Final Cut Pro for Macintosh
Lisa Brenneis (2000, Peachpit Press, www.peachpit.com, 508 pages, $25)
This comprehensive guide to Final Cut Pro is loaded with screen shots and quick tips that are sure to enhance your editing skills. Designed for intermediate and advanced users, it not only takes you through the process step-by-step, it is also a useful reference manual as your skills advance. The well-organized chapters cover everything from capturing digital video to designing a credit scroll. Some of the more useful and helpful items are the check-marked tips located generously throughout the text and the quick reference keyboard shortcut table in the appendix. Also of note are numerous sidebars with tips on advanced topics such as time-code shortcuts and video-rendering techniques. The depth of information about working with audio is also impressive. If you are a user of Final Cut Pro for Macintosh, you will find the information presented in this book well worth the cost. -- rating 4
Digital Filmmaking 101, An Essential Guide to Producing Low-Budget Movies
Dale Newton and John Gaspard (2000, Michael Wiese Productions, www.mwp.com, 281 pa…
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How to Cast a Video Production
How to Break Down a Script
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Objects in Footage
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