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  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2003
  • Kirjastus: Peachpit Press Publications
  • ISBN-10: 032119912X
  • ISBN-13: 9780321199126
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 584 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 228x178x27 mm, kaal: 889 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-Apr-2003
  • Kirjastus: Peachpit Press Publications
  • ISBN-10: 032119912X
  • ISBN-13: 9780321199126
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Final Cut Express for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide by best-selling author Lisa Brenneis is the first book on the market to cover Final Cut Express ($299), Apple's new consumer digital video editing application. The powerful Mac-only application is virtually identical to Final Cut ProÑlacking only a selection of key high-end features. Apple is targeting small business users, educators, students, and advanced hobbyists who want to move beyond the limited video editing capabilities of iMovie, but who don't need all of Final Cut Pro's high-end features. With Final Cut Express, users get a full-featured DV editing package with professional-level editing, compositing, and real-time effects at a price they can afford.

Available in March, Final Cut Express for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide introduces video enthusiasts to the comprehensive set of tools available in Final Cut Express. The Visual QuickStart series' step-by-step instructions lead readers through the basics and quickly into more advanced video editing projects. Brenneis uses concise language and tons of screenshots to show readers how to edit video, work with hundreds of effects and transitions, and master the programÕs compositing, titling, and audio tools as well as how to output their finished work, whether it's to DVD or the Web. Brenneis and author Jeff Carlson have also created a booklet with Final Cut Express tips, available for free download at www.peachpit.com.

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Final Cut Express for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by best-selling author Lisa Brenneis is the first book on the market to cover Final Cut Express ($299), Apple¿s new consumer digital video editing application. The powerful Mac-only application is virtually identical to Final Cut Pro¿lacking only a selection of key high-end features. Apple is targeting small business users, educators, students, and advanced hobbyists who want to move beyond the limited video editing capabilities of iMovie, but who don¿t need all of Final Cut Pro¿s high-end features. With Final Cut Express, users get a full-featured DV editing package with professional-level editing, compositing, and real-time effects at a price they can afford. Available in March, Final Cut Express for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide introduces video enthusiasts to the comprehensive set of tools available in Final Cut Express. The Visual QuickStart series¿ step-by-step instructions lead readers through the basics and quickly into more advanced video editing projects. Brenneis uses concise language and tons of screenshots to show readers how to edit video, work with hundreds of effects and transitions, and master the program¿s compositing, titling, and audio tools as well as how to output their finished work, whether it¿s to DVD or the Web. Brenneis and author Jeff Carlson have also created a booklet with Final Cut Express tips, available for free download at www.peachpit.com.
Introduction xix
PART I: BEFORE YOU BEGIN
1(98)
Chapter 1 Welcome to Final Cut Express
3(20)
Your First Final Cut Express Project: Start to Finish
4(3)
What Is Nonlinear Nondestructive Editing?
6(1)
Touring Your Desktop Post-Production Facility
7(3)
Useful features
8(1)
Menus, shortcuts, and controls
9(1)
Editing and Effects Windows
10(8)
The Browser
10(1)
The Viewer
11(1)
The Viewer's Video tab
11(1)
The Viewer's Audio tab
12(1)
The Viewer's Effects tabs
13(1)
The Canvas
14 (2)
The Timeline
16(1)
The Tool palette
17(1)
The Voice Over tool
17(1)
Input and Output Windows
18(2)
Capture
18(1)
Print to Video
19(1)
Import and export options
19(1)
Customize Your Environment
20(3)
Help Resources
22(1)
Do You Need Final Cut Pro?
22(1)
Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up
23(30)
System Requirements
24(2)
Real-Time System Requirements
24(1)
Storage Strategy for Final Cut Express
25(1)
Hardware Selection and Connection
26(6)
Connecting a DV camcorder
28 (1)
FireWire Cables: Handle with Care
28(1)
FCE Protocol: Disk Names
29(1)
What's the Difference Between DV and Digital Video?
29(1)
Connecting an external NTSC or PAL video monitor
30(1)
FCE Protocol Controlling External Video Output
31(1)
FCE Protocol Monitoring Audio Playback
31(1)
Installing Final Cut Express
32(4)
Where to Install FCE?
