ABSTRACT

Digital editing gives editors far greater freedom than ever before to move scenes of information around and place them anywhere in a film's sequence. Apple's Final Cut Pro is the most widely used Mac-based digital editor, and is especially popular with independent filmmakers and graphic artists. Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials enables readers to master the craft of digital editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. This full-color editing workshop features eight tutorials that provide firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. Covering the essentials - capturing material, organizing it, editing, adding transitions, basic titling and sound techniques, and outputting from the application - the tutorials are explained in jargon-free language by a seasoned teacher and digital editor. This book includes downloadable resources filled with graphic files for the tutorial projects to help users hone their editing craft.

Companion files are available at https://www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/wolsky-9781578202867/.

chapter 1|29 pages

Capturing Your Material

chapter 2|34 pages

Cutting Up Those Shots

chapter 3|32 pages

Building Your Sequence

chapter 4|26 pages

Using Sound

chapter 5|25 pages

Adding Transitions

chapter 6|35 pages

Adding Titles

chapter 7|35 pages

Editing Forms

chapter 8|22 pages

Outputting from Final Cut Pro