Final Cut Express 2 editing workshop / Tom Wolsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolsky, Tom, author.

Series:

DV expert series.

DV expert series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Final cut (Electronic resource).

Digital video--Editing--Data processing.

Digital video.

Motion pictures--Editing--Data processing.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Final Cut Express two edition workshop

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : CMP Books ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Nonlinear, or digital, editing involves the manipulation of digitized video. Software applications permit the editor to cut, splice, make transitions, and edit film more precisely than was ever possible with conventional film editing techniques. Final Cut Express 2 is an inexpensive version of Apple's Final Cut Pro software, the leading nonlinear editing program for the Mac platform. In its first year, Final Cut Express proved to be a compelling alternative for hobbyists, students, and professionals who had formerly been limited to iMovie.Final C

Contents:

Cover; FINAL CUT EXPRESS 2 EDITING WORKSHOP; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; What Is Editing?; Who Am I To Write This Book?; Who Is This Book For?; What's on the DVD?; Acknowledgments; Lesson 1 Installing Final Cut Express 2; What You Really Need; Memory: How Much and What Kind; Multiple Drives; Optimizing Your Computer for FCE; Monitors; Speakers; Firing Up the Application; Understanding the Interface; The Primary Windows; Tabbed Palettes; Browser; Importing Files; Importing Music; Browser Views and Buttons; Browser Details; Viewer; Viewer Buttons; Top of the Viewer; Viewer Time Displays

Playing ClipsSpacebar; Keyboard Shortcuts; Exploring the Canvas; Timeline Window; More Timeline Functions; Summary; Lesson 2 Getting Material into FCE2; Setting Up a New Project; User Preferences; General Preferences; Timeline Options; Render Control; System Settings; Scratch Disks; Memory & Cache; Playback Control; External Editors; Easy Setup; Capture; Strategies for Capturing; Capture Now; Clip; Project Capture; Summary; Lesson 3 Cutting Up Those Shots; Loading the Lesson; Importing the Movie; DV Start/Stop Detect; Using Markers; Slicing Your Clips; Slice 1; Slice 2; Slice 3

Range ClippingOrganizing the Clips; Look before You Cut; Summary; Lesson 4 Editing Basics: Building Your Sequence; Loading the Lesson; Setting Up the Project; Working with the Clips; Overwrite; Insert; Alternative Overwrite and Insert; Replace; Fit to Fill; Superimpose; Making a Sequence; Swap Edit; Storyboarding; The Trim Tools; The Ripple Tool; The Roll Tool; The Slip Tool; The Slide Tool; Summary; Lesson 5 Adding Transitions; Loading the Lesson; Applying Transitions; Checking the Media; Using the Edit Overlay; Rendering; Render Commands; Render Control; Render Management

Controlling TransitionsTransition Editor; Using Transitions; Page Peel; Push Slide; Gradient Wipe; Favorites; Conclusion; Lesson 6 Advanced Editing: Using Sound; Setting Up the Project; The Trim Edit Window; The Split Edit; In the Timeline; In the Viewer; Controlling Levels; In the Timeline; Fading Levels in the Timeline; Controlling Track Levels; More Fades; In the Viewer; Middle of the Sequence; End of the Sequence; Voice Over; Summary; Lesson 7 Adding Titles; Loading the Lesson; Setting Up the Project; Text Generator; Text; Lower Thirds; Typewriter; Title 3D; Title Crawl; Nesting

Photoshop TitlesResolution; Fading; Summary; Lesson 8 Animating Images; Loading the Lesson; Motion Window; Keyframing; Scale; Rotation; Center; Straight Motion; Curved Motion; Changing Speed; Anchor Point; Other Motion Controls; Crop; Distort; Opacity; Drop Shadow; Motion Blur; Animation Effects; Pan and Scan; Animating Text Files; Split Screen; Picture in Picture; Brady Bunch Open; Sliding White Bar; Fixing the Headshot; Middle Headshots; Extending; Adding More Headshots; New Headshots; Final Headshots; Titles; Final Polishing; Fade t o Black; Summary; Lesson 9 Adding Special Effects Filters

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Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-01950-X

9786611019501

0-08-054982-9

9780080549828

OCLC:

476087251