Final Cut Express HD [With Dvdrom]

by Diana Weynand

Diana Weynand provides authorized instruction in Apple and Adobe products and curriculum development for entertainment-industry technologies. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321335333
• ISBN13: 9780321335333
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Length: 483 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Learning Product

This book is a great tool to get started with more advanced video editing, something that iMovie just can't handle. So if you've outgrown iMovie and have moved into Final Cut Express then this book will certainly give you a step by step learning process that will introduce Final Cut Express HD. The DVD that comes with it is very helpful as well because it contains enough content to be able to actually edit videos and add sounds, etc. Highly recommended.

Easy to understand

I am new to FCE and a new user of an iMac. I am only on chapter 5 but I find this book very easy to follow and understand. Up to this point, I am being given an overview of each area of FCE and how to use them as well as keyboard shortcuts. The books starts with an introduction to the iMac OS X which was very helpful to me as a new user. At this point, I would highly recommend this book to a new FCE user as well as a new iMac user.

Final Cut Express HD- Apple Training Series

I have been eagerly waiting for this book. It is an excellent segway for those whose needs have grown from IMovie HD. The chapters are concise and just short enough that you can put it down and begin a new chapter the next day. I look forward to learning this program and this is the best way to do it. Their questions and answers at the end of each chapter is an excellent way to review what you have learned. A suggestion- take notes as you learn. Lots of information in each chapter.

A very thorough study program.

I'm still working on the study chapters, but I find the lessons clear and easy to follow. Learning FCE is very time consuming. This book is an excellent learning tool.

Only book of its kind right now

To date, this the only book that covers FCE 3.5 HD & I strongly recommend it. The intended audience I think is FCE users who would like to make more professional home videos but I think new filmmakers would also benefit from the lessons. If you're interested in mastering advanced topics like color correction, you'll have to pick up other books in this series. Overall though, this an excellent book for the beginner trying to learn FCE as well as how to craft a cinematic experience. To learn more about how I'm using FCE for my first short film, visit www.kasemkharsa.com/empire.