Final Cut Express 4 Visual QuickStart Guide

Description

Here to ensure that users start taking advantage of Final Cut Express 4's powerful editing capabilities immediately is a thoroughly updated task-based guide to the program from best-selling author and digital video expert Lisa Brenneis. Users who are eager to make effective, compelling videos but don't want to invest heavily in training or equipment will welcome Lisa's simple step-by-step instructions, strong visual approach, and sound professional advice. In short order, they'll find themselves editing video; applying special effects and transitions; mastering the program's compositing, titling, and audio tools; and outputting their finished work. Readers will also learn about all that's new in this major upgrade: importing iMovie 08 projects, open format Timeline, built-in AVCHD and more.

CONTENTS:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Welcome to Final Cut Express

Chapter 2: Installing and Setting Up

Chapter 3: Presets and Preferences

Chapter 4: Projects, Sequences, and Clips

Chapter 5: Capturing Video

Chapter 6: Importing Digital Media

Chapter 7: Organizing Clips in the Browser

Chapter 8: Working with Clips in the Viewer

Chapter 9: Basic Editing

Chapter 10: Editing in the Timeline and the Canvas

Chapter 11: Fine Cut: Trimming Edits

Chapter 12: Audio Tools and Techniques

Chapter 13: Creating Transitions

Chapter 14: Compositing and Effects Overview

Chapter 15: Motion

Chapter 16: Filters and Compositing

Chapter 17: Titles and Generators

Chapter 18: Real Time and Rendering

Chapter 19: Creating Final Output

Appendix A: Online Resources

Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts

Index