Final Cut Pro 7 Advanced Editing - With DVD (10 Edition)

In this Apple-authorized guide, director and filmmaker Michael Wohl teaches the advanced skills that editing professionals need to know most. Using professional broadcast, documentary, and dramatic footage, Wohl delivers a comprehensive course in video editing and finishing. Readers will learn how to create polished transitions, fix screen direction errors, edit multi-camera projects, work with nested sequences, create fantastic effects, use filters creatively, and composite like a pro. Also covers advanced workflows for managing clips and media, and working with film.

• DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files
• Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional, real-world projects

• Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
• Ample illustrations and keyboard shortcuts help you master techniques fast
• Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
• Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and prepare you for the Apple Certified Pro Exam

An independent filmmaker who was part of the original Apple Final Cut Pro engineering team offers tips and lessons on advanced editing techniques. Drawing on diverse footage from a feature film, documentary, music video, and promotional spots, Wohl presents projects that provide hands-on experiences with the advanced editing, advanced compositing and effects, and finishing features of this application. The Apple-authorized guide to level 2 certification includes trial access to an online edition, a DVD with lesson and media files, and a companion web page. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Michael Wohl is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed, and edited independent films for more than fifteen years. As part of the original Final Cut Pro engineering team, he helped design the workflow and interface that has earned Final Cut Pro its award-winning reputation. As an instructor, Michael teaches and designs curricula at UCLA, and has taught at AFI and San Francisco State University. He has spoken at film festivals and conferences including Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, DV Expo, Macworld, and NAB. His books include Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6: Beyond the Basics and Apple Pro Training Series: The Craft of Editing with Final Cut Pro.

Getting Started

Advanced Editing

Lesson 1 Professional Editing Technique

Lesson 2 Accelerating Your Workflow

Lesson 3 Trimming Concepts

Lesson 4 Advanced Trimming Techniques

Lesson 5 Audio Sweetening

Lesson 6 Multicamera Editing

Advanced Compositing and Effects

Lesson 7 Advanced Compositing

Lesson 8 Mastering Video Filters

Lesson 9 Creating Dynamic Effects

Lesson 10 Nesting Sequences

Lesson 11 Variable Speed

Finishing Techniques

Lesson 12 The Big Finish

Lesson 13 Sharing Your Work

Appendix A Working with RED Footage

Index