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 it, editing, adding transitions, basic titling and sound techniques, and outputting from the application - the tutorials are explained in jargon-free language by a seasoned teacher and digital editor. This book includes downloadable resources filled with graphic files for the tutorial projects to help users hone their editing craft.

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Final Cut Pro 4 Editing Essentials complements Apple's software documentation with a series of tutorials that teach readers the rudiments of editing with FCP 4. All of the necessary materials, including raw video footage and sequences, detailed instructions, tips, and principles taught in film schools, guide the reader to a working knowledge of the art and technique of editing. The companion DVD includes raw video material for the reader to use with the tutorials.

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 Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop is a classroom-in-a-book that teaches readers the art and technique of editing with Final Cut Express 2. It features a series of tutorials that cover the complete range of tasks, from installing the application to outputting. All of the necessary materials, including raw video footage and sequences, detailed instructions, and techniques taught in film schools, guide the reader to a working knowledge of Final Cut Express 2. The companion DVD includes a video introduction to Final Cut Express 2 specially designed for iMovie users, as well as tutorial media and plug-ins.


'Tom Wolsky's years of practical experience in editing shine through in page after page. Essentials will get you up and running quickly and you'll share some of Tom's deep industry experience and editorial insight.' -Philip Hodgetts, 'The Softw

Final Cut Pro 2 Editing Workshop

by Tom Wolsky

Published 1 December 2001
"Final Cut Pro 2" has been extensively documented by Apple with a 1400 page manual. "Final Cut Pro 2 Editing Workshop" is designed to complement this software documentation with a series of tutorials that provide practical lessons in using the application. Entry level editors and Final Cut users can learn editing principles and how to realize them with Final Cut Pro2 by working through demonstration projects. More than teaching about the kno bs and buttons in FCP, it teaches readers how to edit using FCP; with the same tips and principles given in film schools. The companion CD-ROM contains all of the necessary materials, including raw footage and sequences the reader needs to gain a working knowledge of how to use FCP.