33(1)
Registering and choosing an initial setup
34(2)
Using Presets and Preferences
36(1)
How to "Trash Your Prefs"
36(1)
Using Easy Setups
37(4)
Modifying the Settings of an Existing Item
37(1)
How to choose an easy setup
38(2)
Apple Fire Wire vs. Basic Fire Wire
40(1)
Setting Preferences
41(3)
Customizing the Timeline Display
44(1)
Setting External Editors Preferences
45(1)
Setting Scratch Disk Preferences
46(3)
FCE Protocol: Scratch Disks
48(1)
Optimizing Performance
49(2)
The Bottom Line: Running FCE on a G3-based Mac
50(1)
Troubleshooting
51(2)
Chapter 3 How to Manage an FCE Project
53(46)
Anatomy of an FCE Project
54(2)
Project item types
54(2)
About Projects
56(6)
Using Save As to Protect Your Work
58(2)
Viewing and Setting Project Properties
60(2)
Using the Autosave Vault
62(2)
Setting Autosave vault location and preferences
62(1)
Using Autosave to recover from a crash
63(1)
You Need Backup
63(1)
Undoing Changes
64(1)
FCE Protocol Undoing Changes in Multiple Projects
64(1)
Reconnecting Offline Files
65(5)
Reconnecting online files
68(1)
Using the Offline Files window to reconnect
68(1)
FCE Protocol: Broken Links
68(1)
FCE Protocol: Offline vs. Missing Clips
69(1)
Deleting Media
70(2)
FCE Protocol Deleting Media
71(1)
Project Maintenance Tips
72(6)
Editing in stages
74(1)
The Last Mile: Tips for Final Assembly of BIG Projects
74(1)
Restoring a sequence
75(1)
Tracking used and unused clips
76(1)
Removing a project from your drives
77(1)
Setting Up for Multiple Projects and Users
78(3)
File access
78(1)
Creating and saving files
79(2)
What's a Sequence?
81(4)
Creating a new sequence
81(1)
FCE Protocol Clips and Sequences
82(1)
Time Stamp for Sequences
83(2)
Changing the Settings of an Existing Sequence
85(2)
Viewing and Setting Item Properties
87(3)
Working with Multiple Sequences
90(11)
Nesting and Sequences: A Glossary
90(1)
Creating nested sequences
91(1)
Copying and pasting from sequence to sequence
92 (1)
Editing a sequence into another sequence
93(2)
Making changes to a nested sequence
95(1)
FCE Protocol: Updating Nested Sequences
96(1)
Assembling Nested Sequences with Transitions
97(2)
PART II: INPUT
99(52)
Chapter 4 Capturing Video
101(32)
DV Timecode vs. FCE Timecode: Whats the Difference?
102(1)
Anatomy of the Capture Window
103(5)
Preview section
104(1)
Capture controls
105(1)
Logging tab
106(2)
Setting Up for Capture
108(2)
Is Your System Capture Ready?
109(1)
Entering Information on the Logging Tab
110(7)
Logging Tips
110(1)
Selecting a capture bin
111(1)
Entering clip information on the Logging tab
112(3)
FCE Protocol: Auto-Incrementing on the Logging Tab
115(1)
FCE Protocol: What are Offline Clips?
115(1)
The Art of File Naming
116(1)
Capture Clip: Capturing Video with Device Control
117(3)
Capture Strategies to Manage Project Media
117(3)
Capture Now: Capturing Video without Device Control
120(3)
Capturing analog audio
122(1)
Capture Project: Batch Recapturing
123(4)
Preparing to recapture a project
124(3)
Using DV Start/Stop Detection
127(2)
Troubleshooting Capture problems
129(4)
FCE Protocol Sync Adjust Mo vies Feature
132(1)
Chapter 5 Importing Digital Media
133(18)
Importing Still Images
135(2)
FCE Protocol: File Location Is Critical
135(1)
Setting the default duration for stills
136(1)
Working with Adobe Photoshop Files
137(7)
Preparing a Photoshop file for use in FCE
137(3)
FCE Protocol: Updating Photoshop Files in FCE
140(2)
Importing a layered Photoshop file into Final Cut Express
142(1)
FCE Protocol: Layered Photoshop Files
143(1)
Importing Audio Files
144(2)
Convert Audio to 48 kHz on Import with iTunes
146(2)
Importing an Movie 3 Project
148(3)
PART III: GETTING READY TO EDIT
151(54)
Chapter 6 Organize Your Clips in the Browser
153(20)
Anatomy of the Browser
154(3)
Browser columns
155(1)
Browser window icons
156(1)
What Does 'Not Set' Mean?
