If you?re ready to get serious about editing video, you?ll want Final Cut Pro, and this self-paced, Apple-authorized guide is the best place to start learning it. In Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 4, master teacher Diana Weynand delivers a comprehensive course on Apple?s high-end video editing software. Each chapter represents a complete lesson in some aspect of Final Cut Pro?with a project for you to complete, a review section to test your knowledge, and bonus exercises to reinforce the lessons.

After getting acquainted with the software?s interface, you?ll 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 4?s 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 book?s projects.