Final Cut Pro Advanced Techniques

Ripple Training is pleased to present our flagship training product - Final Cut Pro: Advanced Techniques. This advanced course on DVD-ROM has over 50 tutorials encompassing over 4 hours of instruction that will be sure to deepen your knowledge and mastery of this program. This disc also includes a comprehensive section on Final Cut Pro 5's multicam feature. This DVD is now shipping!

Note: For those of you who already own this disc, the multicam tutorial can purchased as a stand-alone download. Click here to purchase

Final Cut Pro Advanced Techniques is the flagship DVD-ROM from Ripple Training. This self-paced DVD dives headlong into topics such as advanced trimming techniques, power logging, media management, audio finishing, working with 24p and many other techniques you can instantly apply to your next project.

About the Instructor

Steve Martin trains Apple-certified instructors for Apple computer and has been using and teaching Final Cut Pro since 1999. He is known around the world for his easy-going, straight forward, teaching style. He is also the "voice" of the QuickTour demo movies on Final Cut Studio currently showing on Apple's web site.

What's on this DVD-ROM?

There are 9 chapters on the disc. Each chapter can be viewed as a stand-alone module. Like non-linear editing itself, you don't need to start from the beginning; just jump to the chapter that interests you and begin watching. All the project files and media are included on the disc in case you want to follow along in your own copy of Final Cut Pro.

Click here to view demo of interface.

Final Cut Pro: Advanced Techniques Table of Contents

Multicam Editing -NEW!

Anatomy of a Multicam Shoot
Log and Capture Multicam Footage
Creating Multiclips
Working with Multiclips
Using Playhead Sync
Multicam Editing

Power Logging - 6 tutorials on how to quickly get your footage online

Power logging
Capture first, log later
Logging with extended markers
Recapturing clips with no audio
Converting a telecine log to a batch list
Creating a batch using Excel

Cutting for Dialogue - 8 tutorials on how to edit a dialogue scene

Dividing the Master Shot
Rough Cutting with Replace Edit
Improving Dialogue Pacing
Creative Split Edits
Extend Edits
Creative Cutaways
Dialogue Checker boarding
Trimming Multiple Tracks

Timeline Time savers - 6 tutorials on how to make trimming in the timeline more efficient

Segment Trimming
Range Selection Trims
Keyboard Trimming
Duration Shortcuts
Cutting to Music
Transition Tips

Sequence Secrets - 5 tutorials on becoming the master and commander of your sequences

Swap Edits
Copy, Cut & Paste
Duplicating Sequences
Nesting Sequences
Editing Between Sequences

Cutting for Action - 7 tutorials on how to cut an action scene

Replace Edits
Viewer Trimming
Using the Trim Edit Window
Dynamic Trimming
Editing on the Fly
Setting Trim Preferences
Trimming Under Transitions

Audio Tips & Tricks - 5 tutorials on getting the most from your audio tracks

Quick Sample Rate Conversions
Normalizing Audio
Match Frame and Replace
Syncing & Linking
Output Your Mix

Working in 24p and 16:9 - 8 tutorials on 24p workflow

24P workflow
The Telecine Process
Understanding Standard Pulldown
Understanding Advanced Pulldown
Removing Standard Pulldown
Removing Advanced Pulldown
Working in 16:9
Outputting 24p to DVD

Media Management - 5 tutorials on practical media management

Media Managing Subclips
Media Managing Unused Clips
Trimming Sequence Media
Offline to Online
Copying a Project

Finishing - 7 tutorials on finishing your project for broadcast delivery

Keeping Whites Broadcast Safe
Avoiding Audio Distortion
Adjusting Output Levels
Adding Bars, Tone & Slate
Calibrating Timecode
Creating a Timecode Window Burn
Editing to Tape

System Requirements

MAC G4 800 or better
MacOS X
8x or faster DVD ROM drive
256 megabytes or more of RAM
QuickTime 6.0 or above
Monitor Depth - Millions
1024 x 768 screen size or better

Why DVD-ROM not DVD-Video?

We deliberately chose NOT to deliver this training product using DVD video. There are a few reasons for this. The first is quality. DVD-Video is primarily an NTSC medium and as such, requires us to use scan converters and other analog trappings that result in a smaller frame size and a picture quality that looks noticeably soft when played on a computer.

Second, with processor speeds now at super computing levels, software for capturing full motion (30fps) screen activity is now a reality. If you watch our tutorials, you will see crisp 800x 600 movies delivered at full frame rates.

Third, programs like Macromedia Flash and Director (we chose Director to author our disc) are the industry standard for delivering interactive content for playback on computers.