Final Cut Pro X 10.4 - Apple Pro Training Series: Professional Post-Production
Product ID: 90620055
The Apple-Certified Way to Learn This fully updated Apple-certified guide presents a real-world workflow from raw media to finished project to demonstrate the features of Final Cut Pro X 10.4 and the practical techniques you will use in editing projects. Using professionally acquired media, you’ll utilize the same tools and editing techniques used by editors worldwide in this revolutionary editing software. Renowned editor and master trainer Brendan Boykin starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful features. The lessons start as real world as it gets―with an empty application. After downloading the media files, you will be guided through creating a project from scratch to finished draft. The basic workflow and tools are covered in Lessons 1 through 4 where you create a rough cut. The real-world workflow continues through the remaining lessons as you take the basic project and enhance it with a dive into more robust features including the newest Final Cut Pro X 10.4 tools for 360 ° editing, precision color grading, and more. • Downloadable lesson and media files to work sequentially through exercises for hours of hands-on training. • Focused lessons teach concepts and take students step by step through professional, real-world editing scenarios to create a final project. • Chapter review questions summarize what students learn to prepare them for the Apple certification exam. • Web Edition provides full text of the book available online with revised content for significant software updates. The Apple Pro Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification program. Upon completing the course material in this guide, you can become Apple Certified by passing the certification exam at an Apple Authorized Training Center. To find an Apple Authorized Training Center near you, please visit training.apple.com.
| Dimensions | 1 x 7.4 x 8.8 inches |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn 10 | 0135171733 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0135171738 |
| Item Weight | 2.4 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Part Of Series | Apple Pro Training |
| Print Length | 560 pages |
| Publication Date | August 17, 2018 |
| Publisher | Peachpit Press |
User
It's about the relationship of FCPX capabilities, but also about how, why and when to use them.
I tried to use FCPX for a small project by googling things I knew it should do (like inserting media, creating sub-clips out of clips, etc.) and looking things up in the Apple e-book. It was like I had a steering wheel and a tool kit but didn't know what the rest of the car was. This book takes you through all of the necessary concepts in an orderly fashion of not only the software but of real-world applications and includes raw footage and audio clips to build and edit a project out of. I'm only through 1/3 of the way through the book but now I know about the whole car, rolling the windows up and down, starting and stopping the engine and driving down the street. And the radio. Changing the oil is next. I was initially hesitant about the price (compared with Apple's free e-book) but I am extremely pleased with what I'm getting for the investment. I would recommend this to anyone that wants to be comfortable using all of FCPX and not just use the steering wheel and the tool kit.
User
Love it so far!
I’m only about 20% of the way in (finishing up Chapter 3) but I love it so far. I bought the online version and I’m so glad I did that. I have the book on one monitor and FCP on another so I can easily read along and do what the book instructs me to do in FCP. I’m brand new to this program and personally, I think this book is great for beginners. You work through a project from beginning to end. And for me the best way to learn is to actually do it. Will add to my review once I’m done with the book but so far I find this money well spent.
User
Very clear and comprehensive.
Very comprehensive and excellent tutorial files and a “this is where you should be up to here” framework.
User
Increase your knowledge
I have used FCP for a number of years, and love it, as I am 92 years old, and need brain stimulation. The book has taught me to use more keyboard shortcuts, and improved my knowledge of colour correction methods. There is still lots more for me to discoverI ws very impressed at the speed at which Amazon delivered here to Australia, and the book arrived in excellent condition ( and this applies to other purchases )
User
Worth every penny and much more!
This book taught me how to use fcpx to plan and manage a project from start to finish. The media used for the project was easy to download and of excellent quality.
User
Poor graphics
I just received this book, flipped through it and immediately returned it.The graphics are unbelievably poor for a $60 book. Graphic examples such as screen shots are tiny, dark, low resolution and illegible. For a book about video images, way more attention needs to be paid to the size and quality of the graphic images.
User
Final Cut Pro X 10.4 updated to 10.5
When I first started with the book, it was going fine. But a few chapters in and the screen in the book didn't match my screen. I got stuck and couldn't go any further. :(
User
Final Cut Pro X 10.4 - Apple Pro Training Series: Professional Post-Production
A "must" for anyone wants video.
User
Great value for money for what you get
I worked my way through this book twice and found it to be very helpful, particularly on a second run-through. Given the amount that you can learn for the price that you pay, I consider it a bargain.I have seen a few reviews claiming that the book is not compatible with the 10.5 version of Final Cut. This is simply not true: everything in the manual works as it should in the latest version of Final Cut.You need to be very careful that you follow the instructions, and this requires concentration. There are a few parts of the book that I did incorrectly the first time round but only realised on a second run-through. To some extent, this is probably a genuine problem with the book and not just the end-user. At times the language is too turgid and off-putting, but thankfully this is not often the case. I also think the book could have been better edited. Some chapters are soooooooooo long - long to the extent that you start to lose your motivation despite the fact that the content is great - while other chapters are surprisingly short.Overall, I learned so much about Final Cut from this book and I'm very grateful to the author for putting together an engaging and informative manual.
User
Bon livre
Super ! J’apprends énormément avec ce livre. Bien fait et bcp de cas pratiques avec des captures d’écrans. Idéal pour apprendre et progresser.
User
Logical flow of the learning process
Step by step introduction to video editing
User
Excellent learning resource
I bought the a Kindle edition of this book to teach myself basic video editing in FCP and can honestly say that the book is excellent. It is very well laid out with clear explanations of the concepts followed by relevant exercises, working on a short video over the course of several chapters. Some of the concepts are complex but the explanations are excellent. I have only rarely found it necessary to check elsewhere (the Apple official manual) for clarity which is a great reflection on the author’ teaching ability. The book is suitable for any level of experience in video as it builds entirely from scratch and works up to a point of very decent competence in editing in FCP. I am just finishing going through the entire book for a second time so that I can feel I truly understand what I am doing with basic video Edo. The book has certainly given me a very good basis from which to move on.
User
Version anglaise
J'ai du renvoyer le livre car il était en version anglaise.
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