Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Wolsky
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 17087
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Dvdr
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0240810775
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.696
EAN: 9780240810775
ASIN: 0240810775
Publication Date: May 9, 2008
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Product Description
Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express 4--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. You develop a working knowledge with nineteen tutorials that cover each and every essential, including:
* setting up your system and understanding the interface
* ingesting and organizing your material including drive-based and disc-based camera data
* slicing, dicing, and organizing clips
* editing to build and trim a sequence of shots
* adding transitions
* using sound to refine your edit
* titling with FCE and Photoshop
* animating images to create engaging scenes
* adding special effects filters
* compositing to enhance your projects
* outputting your material
The companion DVD contains project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use.
* Nineteen tutorial lessons give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing
* Covers every essential activity from system set-up to outputting your material
* The companion DVD contains project media files, demo software and plug-ins
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 Tom's the best July 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've gotten each new edition of this book, even though there aren't a huge number of changes. It's just nice to see the updates he's made and draw from his rich knowledge and experience with Final Cut Pro/Final Cut Express/iMovie, and the new nuances he throws in with each edition.
You can already learn some key points to keep in mind about the latest version of FCE in the Excerpt from the front of the book available for viewing on Amazon. It's worth the price of the book right there!
Tom works so hard providing lucid and practical support on the Apple Support page for FCE, and no doubt uses that to enhance the next edition. You're going to be getting his free advice sooner or later, so you might as well throw a few bucks his way and give him some credit for all that you will benefit from his wisdom. I've bought several of the other FCE books over the years, but Tom is the best.
Ron Carlson
Great way to learn FCE July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I plowed through the book in order of the lessons & I can't imagine having learned FCE any other way. While learning, I produced 2 new TV commercials for a local New Orleans gardening & gift shop, & I'm ready for more. The veteran video guys at the tv stations couldn't believe we did the spots in the attic of the store on an iMac. I couldn't have done them in iMovie--and I couldn't have done them so quickly without this book.
Best FCE Series Out There July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought Tom's earlier book on FCE 2, and it was the best purchase I've ever made for any of the software I use. Tom writes like an editor and an artist. He writes in a manner creative people can understand. Practical and to the point. I have been in the broadcast production industry for 28 years and I can tell you Tom is the real thing. If this book doesn't help you then you should find another hobby.
P.S. Ignore the idiotic one star rating. The book is in English.
Only book you need June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i could never have learned final cut without Tom's books, nor his generous advice on the Apple Discussion Forums.
I am ordering this immediately-Japanese or not!!
It's in English June 3, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Admittedly my five star review is biased, but I would appreciate if you didn't rate and review my book based on a stupid mistake on the Amazon web site, which after some time we have still not been able to get corrected.
All the best,
Tom Wolsky
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