Final Cut Express Solutions (eBook)

Apple's Final Cut Express offers all the capabilities you need toproduce first-rate digital videos. Inside this full-color guide,acclaimed authors Jason Cranford Teague and David Teague show youhow to put these features to work and edit your digital videos likea pro.Final Cut Express Solutions focuses on the tasks thatfilm editors face daily. Designed for budding filmmakers and DVveterans, it's filled with practical lessons and insights on how tocraft polished productions while balancing time and moneyconstraints. Get tips on everything from how to shoot your videofootage for optimal results, to outputting your finished video toDVD and the Web. You can even follow along with the authors' clipsprovided on the DVD, or use your own footage.Centered upon a sample video documentary project, this bookthoroughly leads you through each step of the way, including:* Organizing your project using the Timeline* Editing with multiple tracks* Trimming clips: ripple, roll, slip, and slide edits* Creating transitions and overlays* Adding effects, applying filters, and working with text* Jazzing it up with audio transitions* Delivering your finished product to the Web, videotape, orDVDNote: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.