Christine Steele's Final Cut Pro in Professional Post
Series 3 - Graphics Workflows - iTunes/iPad Edition
In this series Christine will share her techniques for working with still images and motion graphics. Whether you are working with a in-house graphics team at a small post facility or a major network art department, you need to know how to successfully handle some of the most common types of graphics you are likely to receive

For full descriptions of what's in this series, check out the table of contents
Who is this Tutorial for?
This tutorial was designed for professionals and would-be professionals working with Final Cut Pro - editors, assistant editors, post production and visual effects supervisors, directors, producers and DPs.
Watch Series 3 - Graphics Workflow on the iPad
The iPad is revolutionizing the way people access and interact with media. Video training is therefore a natural fit for people who want their training on the go or on a separate device from their main system. Because of the limited storage capacities of the iPad, we have labored to keep the movie sizes as small as possible while maintaining our high standards of image and sound quality. And perhaps best of all, you don't need to be connected to the internet to watch our tutorials on your iPad.

We realize you may have a question or two, so we created a short FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page to answer them.
Table of Contents
Working with Photoshop Documents
- Working with Photoshop Documents
- Working with Nested Sequences
- Wireframe Viewing Modes
- Working within Safe Boundaries
- Viewing Transparency in a Graphic
- Changing the Background Viewing Modes
- How Nested Sequences Behave
- Organizing Your Graphics
- Editing Flattened PSD Files in Photoshop
- Christine's Hot Tip
- Editing Layered PSD Files in Photoshop
- Creating Backups for your Graphics
- Working with a Layered TIFF File
Making Graphics Broadcast Safe
- Making Graphics Broadcast Safe
- Using the Broadcast Safe Filter
- Luma Limiting in Photoshop
Working with After Effects Movies
- Working with After Effects
- Setting the Correct Alpha Channel Interpretation
- Setting the Alpha Interpretation in Final Cut Pro
- Creating RAM Previews
- Creating Movies from Image Sequences
Working with Stills and Graphics
- Working with Stills and Graphics
- Scaling Images in Final Cut Pro
- Viewing Stills at Native Resolution in FCP
- Using the Conform to Sequence Command
- Christine's Pre-Flight Graphic Checklist
- Animating Stills & Graphics
- Avoiding Flicker
- Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction
- Exporting Stills
Creating Better Looking Text & Graphics
- Creating Better Looking Text & Graphics
- Reasons to use the Boris Text Generator
- Improved Render Quality
- Improviing Motion Project Renders
- Rendering in High Precision YUV
- Setting the Motion Filtering Quality
System Requirements for Viewing Tutorials
- Mac Computer with 1.25 GHz or faster G5, Intel Core Duo or Intel Xeon processor
- MacOS 10.4.11 or Mac OS 10.5.5 or later
- iTunes 8 or later
- SuperDrive for backing up the iTunes lessons
- 1 GB or more of RAM
- QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
- Monitor Depth - Millions
- 1024 x 768 screen size or better
- Optional iPad - a really awesome viewing experience if you do!