Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express 4--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with t... » 

Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express 4--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. You develop a working knowledge with nineteen tutorials that cover each and every essential, including: setting up your system and understanding the interface ingesting and organizing your material including drive-based and disc-based camera data slicing, dicing, and organizing clips editing to build and trim a sequence of shots adding transitions using sound to refine your edit titling with FCE and Photoshop animating images to create engaging scenes adding special effects filters compositing to enhance your projects outputting your materialThe companion DVD contains project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use. «