This book presents 50 fast, easy, and powerful effects that creative professionals and amateurs alike can achieve almost instantly with Apple's hot new Final Cut Express video editing software. It includes proven step-by-step format, lavishly illustrated with "before" and "after" scenes from professional clips. It also includes masking techniques, creative use of colors and special effects, professional titling and rolling credit techniques, size deceptions, film-grain simulations, and much more. It features in-depth discussions of features and techniques that help readers make the necessary adjustments for their own videos. Reasonably priced, Final Cut Express software is sophisticated enough for the professional, yet basic enough for the editing beginner or hobbyist. The CD-ROM is packed with all video clips from the book and valuable utilities.