Superbly fitted to a semester-length course, this is the ideal curriculum for a hands-on exploration of advanced editing with Final Cut Pro 6. In this Apple-authorized training book, director and filmmaker Michael Wohl delivers comprehensive training in the real-world skills editing pros use every day in the field. Each chapter presents a complete lesson in some aspect of video editing or finishing in Final Cut Pro 6, with hands-on projects for readers to complete as they go. He shares must-know professional techniques for cutting dialogue scenes, action scenes, fight and chase scenes, documentaries, comedy, music videos, multi-camera projects, and more. Two DVDs of excellent, professional footage and project files give you the chance to work with every genre as you learn.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Finally a practical book on the craft of editing:
Most other books stop after explaining which buttons to press. This book is intended for people who already know that but want to know how to assemble a scene from the raw footage in a logical way. There are different chapters for dialogue, action scenes, comedies, documentaries and music videos. Finally also two chapters on audio, but I haven't read those yet. Although this book is part of the Apple Pro Training Series and there are many references to Final Cut pro short cut keys, this book... more info
