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Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Express: For new users and professionals (The Focal Easy Guide)

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Rick Young's Final Cut Express guide is the best I've found, and I've checked out half a dozen. His breezy, informative style is simple, clear and comfortable. Text is profusely illustrated with specific, detailed graphics shown nearby, often within the same paragraph, which greatly enhances learning.
As a novice to this particular nonlinear video editing system, with a background in others, I found the book of great value. While I wish Mr. Young would offer an updated edition covering FCE's recent advances, I think the book is a better guide to the basics -- four years later -- than current books I've seen. I recommend it to video editors of any experience levels who want to learn Apple's Final Cut Express.

Loved the book. Got me started quickly and easily. Would recommend it to anybody.

While there are certainly longer, more detailed books on how to use Final Cut, as a new user I found this little book the most helpful, and, indeed, easy to use. If you buy only one book for the basics on Final Cut, this is the one to buy!