
- Photoshop Titles
- Summary
Chapter 9 Animating Images
- Loading the Lesson
- Motion Window
- Motion
- Anchor Point
- Crop
- Distort
- Opacity
- Drop Shadow
- Motion Blur
- Pan and Scan
- Scaling Text Files
- Split Screen
- Chasing Stills
- The Open
- Picture in Picture
Chapter 10 Adding Special
Effects Filters
- Loading the Lesson
- Applying Video Filters
- Blur
- Border
- Channel
- Distort
- FXScript DVE's
- FXScript Layered DVE's
- Image Control
- Key
- Matte
- Perspective
- QuickTime
- Sharpen
- Stylize
- Video
- Summary
Chapter 11 Color Correction
Tools
- Color Correction
- The Tools
- Setup and Workflow
- Range Check
- Color Corrector
- Color Corrector 3-way
- Copying Color Corrections
- Secondary Color Correction
- Broadcast Safe
- Desaturate Highlights
- Desaturate Lows
- RGB Balance
Chapter 12 Compositing
- Loading the Lesson
- Generators
- Compositing Modes
- Travel Mattes
Chapter 13 Outputting from
Final Cut Pro
- Final Cut Pro Movie
- Export Audio to OMF
- Batch List
- EDL
- QuickTime
- Batch Export
- Print to Video
- Edit to Tape
- Summary