|
by: Lisa Brenneis
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.5930285536
EAN: 9780321199126
ISBN: 032119912X
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 584
Publication Date: April 10, 2003
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Sales Rank: 908391
Studio: Peachpit Press
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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 Pro¿acking 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 program¿ 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Avoid this book.
Usually Peach Pit Press is good for the money, however, this
series on FCP is NOT useful. It's so NOT useful, I would feel it incorrect to re-sell it. I see a trash fire in my future. : )
Rating:  - This book is all over the place without bad focus
Don't waste the money this book is all over the place. One would have to thumb constantly back and forth to find information, every example starts you from the beginning, material is extremely redundant. And to add insult to injury where it is redundant different verb-age is used making you question what you have read in previous chapters, thus making you go back and double check what you have already read. Book also wastes a lot of space in pictures instead of straight forward instruction, many ... Read More
Rating:  - Visual Quickstart FCE
I ordered one of the top seller FCE books and needed to add to my order to get free shipping. I added this book and to my surprise it has met my needs much more than the best seller. It has lots more pages and reference materials.
Rating: - Visual Quickstart Guide
I have used several books (Adobe Premiere 5 & 6 and Adobe Photoshop 7) from this publisher and I came to the conclusion that these are not instruction or how-to books. They work best for reference. Their structure is not first step, next, next then final step; more like here is how to do ___. Here is how to do ___.
Rating:  - What is 'the fraser' talking about..?
This book does explain terms like "slip edit" and "roll edit". Maybe not in a separate glossary, but right where they are used which to me is more useful. If that's the only gripe, you don't have a gripe
|
