Book provides step-by-step, hands-on instruction for everything Final Cut Proincluding features new to version 3.0 such as real-time color correction and effects, and video signal analysis.

Companion DVD includes lessons and project files used in the book. For people who are serious about editing video, Final Cut Pro is the only software that matters, and this Apple-authorized guide is the best place to start learning it. In Apple Pro Training Series- Final Cut Pro, master teacher Diana Weynand delivers a comprehensive course on Apples high-end video editing software. Each chapter in this hands-on guide represents a complete lessonwith a project to complete, a review section, and bonus exercises to reinforce the lessons. After getting acquainted with the softwares interface, readers dive into chapters on marking and editing, inserting and adjusting edits, working with clips on the timeline, and more before moving on to advanced topics like creating transitions and motion effects, and filter and rendering options. All of Final Cut Pro 3s powerful new features are covered, including real-time color correction and effects, video signal analysis, and improved previews. The accompanying DVD includes all of the lesson files and materials needed to complete the books projects.