- Presents 50 fast, easy, and powerful effects that creative professionals and amateurs alike can achieve almost instantly with Apple's hot new Final Cut Express video editing software
- Proven step-by-step format, lavishly illustrated with "before" and "after" scenes from professional clips
- Includes masking techniques, creative use of colors and special effects, professional titling and rolling credit techniques, size deceptions, film-grain simulations, and much more
- Features in-depth discussions of features and techniques that help readers make the necessary adjustments for their own videos
- Reasonably priced Final Cut Express software is sophisticated enough for the professional, yet basic enough for the editing beginner or hobbyist
- CD-ROM is packed with all video clips from the book and valuable utilities
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"If you are looking to maximize Final Cut Express, you won’t find
a better guide than Tim Meehan."
—Dan Jahn, President, The Raven Group
Whether creating dynamite digital videos is your profession or just your obsession, Final Cut Express can enhance your projects. In this richly illustrated volume, computer graphics pro Tim Meehan shows you step by step how to use 50 terrific techniques to add that extra dimension of style and pizzazz. You’ll learn them quickly, apply them easily, and discover you’re amazed–and delighted–by the results you can achieve.
Your guide to amazing results with Final Cut Express
- Save time and gain focus with storyboards and shot lists
- Capture viewers’ attention with creative use of colors, special effects, and size deceptions
- Enhance your video pictures with film-grain simulations, contrast correction, and soft-focus effects
- Add polish with rolling credits and professional titling techniques
- Improve communication with time and speed effects, superimposition, and text tricks
- Create "wow" with whimsical people and animals, matte windows in objects, doorways to the unknown, and more
CD-ROM includes demonstrations of the techniques explained in the book, full resolution video clips from Artbeats, and more
About the Author
Tim Meehan is a computer graphics professional who conducts classes, demonstrations, and workshops on a variety of digital video products. He is a longtime member of the Apple Consultants Network, and has served Apple Computer in various consulting and promotional capacities since 1984.
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This book was an offer by Amazon for an additional $25.00, to accompany the new Final Cut Express 4. The book is outdated by 5 years and the CD that goes with the book is so outdated that Final Cut will not open the files. Very disappointing and a waste of $25.00.
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Uncommonly creative!,
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I just love the techniques in Tim Meehan's book. Even though I've used FCP for about a year, I learned more than a few things from these pages. (Fire-breathing dogs, anyone?) And, I've got to say that the author's creativity (some wacky techniques in here) really added to the enjoyment of learning. I just hope the publisher will create a new edition for FCP4.
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Great book for learning quick tricks,
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This book was great for showing how to do some really cool stuff with FCE. It will not teach you final cut express, but is not meant too. The book just dives in and gives you 50 tips fast like it says.
If you want to add some cheap special effects and learn how to do them by example then get this book.
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This chapter leads you through the basics of preparing your video clips for editing in final Cut Express. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matte window, base video track, nested clip, jitter text, inset clip, change the composite mode, play head location, travel matte, render the clip, move the play head, titling effects, new video track, video tab, text clip, art overlays, matte effects, inset frame, clip item, video filters, keyframe button, transition icon, snapping feature, inset window, text overlays, disclosure triangle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Render All, Add Edit, Trim Edit, Transition Alignment, Delete Tracks, Insert Tracks, Linked Selection, Ripple Delete, Solo Item, Render Proxy Effects, Render Selection, Video Transitions, More Advanced Matte Effects, Superimposing Special Effects, Make Freeze Frame, Audio Transitions, Audio Filters, Horizontal Scale, Sync Duration, Close Tab, Mask Feather, Alpha Type, Alpha Travel Matte, Cross Dissolve, Project Samples New!
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This chapter leads you through the basics of preparing your video clips for editing in final Cut Express. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matte window, base video track, nested clip, jitter text, inset clip, change the composite mode, play head location, travel matte, render the clip, move the play head, titling effects, new video track, video tab, text clip, art overlays, matte effects, inset frame, clip item, video filters, keyframe button, transition icon, snapping feature, inset window, text overlays, disclosure triangle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Render All, Add Edit, Trim Edit, Transition Alignment, Delete Tracks, Insert Tracks, Linked Selection, Ripple Delete, Solo Item, Render Proxy Effects, Render Selection, Video Transitions, More Advanced Matte Effects, Superimposing Special Effects, Make Freeze Frame, Audio Transitions, Audio Filters, Horizontal Scale, Sync Duration, Close Tab, Mask Feather, Alpha Type, Alpha Travel Matte, Cross Dissolve, Project Samples New!
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- Final Cut (Carmen Ramirez Mystery, 2) by Lisa Haddock on 4 pages
- Final Cut by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
- Special Effects (Kellogg - Special) by None on page 12
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