Completely revised for Final Cut Pro 7 and featuring new footage from TNT's hit show Leverage and the international music creation event Playing For Change: Peace Through Music, this best-selling, Apple-certified guide provides a strong foundation in all aspects of video editing. Renowned author Diana Weynand starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro's powerful advanced features. Each chapter presents a complete lesson in an aspect of video editing and finishing, using professional broadcast footage. After marking and editing clips to create a rough cut, you'll learn how to trim and refine the cut before moving on to complex tasks such as adding titles, creating transitions and motion effects, applying filters, and working with multi-format and multi-camera footage. The book covers Final Cut Pro's exciting new features, including iChat Theater support, the redesigned speed tools, and sharing projects on a Blu-ray disc.

Getting Started Creating a Rough Cut Lesson 1 Editing in Final Cut Pro Lesson 2 Building the Rough Cut Lesson 3 Finishing the Rough Cut Refining the Rough Cut Lesson 4 Trimming Clip Duration Lesson 5 Refining Edit Points Lesson 6 Refining the Editing Process Customizing and Capturing Lesson 7 Customizing Final Cut Pro Lesson 8 Capturing and Transferring Footage Completing the Cut Lesson 9 Applying Transitions Lesson 10 Mixing Audio Tracks Lesson 11 Creating Titles Adding Effects and Finishing Lesson 12 Changing Motion Properties Lesson 13 Applying Filters Lesson 14 Finishing and Outputting Glossary Index