Final Cut Pro in the Field

$49.00

Format: 1 DVD-ROM
Duration: 4.5 Hours
Platform: Apple Macintosh

Magnet Media's award-winning Digital Media Training Series™ presents Editing with Final Cut Pro in the Field. In this 4 1/2 hour training, you will master the essentials of Final Cut Pro while learning invaluable tips and techniques to edit professionally in the field on the latest Apple Powerbooks.

If you've never edited before, you'll see how easy it can be from the start, as professional editor and instructor, Dave Marcus, introduces you to Final Cut Pro.

Then, you'll jump into a real-world project to learn how to enhance your audio quality, assemble professional sequences, perform color correction for troubled shots, and optimize your Powerbook's performance to get the most out of Final Cut Pro. The instructional footage is included on the DVD so you can work along with the instructor or experiment on your own. By the end of the training, you'll be ready to take your portable studio into the field, and deliver broadcast-quality editing projects.

Dave Marcus

Dave Marcus is the Content Director and the co-creator of Magnet Media's award-winning Digital Media Training Series (DMTS™) and the recently released DVD subscription series, Zoom In. He has produced video based training on topics such as Final Cut Pro, Flash, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Cleaner, Final Cut Express, and more!

II. Final Cut Pro Interface

1. Launching Final Cut Pro
2. Browser
3. Viewer
4. Timeline & Canvas

III. Final Cut Pro Preferences

1. User Preferences
2. System Settings
3. Audio/Video Settings
4. Optimizing Your Powerbook

  1. Introduction
  2. Final Cut Pro Interface
    1. Launching Final Cut Pro
    2. Browser
    3. Viewer
    4. Timeline & Canvas
  3. Final Cut Pro Preferences
    1. User Preferences
    2. System Settings
    3. Audio/Video Settings
    4. Optimizing Your Powerbook
  4. Log & Capture
    1. Setting Up Your Powerbook for Capturing
    2. Logging
    3. Capturing
    4. DV Start/Stop Detection
    5. Capture Through Timecode Breaks
  5. Editing in Final Cut
    1. Editing using the Viewer window
    2. Insert & Overwrite Edits
    3. Using In and Out Points to Edit
    4. Editing Head and Tail Frames
    5. Trimming in Timeline
    6. Selecting and Locking Tracks
  6. Working with Audio
    1. Audio Tracks in the Viewer Window
    2. Working with Stereo Pairs
    3. Audio Tracks in the Timeline
    4. The Audio Levels Tool
    5. Cross Fades
    6. The Audio Mixer
    7. The Voice-Over Tool
  7. Fixes in the Field
    1. Correcting Brightness & White Balance
    2. Matching Color Between Shots
    3. Unfixable Clips
    4. Range Check for Illegal Levels
    5. Creative Color Correction
    6. Creating a Composite & Blur
    7. Keyframing The Composite
    8. Addressing Low Volume
    9. Audio Filters: DePopper & Graphic EQ
  8. Output
    1. Output to Quicktime & MPEG-4
    2. Output to Tape