Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users: Making the Creative Leap (Paperback)

Updates and addendum for the new version of FCPX (10.0.3) are available on the companion website, fcpxbook.com. Are you an iMovie or Final Cut Express user ready to make the jump to Final Cut Pro? If so, look no further.

Take your movies to the next level with this easy-to-follow, hand-on guide from one of the preeminent Apple trainers in the world today. Author Tom Wolsky starts with the basics of Final Cut Pro X, allowing you to easily make the leap from Final Cut Express or iMovie, then gradually introduces you to more complex techniques with step-by-step tutorials. Tom specifically shows you how certain techniques and concepts you utilized in iMovie and Final Cut Express translate to Final Cut Pro. More than a button-pushing manual, this editing workshop gives your firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing with Final Cut Pro. It includes in-depth information on the application's features, interface elements, and tools. You will develop a working knowledge of the principles and methods taught in film schools with tutorials that covers the essentials:

. Nuances of system set-up to ensure smooth operation

. Getting your tape-based and file-based AVCHD and DSLR media into Final Cut Pro and getting it organized

. Editing to build and trim a sequence of shots . Working with audio, split edits, back-timing and level control

. Adding transitions . Final Cut Pro titling tools . Color correction, image animation, and special effects

. Compositing to enhance your projects

. Outputting your material

* Accessible and easy to follow transition guide from one of the top Apple trainers in the world provides a smooth, pain-free transition for Final Cut Express and iMovie making the jump to Final Cut Pro X * Step-by-step tutorials provide you with practical, hands-on experience as you get up to speed * FCPXbook.com, the book's companion site, has project files for you to practice with and will provide updates as the software evolves

新版本的FCPX（10.0.3）的更新和附錄可以在配套網站fcpxbook.com上找到。你是一位iMovie或Final Cut Express的使用者，準備轉向Final Cut Pro嗎？如果是的話，不用再找了。

從今天世界上最優秀的蘋果培訓師之一手中，帶著這本易於理解的實踐指南，將你的電影提升到更高的水平。作者Tom Wolsky從Final Cut Pro X的基礎開始，讓你輕鬆從Final Cut Express或iMovie轉向，然後逐步引導你進入更複雜的技巧，並提供逐步教程。Tom特別向你展示了在iMovie和Final Cut Express中使用的某些技巧和概念如何轉化為Final Cut Pro。這本剪輯工作坊不僅僅是一本按鈕操作手冊，還讓你親身體驗使用Final Cut Pro進行剪輯的藝術和技巧。它包含了關於應用程序功能、界面元素和工具的深入信息。通過教程，你將對電影學院教授的原則和方法有所了解，並涵蓋了以下基本內容：

- 系統設置的細微差別，以確保順暢運行
- 將基於磁帶和基於文件的AVCHD和DSLR媒體導入Final Cut Pro並進行組織
- 編輯以構建和修剪一個鏡頭序列
- 處理音頻、分割編輯、倒計時和音量控制
- 添加轉場效果
- Final Cut Pro的標題工具
- 調色、圖像動畫和特殊效果
- 合成以增強你的項目
- 輸出你的素材

* 這本世界頂尖蘋果培訓師的易於理解的過渡指南，為Final Cut Express和iMovie轉向Final Cut Pro X提供了順暢、無痛的過渡
* 逐步教程為你提供實際的、實踐經驗，讓你快速上手
* 本書的配套網站FCPXbook.com提供了項目文件供你練習，並將根據軟件的演進提供更新