Apple Pro Training Series

Mark Spencer, a San Francisco-based film and video editor and producer, has been editing with Final Cut Pro since its introduction in 1999. He owns Day Street Productions, a production and post studio focused on corporate video, with customers such as Trend Micro, Applied Biosystems, and YCI-TV. Mark also has experience cutting documentaries (Girl Beat), short films (Tripoli Sun) and animation (Alligator Planet). He is an Apple Certified instructor in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Motion, and the author of Motion Visual Quick Start Guide. Mark holds an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jem Schofield is a producer and creative director and the owner of Buttons Productions, a production house that produces video, motion graphics, DVD, and audio projects. Jem is also an Apple Certified Trainer who consults on and teaches production and post-production solutions throughout the United States. He is a contributing writer to Video Systems and Studio Monthly magazines.

Creative Titling
Lesson 1 Compositing and Animating Text in Final Cut Pro
Lesson 2 Creating an Animated Lower Third
Lesson 3 Final Cut to Motion and Back: Building an Animated Title Sequence
Lesson 4 Creating Motion Templates for Final Cut Pro
Creating a DVD Motion Menu
Lesson 5 Creating a Motion Menu Background
Lesson 6 Creating Custom Text Animations
Lesson 7 Working with Particle Systems
Lesson 8 From Motion to DVD Studio Pro
Building a Station ID
Lesson 9 Working with Shapes
Lesson 10 Creating Animated Background Elements
Lesson 11 Using Masks
Lesson 12 Building a Multilayered Text Effect
Introduction to 3D
Lesson 13 Creating a News Open:Working in a 3D World
Lesson 14 Show Open: Deconstructing a 3D Project More Field Techniques
Lesson 15 Manipulating Video
Lesson 16 More of Motion
Glossary
Index