Book Description
Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing…the how and why of independent digital video editing.

This guide is a comprehensive introduction to Apple Computer's Final Cut Pro editing system, and the digital video format in general. It provides relevant information about the format's specifications, proper configuration of the basic editing system, and professional tips—all in clear, jargon-free terms.

Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing's workbook-approach explains how to setup your desktop studio, edit your digital video, and complete and distribute your project. It provides the information—and the encouragement—every digital video editor needs to complete projects of exceptional quality, from setup and capture to editing, effects work, and output to tape and the web.

Roberts' guide is the only Final Cut Pro handbook that provides a detailed, step-by-step format that follows the course of your project as it progresses, defining the drop-down menus and keyboard shortcuts as you'll need them, and answering questions as they arise. Additionally, Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing explains in detail the Apple Macintosh hardware, software, and Firewire DV equipment set up and specifications, so that you'll know what tools you may need--and what you likely won't so that you can most efficiently execute your project.

Focuses on the popular FireWire-based systemEmphasizes hardware and configuration issuesOffers a clear overview of the digital video format

From the Publisher
"Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing" includes a buying guide that explains what you may need--and what you likely won't. The book also thoroughly explains how to utilize the Final Cut pro tool for your own purpose--to turn out a great project. His book is the only Final Cut Pro guide that illustrates, comprehensively, how to set up your entire editing project in order to suit your needs. The book is organized as a step-by-step guide that follows the course of your project as it progresses, and defines the drop-down menus as you'll need them. "Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing" educates users in hardware and software configuration issues. Taking a step-by-step approach to digital video projects, this book explains the why as well as the how behind all of the Final Cut Pro elements, from configuring the system to the final output of a project. "Final Cut Pro 2 for FireWire DV Editing" contains the information and encouragement that digital video editors need to begin and complete projects of exceptional quality, from setup and capture of video to editing, effects work, and output to tape and the web.

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In order to understand digital video, we have to get a clear grasp of what video itself is, and how digital video differs from analog video, the common format used in most televisions and consumer video tape recorders. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sequence playhead, ghost clip, target track selection area, master clip, motion timeline, incoming clip, offline clips, timecode data, text clip, luma matte, luma values, timecode field, linked clips, timecode value, sequence timeline, batch list, capture folder, startup drive, timecode breaks, rubberband line, text slate, reel name, continuous timecode, timecode numbers, render files Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Travel Matte, Close Project, Apple Firewire, Apple System Profiler, Poster Frame, Filters Motion, Close Window, Log Clip, Video Transitions, First Bin, General Selection, Audio Settings, Close Tab, Mastering Settings, Audio Meters, Ease Out, Non-Controllable Device, Capture Clip, Iomega Zip, Scrub Video, Timeline Options, User Mode, Cutting Station, Device Settings, External Video New!
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