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Final Cut Pro 5 Hands-On Training | 
| Author: Larry Jordan
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 107146
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Dvdr
Pages: 496
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0321375718
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.5960285536
EAN: 9780321375711
ASIN: 0321375718
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Product Description
With a multicam tool that lets you cut from more than 100 sources, real-time high-quality effects viewing made possible by Dynamic RT, the ability to capture more than 20 simultaneous audio channels, and more, it’s no wonder you can’t wait to start using Final Cut Pro 5. This hands-on guide will get you going! Using a series of project-based tutorials, veteran director, trainer, and author Larry Jordan guides you through every stage of video editing. His real-world experiences coupled with step-by-step lessons involving real projects, will help you quickly advance your editing skills and gain experience using Final Cut Pro 5. By working alongside the book and using the exercise files and QuickTime movies provided on the accompanying DVD, you’ll quickly progress through the basics and on to more advanced topics like creating transitions, animation, and titles, and choosing among filter and rendering options.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Great for beginner to intermediate November 12, 2007
L. Tran (San Diego, CA USA)
I found this book to be really helpful when I started using FCP. Everything was written in a manner that was easy to understand, it also contains everything you can do with the program. The instructions include editing, tools usage, transitions, capturing, etc...The book is thorough and the author isn't boring, which is great since there's a lot to remember!
Great for newbies to FCP March 21, 2007
Living Large In The South Bay (Torrance, CA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is well organized and easy for folks new to FCP. It has the basics and some advanced features. I had to learn FCP quickly as I was responsible for making my son's varsity basketball highlights video. The book covered file organization, how to insert video and stills into the timeline, add audio, make special scenes of B&W to color, slow motion, transitions, credits, and export the movie. The video was a hit. It was very gratifying to see the kids and parents reaction.
The Best General FCP 5 Book Available March 16, 2007
J. Padgett
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used to think the Apple training books were the best, but the HOT (Hands On Training) books, especially those authored by Larry Jordan, are even better. Mr. Jordan explains everything with such ease that it put other authors to shame. And the graphic design and layout of the book, coupled with the use of color in just the right places and a very legible typeface, makes reading these books a joy. Yeah, that's right...a joy to read a 'how-to' book. Who would have thought?
I'd give this 6 stars if I could, just to send a signal to other 'how-to' authors and publishers that this is HOW IT'S DONE.
A fine companion for the beginner or intermediate Final Cut Pro 5 user March 4, 2007
D. Greenbaum (Lawrence, KS)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Summary: A fine companion for the beginner or intermediate Final Cut Pro 5 user.
The Book:
Final Cut Pro (FCP) is a complex swiss army knife of an edit program and can be very intimidating to a beginner. There seems to be way too many layers, windows and other sharp objects on which to cut yourself. But once you appreciate its potential, you will put imovie in your old cigar box of treasures and only bring it out to share with the grandkids.
This book guides you through the maze with agility and style. The author, Larry Jordan, is an Apple Certified Trainer who specializes in FCP and DVD Studio Pro. He is a veteran producer, director, and editor of corporate and network programs. He prides himself as a teacher and it shows in the more than 70 step-by-step Final Cut tutorials and fourteen quicktime movies. He has refined his teaching in his workshops and takes pride in presenting the information in a friendly, organized manner. Larry seems to be one of those tireless types. I'll leave it at that.
The book is part of a H.O.T. (Hands On Training) series presented by publisher lynda.com/books. The founder, Lynda Weinman, a web graphics and design veteran, wrote the very first industry book on web design, Designing Web Graphics, way back in 1995.
"The best tip in the book is that FCP gives you lots of different ways to accomplish the same task... just learn the ones that make you productive so you can forget about how the tool works and concentrate on telling your stories."
Larry Jordan
The book's chapters walk you through the entire process, from organizing and editing to outputting your project. The title page of each chapter shows a table of exercises and a summary of what you'll learn. You follow along with each exercise with the FCP project files and media located on the companion DVD-ROM. Each chapter closes with a list of helpful keyboard shortcuts and a summary of what was covered.
Throughout the book are shaded boxes and pointers identifying features that are new to FCP 5, power tips, warnings, etc. The graphic design, layout, paper texture, etc., are all very pleasing and evoke the attention to detail found in every aspect of the book.
Also on the companion DVD are the fourteen movies of Larry talking us through various aspects FCP, including capturing media, filters and multi-clip editing. Each one is about fifteen minutes and all are helpful in grasping some of the more complex features of FCP. One of the movies I especially liked was Larry's demonstration of slip/slide and ripple/roll edit features. His description helps differentiate the tools and describes when to use each.
Even though there are brief exercises on bringing files into Soundtrack Pro and LiveType, the 478 page book deals only with FCP not the other applications found in Final Cut Suite.
This book is for beginner and intermediate users of FCP. It provides a solid foundation and fills in a lot of holes if you're self-taught. It is written as if you are attending one of Larry's classes, very conversational and punctuated with his opinions and personal preferences. If you like his style, you'll like the book.
I highly recommend Final Cut Pro 5 Hands-On Training to anyone wanting to learn Final Cut Pro.
PRO: Best book I've seen for beginning FCP training. A treasure.
CON: Who has time to go through it all, plus the movies. Just have to pace yourself.
NOTE: This is written my Jim Jewell and I'm posting it
Incredible technical guide/training in FCP February 25, 2007
J. A. Gibson (NYC, NY)
Clear, precise and comprehensive. I found the exercises and tutorials well-conceived and appropriately entertaining. This text and DVD companion (tutorials) made learning a software, especially one as technically complex as FCP, a wonderful experience.
I was editing with FCP in under a week with the help of this book!
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