Final Cut Pro 5 editing essentials / Tom Wolsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolsky, Tom.

Series:

DV expert series.

DV expert series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Final cut (Electronic resource).

Video tapes--Editing--Data processing.

Video tapes.

Digital video--Editing--Data processing.

Digital video.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : CMP Books, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Digital editing gives editors far greater freedom than ever before to move scenes of information around and place them anywhere in a film's sequence. Apple's Final Cut Pro is the most widely used Mac-based digital editor, and is especially popular with independent filmmakers and graphic artists. Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials enables readers to master the craft of digital editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. This full-color editing workshop features eight tutorials that provide firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. Covering the essentials - capturing material, organizing

Contents:

Front Cover; Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Who Is This Book For?; What's on the DVD?; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Capturing Your Material; Firing Up the Application; Understanding the Interface; The Primary Windows; Setting up the Application; System Settings; Scratch Disks; Search Folders; Memory & Cache; Playback Control; External Editors; Effect Handling; Audio/Video Settings; Sequence Presets; Capture Presets; Device Control; A/V Devices; Log and Capture; Keyboard Shortcuts; Strategies for Capturing; Capture Now; Batch Capture; Clip

ToolsImporting Music; Summary; Chapter 2 Cutting Up Those Shots; Where to Work; The Browser; Using Shortcut Menus; The Viewer; Playing Clips; Creating Subclips; Cutting Up Master Clips; Slicing Up Master Clips; Slice 1; Slice 2; Deleting Clips; Slice 3; Comparison; Range Clipping; Organizing the Clips; Look Before You Cut; Duplicating Sequences; Media Manager; Summary; Chapter 3 Building Your Sequence; Loading the Lesson; Working with Clips; Overwrite; Insert; Alternative Overwrite and Insert; Replace; Fit to Fill; Superimpose; Making a Sequence; Swap Edit; Trimming Your Sequence

The Ripple ToolThe Roll Tool; The Slip Tool; The Slide Tool; The Trim Edit Window; Summary; Chapter 4 Using Sound; Loading the Lesson; Setting up the Project; Viewing Your Material; 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; Audio Mixer; Audio Peaks; Voice Over; Summary; Chapter 5 Adding Transitions; Loading the Lesson; Applying Transitions; Favorite Transitions; Checking the Media; Using the Canvas Edit Overlay

Shortcut Menu TransitionRendering; Render Commands; Render Previewing; Render Control; Render Manager; Controlling Transitions; Transition in the Viewer; Using Transitions; Cube Spin; Dip to Color Dissolve; Star Iris; Page Peel; Push Slide; Gradient Wipe; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Adding Titles; Loading the Lesson; Setting up the Project; Text Generator; Text; Drop Shadow; Opacity; Subtitles; Basic Animation; Boris Calligraphy; Title 3D; Type On; Title Crawl; Text Scrambler; Vector Shape; Nesting; Text; Background; Photoshop Titles; Resolution; Summary; Chapter 7 Editing Forms; Loading the Lesson

Setting up the ProjectDocumentary; Music; Marking the Beat on the Track; Marking the Beat on the Timeline; Multicamera Editing; Action; The Line; Dialog; Summary; Chapter 8 Outputting from Final Cut Pro; Record to Tape; Print to Video; Edit to Tape; Export; QuickTime Movie; For Soundtrack and LiveType; Using Compressor; QuickTime Conversion; Audio Export; Export Audio to AIFF(s); Export Audio to OMF; Batch List; EDL; XML; Batch Export; Summary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-06157-6

1-136-06158-4

1-281-01952-6

9786611019525

0-08-054983-7

9780080549835

OCLC:

476087263