156(1)
Using the Browser to Organize Your Project
157(10)
Sorting items
159(1)
Customizing the Browser display
160(3)
Custom Browser Layouts on a Budget
163(1)
Searching for items in the Browser
164(2)
Using the Find Results window
166(1)
Search the Project or Search the Sequence?
166(1)
Working with Bins
167(1)
What's That Little Doodad?
167(6)
Chapter 7 Working with Clips in the Viewer
173(32)
Anatomy of the Viewer
174(4)
Transport controls
175(1)
Clip-marking controls
176(1)
Pop-up selectors
176(1)
View selectors
177(1)
Timecode navigation and display
177(1)
Working with Clips in the Viewer
178(9)
FCE Protocol: Saving Clip Changes
181(3)
JKL Keys: The Way to Move
184(1)
Other ways to move: jogging, scrubbing, and shuttling
185(1)
FCE Protocol: Entering Timecode Numbers
186 (1)
Navigating with Timecode
187(1)
Working with In and Out Points
188(2)
Other Ways to Set In and Out Points
189(1)
About Subclips
190(2)
Using Markers
192(5)
Marking Shortcuts
196(1)
Adjusting the Viewer Display
197(4)
Changing magnification and window size in the Viewer or Canvas
197(4)
Viewing Overlays
201(6)
Viewing Title Safe and Action Safe boundaries
202(1)
Viewing with different backgrounds
203(1)
Wireframes in the Viewer
203(2)
PART IV: EDITING
205(170)
Chapter 8 Basic Editing
207(30)
Basic Editing Overview
208(1)
Basic Editing Step-by-Step
209(7)
Many Ways to Make an Edit
210(2)
FCE Protocol: Three-point Editing
212(1)
Specifying target tracks
213(1)
FCE Protocol:Target Tracks
213(1)
FCE Protocol:Editing Multiple Tracks in Final Cut Express
214(1)
Moving the playhead
215(1)
How Many Audio Tracks?
215(1)
Using FCE's Many Edit Types
216(12)
Insert edit
217(1)
Overwrite edit
218(1)
Replace edit
219(1)
Hate Your Edit? Do Undo
219(2)
What's a Backtime Edit?
221(1)
Fit to Fill edit
222(1)
Superimpose edit
223(1)
Transition edits
224(2)
Deleting clips from a sequence
226(2)
Performing Edits in the Timeline
228(5)
Performing Split Edits
230(1)
Tips for Quicker Split Edits
231(2)
Shortcuts for Marking Sequence Edit Points
233(4)
Locating a Match Frame
235(2)
Chapter 9 Editing in the Timeline and the Canvas
237(62)
Anatomy of the Canvas
238(5)
Onscreen controls and displays
239(2)
Timecode navigation and display
241(1)
Anatomy of the Canvas Edit Overlay
242(1)
Using the Canvas Window
243(3)
Creating and exporting still frames
244(1)
Adjusting the Canvas Display
245(1)
Anatomy of the Tool Palette
246(3)
Selection tools
247(1)
Edit tools
247(1)
View tools
247(1)
Image modifiers
247(1)
Keyframe tools
247(1)
Using the Tool palette
248(1)
Anatomy of the Timeline
249(6)
Cool Timeline Features
250(1)
Onscreen controls and displays
251(3)
Color coding in the Timeline
254(1)
Customizing Timeline Display Options
255(5)
Timeline scaling and scrolling
257(1)
Best Zoom Shortcuts
258(2)
Navigating in the Timeline
260(7)
Positioning the playhead in a sequence
261(1)
Navigating with timecode in the Timeline
261(2)
About snapping in the Timeline
263(1)
Using markers in the Timeline and the Canvas
264(3)
Working with Timeline Tracks
267(7)
FCE Protocol: Lock vs. Target
271(1)
Making a Timeline track invisible
272(2)
Working with Items in the Timeline
274(20)
Selecting items in the Timeline
274(1)
Selecting items with the track selection tools
275(4)
Linking clips
279(1)
Using linked selection
280(1)
FCE Protocol: Linked Clips
280(1)
Moving Timeline clips
281(3)
Finding and closing gaps
284(1)
FCE Protocol: Gaps and Track Gaps
284(5)
Copying and pasting clip attributes
289(2)
Making multiclip adjustments
291(1)
Changing the playback speed of a clip
292(2)
Working with Keyframes in the Timeline
294(2)
Searching for Items in the Timeline
296(3)
Chapter 10 Fine Cut: Trimming Edits
299(26)
Types of Trimming Operations
300(2)
Selecting an Edit for Trimming
302(3)
Tips on Tools
302(1)
Quick Navigation Keys
303(1)
All Keys: Mouseless Trimming in FCE
304(1)
Anatomy of the Trim Edit Window
305(3)
Using the Trim Edit Window
308(5)
FCE Protocol: Trimming Error Messages
308(5)
Trimming Edits in the Timeline
313(8)
Trimming Edits in the Viewer
321(2)
Correcting Out-of-Sync Clips
323(2)
Chapter 11 Audio Tools and Techniques
325(32)
Audio Tracks vs. Timeline Tracks
326(1)
FCE's Audio Formats
327(5)
Modifying Audio Channel Formats
328(1)
FCE Protocol: Want Stereo? You'll Have to Make It Yourself
329(1)
The Browser's Audio format columns
330(1)
What's Bit Depth and Sampling Rate Got to Do with My Audio Quality?
