Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro 6 (Design Exploration Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lisa Rysinger
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1401877915
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9781401877910
ASIN: 1401877915
Publication Date: July 28, 2008
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Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro 6 offers a concise, step-by-step guide to video editing with the industry's program of choice, Apple's award-winning Final Cut Pro. Relevant to both the digital video novice and the professional, this comprehensive resource covers the important features that editors need to get the job done quickly. Using a clear, straight-forward approach, supported with full-color visuals, author Rysinger guides editors through the software's features and shows how to manage this powerful program. The book also features Noise Industries' FxFactory Pro, the new effects suite that will revolutionize how editors create with Final Cut Studio. Including a DVD packed with valuable features, Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro is the essential DV book for the essential DV program.
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Apple Final Cut Pro 6: A must-have book November 6, 2008
Maria O. Arguello (USA)
Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro 6 is the latest in a series of books written by Lisa Rysinger on digital video. The book is a valuable resource that should be placed in the personal reference library of everyone who uses Final Cut Pro. It guides video editors in a step-by-step manner with the industry's favorite Apple program. Lisa Rysinger is an accomplished author and teacher in her own right. Visit her site at [...] br /When you open the book you will notice illustrations that POP in color and size. These full-color visuals are generously sized, clearly distinct, and make their point to accompany the related text throughout the book, which can be used as a textbook. It has clear objectives in the beginning of each lesson complete with review questions and exercises at the end. The book also includes an area for many interviews and special features in Final Cut Pro, called Spotlights. br / br /But the gem is the included DVD packed with resources and tutorials like Alpha Channels, Final Cut Pro and the Fx Factory. There is also a trial version of FxFactory, and special offers from resellers as well as Web links to a host of supportive sites you may access directly from the DVD. br / br /I viewed the tutorial on the DVD for Final Cut Pro and learned how to add motion to multiple layers and add two filters, one of which was key frames over time and the other was a title. Lisa Rysinger herself teaches this tutorial without missing a step and with clear visuals, which are easy to follow and apply to your own projects. FxFactory is a visual plug-ins package by Noise Industries for Apple Final Cut Studio. The tutorials are demonstrated and narrated by the company. The plug-ins are so gorgeous you will want to have them to save yourself a lot of time and to make you look like a Hollywood producer. br /The Spotlights throughout the text list interviews with many successful professionals who use Final Cut Pro, as well as other Final Cut Studio applications like Color, Compressor, LiveType, Motion, SoundTrack Pro and DVD Studio Pro. The index is well-designed, the Glossary is a wealth of information explaining its terminology, and the Tips in the margins help and enhance your knowledge. br /With this book you will learn how to use Final Cut Pro from importing video, applying motion and effects, using layers and transparency, to rendering and exporting your Hollywood-like production. The book size is not overwhelming and the layout is non-intimidating for this very complex application. With this book you can actually begin to use Final Cut Pro with confidence. It is a must-have for your technical library to have available as a handy reference as you apply your creative juices to your projects. br /I cannot end my review without my thoughts about the cover of this book that sports my two favorite colors, gold and red. Truly stunning! If I ever write a book, I'm asking Bruce Bond to design the cover. br / br /Book Title: Digital Video Essentials: Apple Final Cut Pro 6 with DVDAuthor: Lisa Rysinger br /Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning br /URL: www.delmarlearning.com br /ISBN-13: 978-1-4018-7791-0 br /Pages: 371 br /Price: $46.95 br /Level: Pros and serious video amateurs br /Reviewer: Maria O. Arguello br /Date: December 2008 br /Rating: 5 out of 5 br / br / 2008 Maria O. Arguello. Maria is a reviewer for the Macintosh user group community and the vendor liaison of Macintosh Users Group of South New Jersey (MUGSNJ) . To see more reviews go to [...] and to http://www.mlmug.org. Maria is also a member of NCMUG, PMUG, CCPMUG, MUGSNJ, PPUG, and SJAUG. She is the Apple User Group Regional Liaison for the Northeast United States (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT).
Understandable help is finally here for FCP November 5, 2008
Frank W. Petrie (Cherry Hill, NJ USA)
Remember when the most recent iMovie was released, how everyone was up-in-arms over the changes. Well, that version proved to be the version they should have had from the word "go." So some some hardy souls set sail for Final Cut waters (what's with the sea-fairin' analogy). Uncharted territory to be sure (oh ... I see). But bravely we pushed onward to the distant shores of the prosumer. But shouldn't we have a map (I promise, that's the end). br / br /There are literally dozens of books and electronic tutors out there, not to mention Apple's One-on-One sessions to help you get a leg up. But still when you launch the program, be it Express or Pro, up come the `deer in the headlight' looks. br / br /But here's a book for the novice seeking answers to the pro that needs the casual reminder. Lisa Rysinger, the book's author, has been steeping in professional video for a long time. Her book, Final Cut Pro 6 (US$46.95). br / br /The first section of the book lays a thorough foundation of digital photography. It goes in to the lexicon of NTSC, analog vs. digital, and so forth. If you're a neophyte to the world of Final Cut do not skip this section as it will aid you when Ms. Rysinger guides you through the limitless possibilities in video editing. Remember, you have to know the rules to break them. An imperative read for the novice, a good refresher for the veteran. br / br /Once you have mastered the foundations, Ms. Rysinger brings you along the step by step process of editing, first with the back story of Apple's involvement in video editing. Then we learn how to organize all of our raw material. br / br /From here we go on to the introductions of all of FCP's various tools and their uses. (NOTE: If you possess FCE 4, you will have none of these extras. Whereas, if you still have a copy of FCE HD, you will have Soundtrack and Live Type.) These are what will really make your project shine. br / br /You are then shown, with accompanying illustrations, the power that now lies at your fingertips. Rough cuts, the proper use of transitions and how to edit the waveforms of your audio tracks. And if the book isn't enough, there is an accompanying DVD that contains tutorials and a free trial of FX Factory plug-ins. Plus there is an HTML page crammed with valuable links. That should keep you busy for a while! br / br /Final Cut Pro 6 is a worthy asset to your technical library and will serve as a handy reference as you wind your way through DV and your imagination. Now sit down at your editing console and break some rules. br / 2008 Frank Petrie
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