50 Fast Final Cut Express Techniques

By Tim Meehan

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 Proven step-by-step format, lavishly illustrated with "before" and "after" scenes from professional clips Includes masking techniques, creative use of colors and special effects, professional titling and rolling credit techniques, size deceptions, film-grain simulations, and much more 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 CD-ROM is packed with all video clips from the book and valuable utilities

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764540912
• ISBN13: 9780764540912
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.9" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Great book for learning quick tricks

This book was great for showing how to do some really cool stuff with FCE. It will not teach you final cut express, but is not meant too. The book just dives in and gives you 50 tips fast like it says. If you want to add some cheap special effects and learn how to do them by example then get this book.

50Fast Final Cut Express Techniques

Very informative and gave many good ways to work Final Cut.

Easy to use

This is a solid book, written simply but not condescendingly. Very helpful!

Uncommonly creative!

I just love the techniques in Tim Meehan's book. Even though I've used FCP for about a year, I learned more than a few things from these pages. (Fire-breathing dogs, anyone?) And, I've got to say that the author's creativity (some wacky techniques in here) really added to the enjoyment of learning. I just hope the publisher will create a new edition for FCP4.