Intelligent Assistancehttp://www.intelligentassistance.com/FinalCutPro/

The Intelligent Assistant (DV Companion) DVD by Philip Hodgett

“...Over 540 How2s, 200,000+ words, thousands of illustrations, more than 3.25 hours of movies delivered in a unique floating interface right where you are working in Final Cut Pro.

Ask you question in a simple search and get an answer that is useful for you. Every page is hyperlinked, cross referenced and all jargon expanations are just a mouse click away.

Completely revised for Final Cut Pro 3 with new sections added for Color Correction and the Scopes. Includes dozens of creative ideas...”

REVIEW Ken Stone inspect the Intelligent Assistant DVD

TOP

GREAT visualFX for Final Cut Pro vol#1 DVD

“...18 Commercial TV FX, like "The Transporter", you can reproduce using only the features and filters supplied with Final Cut Pro. Not only will you work along with a movie for every step to reproduce these GREAT visualFX, you will also learn about: nesting, composite modes, animation, chroma key, extracting mattes and more of Final Cut Pro's advanced features. 18 complete FX, 61 movies, 80 minutes of tutorials with Projects and Media included...”

Philip Hodgett is also one of the Creative Cow FCP Forum moderators and a fellow Australian - so they must be bonzer!

TOP

dvcreatorshttp://www.dvcreators.net/products/

Secrets of Final Cut Pro Vol 1 CD ROM

“...The Secrets of Final Cut Pro Vol. 1 CD is a collection of 20 amazing Final Cut Pro techniques that will instantly add world class professional polish to your video projects.

Although this product works well for beginners, since it is hands-on and each tutorial starts from the very beginning, "Secrets" is an advanced series designed for Final Cut Pro users who have mastered Final Cut Pro editing taught in our Final Cut Pro PowerStart who want to take their skills to a whole new level and learn a bunch of very cool techniques...”

TOP

Final Cut Pro 2.0/3.0 PowerStart CD ROM

Final Cut Pro PowerStart is a 2-CD set containing two hands-on training courses from DVcreators.net.

“...Unlike other products, where you are merely watching, with PowerStart you are actually editing the material yourself, step-by-step, in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step "chunkalized" (!) learning environment so powerfully effective, we have a patent pending on it.

PowerStart contains a clear, simple beginning lesson and an advanced, sophisticated project that together cover every important aspect of editing, compositing and motion graphics with Final Cut Pro...”

See also their Final Cut Planet forum & site

TOP

Digital Film Treehttp://www.digitalfilmtree.com/

Color Correction for Final Cut Pro DVD

“...DigitalFilm Tree presents the breakthrough Color Correction for Final Cut Pro DVD learning experience. The digital video revolution has given us many innovations; now add professional color and exposure correction on the desktop. Color Correction for Final Cut Pro is a hands on DVD learning tool that takes you from general color correction theory to Final Cut Pro's Color Correction interface. Users will learn to balance, manipulate and color correct their Final Cut Pro based projects...”

REVIEW Ken Stone runs his eye over the Color Correction DVD

TOP

Final Cut Express Training DVD

“...This DVD learning guide presents a intermediate to advanced version of the "Getting Started Guide" found in every box of Final Cut Express. "Getting the most out of Final Cut Express" DVD consists of interface shots, voice over and high quality animation, expanding on the basics of Final Cut Express as well s related technologies such as DV, Firewire, storage and other issues. Topics include capture, editing, titles, effects and recording to tape. With a hands on project based approach this learning DVD includes practice media need to follow along with the tutorials...”

Keepers of the flame, DFT, were also the repository of the Eureka Plug-ins, not to mention the people who devised Walter Murch's FCP workflow. Everything is connected.

TOP

LAFCPUG Meeting DVDshttp://www.lafcpug.org/store.html

They need to sell 'em & you need to buy them - buy DVDs of the Uber Users at play...

• "More Tips and Tricks Night"
• "You Can't Fix it in Post Night"
• "lafcpug goes to Creative Cow"
• "FCP Does Film Night"
• "Taking your DV Movie to Film"
• "FCP Tip/Tricks Night"
• "All Request Night"
• "Audio Night"
• "Compositing and Effects"
• "Lets See What's in 3.0 Night"
• "From FCP to the Web"
• "FCP 3.0 at DV Expo"
• "Things that make FCP work Better"
• "It's DVD Night"
• "FCP Does Corporate Video"
• "Hard Drive Night"

See also Cafe LA

TOP

Lynda.comhttp://www.lynda.com NEWISH

The lovely Lynda has a large library of learning from Livetype to Picasa.

And, of course, this includes training for Final Cut users by such prominent luminaries as Larry Jordan.

Using a subscription model, you can join up and start chowing down immediately. Their current FCP offerings are:

Digital Video Principles 2.5 hours
Final Cut Pro Optimization and Troubleshooting 2.25 hours
Final Cut Pro 5 Essential Editing 8.25 hours
Final Cut Pro 5 Essential Effects 6 hours
Final Cut Pro 5 Beyond the Basics 8.5 hours
Final Cut Studio Integration 1.75 hours
Learning Final Cut Pro 4 8.3 hours

Or you can buy their books, DVDs and bundles from an online shop.

The site's FCP content appears to be FREE to watch. With a premium membership buying you access to the exercise files used in the tutorials.

September 24, 2006

TOP