Advanced Final Cut Pro Training DVD - UK Delivery Only

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Advanced Final Cut Pro training Video on DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

These Advanced Final Cut Pro tutorials make learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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01. Efficiency: Getting More Done without Taking More Time

• Introduction
• Logging Clips at Warp Speed
• Working with Reference Movies
• Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
• Proper Log and Capture Workflow
• Working with Offline Edits
• Working with Multi Cams in Final Cut Pro
• Working with Final Cut Pro Internal Tools
• Working with Nested Sequences
• What We Learned

02. Editing: Beyond Cut, Copy, and Paste

• Introduction
• Removing a Blade Edit
• The Trim Edit Window
• Roll Edits, to the Max
• Ripple Edits that Work
• Performing a Slip in the Viewer
• Electronic Storyboards
• Cutting Audio Beat-by-Beat
• What We Learned

03. Editing: Playing Well with Others

• Introduction
• Creating a Window Burn
• Protecting Your Work with Watermarks
• Changing Titling Fonts
• Exporting Markers as a Text List
• Working with SmoothCam
• Converting 4:3 Footage to 16:9
• Using Media Manager to UP-Rez your video
• What We Learned

04. Editing: With Flair

• Introduction
• Using the Vectorscope
• Perfecting Dissolves
• Chroma Key with a Twist
• The Need for Speed
• Creative Uses for Slugs
• Zooming on the Playhead
• Power Marking
• What We Learned

05. Editing: Working with Clips and Frames

• Introduction
• Identifying Affiliate Clips in a Sequence
• Working with Match Frames
• Matching Freeze Frames
• Matching Subclips
• What We Learned

06. Editing: What You See is What You Get

• Introduction
• Gradient Wipes to the Max
• Using a Filter to Generate a Transition
• Creating Backdrops on the Fly
• Creative Uses of the Blink Filter
• What We Learned

07. Editing: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

• Introduction
• Creating a Side-by-Side Credit Roll
• Using a Push Slide Transition on Text
• Animating a Title Effect
• Animating a Gradient
• What We Learned

08. Effects: Change is Good

• Introduction
• Creating a Film Look to Digital Video
• Aging a video
• Creating a Aged Look with Vignettes & Color
• Generating a Cartoon-Like Effect
• Creating a Spotlight Effect
• Blurring Facial Features
• Matching Color Between Clips
• What We Learned

09. Effects: Additional Tricks

• Introduction
• Using Gradients for Customized Color Effects
• Generating FCP Animations
• Still Frame Tricks
• Picture in Picture
• Exploring FCP Filters
• What We Learned

10. Exporting: The End Game

• Introduction
• Print to Video Tricks
• Publishing to MobileMe
• Working with iChat Theater Preview
• Working with FCP Pro Share
• Working with Chapter & Compression Markers
• Burning Blu-Ray Disks
• What We Learned

11. Exporting: Final Thoughts

• Introduction
• Working with ProRes 4x4
• Exporting HDV and XDCAM with ProRes
• When to use (and not use) Native codec's
• Adjusting Gamma from Mac to Windows
• What We Learned