331(1)
Anatomy of the Audio Tab
332(3)
Audio tab onscreen controls and displays
333(2)
Using the Viewer's Audio Tab
335(5)
Scaling and scrolling an audio file
336(1)
Setting edit points in the Audio tab
337(1)
Lost in the Waveforms? Audio Tab Editing Tips
337(3)
Editing Audio in the Timeline
340(2)
Recording Audio with the Voice Over Tool
342(7)
Anatomy of the Voice Over tool
342(1)
Transport controls
343(1)
Status display
343(1)
Audio File area
344(2767)
Input controls
3111
Headphones controls
345(1)
Voice Over tool set-up checklist
345(3)
Cue Beep Choreography
348(1)
Finishing Audio
349(6)
Setting audio levels
349(1)
Monitor Levels and Mixing
350(2)
Adjusting the pan position
352(1)
Adjusting the spread
353(1)
Modifying audio transitions
354(1)
Adjusting Audio Filters
355(2)
Chapter 12 Creating Transitions
357(18)
Adding Transition Effects
358(4)
FCE Protocol: Transitions
358(2)
FCE Protocol: Saving Changes to Modified Transitions
360(2)
Working with Default and Favorite Transitions
362(4)
About transition edits
365(1)
Editing Video Transitions
366(11)
Using the Transition Editor
367(4)
Editing transitions in the Timeline
371(1)
Modifying audio transitions
372(1)
Rendering transitions
372(1)
Real-Time Transitions
373(2)
PART V ADDING TITLES AND EFFECTS
375(88)
Chapter 13 Compositing and Effects Overview
377(14)
Basic Building Blocks of Effects Creation
378(2)
Locating and Applying Effects
380(4)
Onscreen effects controls
381(2)
Effects Production Shortcuts
383(1)
Saving Effects Settings as Favorites
384(3)
Tuning in Effects: Using Dial Slider, and Point Controls
386(1)
Using Keyframes
387(4)
Keyframe Navigation Shortcuts
387(2)
Precision control of a keyframe's positioning
389(2)
Chapter 14 Motion
391(36)
Setting motion properties
392(3)
Locating X,Y coordinates
393(1)
Motion Properties Modem an Image or Make It Move
394(1)
Using Wireframes
395(16)
Wireframe keyframe indicators
396(1)
Using Motion Properties to Change a Clip's Appearance
397(1)
Pressin', Clickin', and Draggin', Using Keyboard Shortcuts with Wireframes
397(2)
Positioning clips
399(1)
Scaling clips
400(1)
FCE Protocol: Center Point vs. Anchor Point vs. Origin Point
400(1)
Rotating clips
401(1)
Cropping clips
402(2)
Distorting a clip's shape
404(1)
Adjusting opacity
405(1)
Setting a clip's opacity in the Timeline
406(1)
Adding a drop shadow to a clip
407(2)
Adding a motion blur effect
409(2)
Animating Clip Motion with Keyframes
411(6)
Working with basic motion keyframe commands
411(1)
The Best Way to Fine-Tune a Motion Sequence
411(4)
Setting motion keyframes with timecode entry
415(2)
Creating Motion Paths
417(4)
Editing a Motion Path
421(6)
Adjusting motion path curves and corners
422(1)
Adjusting speed along a motion path
423(2)
Setting a Single Motion Path for Multiple Clips
425(2)
Chapter 15 Filters and Compositing
427(18)
Useful Filters
431(1)
Using Color Correction Filters
432(6)
Always Be Color Safe!
