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Summary: Best Self Paced Course ever written
Review: This is really a terrific book from start to finish -- easy to understand, and the exercises allow you to really learn the program...really learn it...well done Diana Weynand!! I would recommend to buy this book for anyone who wants to learn Final Cut Pro...you'll be amazed at how easy it makes learning a pretty complicated softwre program.
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Summary: The Best
Review: This is the best tutorial book/dvd I have ever used. It takes an extremely complex piece of software and makes it easy easy to follow. If you have a short memory this is the book for you. She not only tells you how to do something at least 3 different ways, she tells you why and it's purpose. If you are stumped or just missing bits and pieces of information....... this is the book for you. Too bad you can only rate it 5 stars, it deserves far more.
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Summary: Thumbs up!
Review: This one is a must have for Final Cut Pro. Well written, informative, and interesting footage to work with. I actually had fun moving through the lessons, and I definately feel more confident with the program after having worked through the book.There are some small inaccuracies, which is usually the case with a book covering software which is a moving target (upgrades etc.) But nothing show-stopping. Hopefully they'll tighten it up for the FCP HD (4.5) update. Now I'm on to the Advanced Apple Pro Training FCP book, and loving it too.
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Summary: Stumbling to shortcuts in 3 days
Review: Until I purchased this book, I had owned FCP4 for six months. I had learned my way around the software well enough. I felt comfortable, but not necessarily proficient. In order to improve my editing time, I went ahead and ordered this book, also with the intent of getting my Apple certification, as this is the same text used in their classes. Normally, I am the type that I will skip sections that discuss things that I'm certain I know, but I went ahead and followed every step in the book.
What a difference! Each chapter takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete, using video clips on the included DVD. After 3 days and 10 chapters, I was hardling touching my trackball. Not only had I learned quite a few shortcuts, but the book helped me understand the editing process itself a little better. I feel that this text is very well laid out, easy to understand, and can be done relatively quickly with a sharp learning curve. I highly recommend this to anyone new to Final Cut Pro. With a little time and effort, you'll be flying around the video editing, the soundtrack design and the Live Type titling package. And, after you have completed this book, go ahead and buy Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Editing and Finishing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 4, you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Great book for learning FCP
Review: When looking for a book on FCP, I just read the various reviews. Even though some others looked quite interesting, I chose this one and am glad I did. I wanted a specific type of instruction because I have some expert-level chops and ignorance at the same time. I'm new to video but am a professional recording engineer by trade. I'm fully conversant on the Mac and non-linear audio programs so I needed a book that got both completely simple (for video concepts new to me) and also provided some depth at the same time.
The type of instruction in this book is having the user execute step-by-step, starting at the most basic level but progressing into more complex stuff fairly quick.
I forget the wording but there's some Chinese proverb........something like
You tell me, I hear
You show me, I see
I do, I learn
That's me and this book suits my learning style nicely. I'm sure there are other books as good but I doubt that any are better, hard to see how you could go wrong with this one.
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