Editing Techniques With Final Cut Pro

For intermediate to advanced courses in Video, Multimedia, Filmmaking, or Digital Video that teaches Apple's Final Cut Pro. This text for intermediate to advanced students seeking practical, efficient, and artistically-themed strategies for working with Final Cut Pro and other desktop tools. Its unique approach-that of combining practical techniques with professional strategy and artistic technique-will make this book an invaluable resource for film editing and production students. From guidelines on editing techniques to suggestions for improving workflow with Final Cut Pro, Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro ventures beyond the basics and teaches the students how to edit like a pro. The second edition of this popular book by professional filmmaker and editor Michael Wohl includes an entirely new chapter on finishing and outputting video to a variety of formats for both film and the Web; a major new section on color correction, including color photo illustrations; and a comprehensive look at how to create effective sound design. A unique blend of editing theory and practice, this book opens the readers eyes and ears, making them more perceptive movie viewers and giving them the essential film vocabulary thy need to advance their work to the next level and develop their own editing style.