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Informationen zum Autor Helmut Kobler is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who has recently finished his latest project - the sci-fi action adventure Radius. (You can see scenes from Radius in many of this book's figures.) Helmut's a confessed Mac addict (he writes many features and reviews for MacAddict magazine, in fact) and has been using the Mac since 1987. In a past life, he directed and produced award-winning video games for PCs and the Sony Playstation. If you want to know more about Helmut's film Radius - and the 2-disc DVD that it's featured on - visit the Web site, at www.radiusmovie.com. Klappentext * Shows film and video makers new to Final Cut Pro how to get down to work with this complicated, professional-level video editing software* The Macintosh platform, which includes Final Cut Pro, owns 58 percent of the video editing software market* Topics covered include working with new program features, organizing media, using advanced editing tools, harnessing audio and video filters, applying transitions, creating motion effects, compositing, rendering, and outputting to tape, CD, DVD, or the Web Zusammenfassung Offers information on how to edit regular digital or high definition video like a pro. This book covers the basics of capturing, importing, and editing digital videos. It provides information about rendering, customizing the interface, and managing media. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 How to Use This Book 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 4 Part I: First Things First 4 Part II: Importing and Organizing Your Media 4 Part III: Editing Your Media 5 Part IV: Adding Pizzazz 5 Part V: Outputting Your Masterpiece 6 Part VI: The Part of Tens 6 Icons Used in This Book 6 Contacting the Author 7 Part I: First Things First 9 Chapter 1: Introducing Final Cut Pro 11 Understanding the Purpose of Editing 11 Exploring the Capabilities of Final Cut Pro 12 Appreciating nondestructive editing 13 Final Cut Pro versus the competition 13 New in Final Cut Pro HD (and the earlier version 4) 14 Going with the Final Cut (Work) Flow 16 Taking a Grand Tour of the Interface 17 The Browser 18 The Viewer 19 The Timeline 20 The Tool palette 21 The Canvas 21 Chapter 2: Getting Started 23 Hardware Requirements 23 Selecting and Configuring a Mac 24 CPU speed 26 Memory (RAM) 26 Disk storage for DV video 27 Monitors and LCDs 28 Doing DV? You need a FireWire port 29 DV videocameras and playback decks 30 Other optional hardware 30 Getting Started 32 Connecting and preparing all your hardware 32 Launching Final Cut Pro 34 Choosing an initial setup 35 Working with Projects and Sequences 37 Saving and autosaving projects 38 Setting up the Autosave feature 39 Managing projects 40 Adjusting Your Project and Sequence Settings 42 Choosing a different Easy Setup 44 Choosing a different preset 44 Creating new presets 44 Chapter 3: All About HD (High Definition) 47 What Is HD? 48 Supersharp image quality 48 Wide-screen aspect ratio 49 The many flavors of HD 49 How Final Cut Works with HD 51 The way things were 51 Final Cut Pro HD makes HD easy 51 Creating DVCPRO HD Video 53 Affordable HD Cameras - the Good and the Bad News 53 Part II: Importing and Organizing Your Media 57 Chapter 4: Capturing Media from Tape 59 Connecting a DV Camera or Deck 60 Understanding Timecode 61 Capturing in the Log and Capture Window 61 Navigating through a DV tape 62 Describi...
List of contents
Introduction.
Part I: First Things First.
Chapter 1: Introducing Final Cut Pro.
Chapter 2: Getting Started.
Chapter 3: All About HD (High Definition).
Part II: Importing and Organizing Your Media.
Chapter 4: Capturing Media from Tape.
Chapter 5: Importing Media That's Already on Your Mac.
Chapter 6: Organizing Your Media.
Part III: Editing Your Media.
Chapter 7: Editing Basics.
Chapter 8: Getting to Know the Timeline.
Chapter 9: Editing Wizardry.
Part IV: Adding Pizzazz.
Chapter 10: Audio Excellence.
Chapter 11: Composing a Soundtrack.
Chapter 12: Creating Transitions.
Chapter 13: Adding Text to Your Videos.
Chapter 14: Special Effects with Filters and Color Correction.
Chapter 15: Motion Effects.
Chapter 16: Compositing.
Part V: Outputting Your Masterpiece.
Chapter 17: Recording to Tape.
Chapter 18: Exporting Your Movie to a Digital File.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Tips for Becoming a Better Editor.
Chapter 20: Almost Ten Tips for Managing Big Projects.
Index.