432(1)
The color correction filter suite
433(1)
Using the Broadcast Safe filter
434(1)
Monitors and Color Correction
434(1)
Anatomy of the Color Corrector tab
435(3)
Compositing
438(1)
Setting Composite mode
438(1)
Using Alpha Channels
439(2)
Working with Mattes
441(4)
Travel mattes
442(3)
Chapter 16 Titles and Generators
445(18)
Particle Noise = Generator Fun
447(1)
Generating Text
448(5)
Assembly-Line Text Generation
448(1)
Complex Text: Other Options
449(1)
Text generator options checklist
450(2)
Tips for Better-Looking Titles
452(1)
Always Be Title Safe!
452(1)
The Wonders of Outline Text
453(2)
Using Animated Text Generators
455(10)
Creating scrolls
455(3)
Creating crawl titles
458(1)
Creating animated typewriter text
459(2)
Creating titles with Boris Calligraphy
461(2)
PART VI: FINISHING
463(68)
Chapter 17 Rendering
465(24)
Rendering Protocols
466(2)
What needs to be rendered
466(1)
What doesn't need to be rendered
466(1)
Rendering order
466(1)
Rendering indicators
467(1)
Rendering
468(2)
Quick Preview Tips
468(2)
Batch Rendering
470(4)
Rendering audio
471(1)
FCE Protocol: Track Costs
471(1)
FCE Protocol: Estimating Render Processing Time
472(2)
About Real-Time Effects
474(2)
Rendering Real-Time Effects
476(2)
G4 Real-Time Effects Menu
477(1)
FCE Protocol Real-Time Rendering Options
477(1)
Managing Render Files
478(2)
Specifying storage locations for render files
478(1)
Deleting rendered files
479 (1)
Rendering Strategies
480(3)
Avoiding unnecessary rendering
480(3)
Reducing Rendering Time
483(1)
Render in stages
483(1)
Batch render
483(1)
Preserving Render Files
484(5)
Using nested sequences to preserve render files
484(1)
FCE Protocol: Salvaging Renders with Undo
484(1)
FCE Protocol: Nested Sequences and Rendering
485(1)
Using nested sequences to preserve audio render files
486(2)
Export to preserve render files
488(1)
Chapter 18 Creating Final Output
489(26)
Using Tape Output Modes
490(3)
Setting up for recording to tape
491(2)
Recording Timeline Playback
493(2)
Touching Up Your Timeline Playback
494(1)
Printing to Video
495(5)
Print to Video: Rendering Tips
495(1)
Print to Video settings checklist
496(4)
Exporting Sequences and Clips
500(7)
FCE Protocol: Exporting Audio Tracks for Finishing
501(1)
What's a Reference Movie?
502(1)
Codec vs. File Format
503(1)
Exporting a Final Cut Movie
504(2)
FCE Protocol: DVD
Chapter Markers
506(1)
Exporting Other Quicktime Formats
507(2)
FCE Alert: Web Video Uses the Whole Video Frame
509(6)
Appendix A Online Resources
515(4)
Apple Computer Links
515(1)
Online Users Forums
516(1)
Reference
517(1)
Mavens
517(1)
FCP User Groups
518(1)
Appendix B Keyboard Shortcuts
519(12)
General controls
519(1)
To open application windows
520(1)
Select, cut, copy, and paste
521(1)
Navigation
521(1)
Finding items
522(1)
Scrolling
522(1)
Screen layout and display
523(1)
Projects and sequences
523(1)
Browser
523(1)
Timeline
524(1)
Logging and capturing
524(1)
Playing video
525(1)
In and Out points
525(1)
Tool selection
526(1)
Markers
527(1)
Editing
527(1)
Output
528(1)
Compositing and special effects
529(1)
Quick navigation keys and modifiers
530(1)
Index 531


Lisa Brenneis has served as a teacher, author, panelist, virtual theater performer, and film production manager. Her production credits range from interactive digital media to educational films, animation to live action, and from documentary to poetic fantasy. Her clients have included Disney, MCA/Universal, the Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, the International Olympic Committee, Mattel, and the Ojai Pixie Growers Association.