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Summary: The Best of the Crop of FCP Instructional Books
Review: At first glance you might think that this book is the same as the other FCP click-step books for the manual-adverse. You'd be wrong. Tom has crafted an excellent instructional work that richly supplements, rather than reiterates, Apple's enormous, exhaustive FCP 2 manual. Certainly he has featured many pages of clear dance-step instruction throughout the book. But, more noteworthy, Tom also incorporates a great deal of contextual insight into why certain features might be useful to the reader and draws upon his professional experience to give readers insights into the professional post-production process.This book quickly became the mainstay of my FCP editing library. The only feature that would improve upon it is a spiral binding enabling it to lie flat while open!
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Summary: I Couldn't Put It Down
Review: Folks aspiring to write Final Cut Pro books are probably pretty intimidated by Apple's whopping 1400 page manual. "What's left to be said?" right? Tom Wolsky has found plenty to say and presents it with a clear, conversational style that's easy to follow. Lots of examples of how to accomplish specific effects, like the Brady Bunch opening. It takes a while to get started. I could have done without the first sections of how to get your camera to talk to your computer, for example. I would have left that to the manual since we all use different cameras and setups, etc. But once he gets going, he rolls. And I appreciate his frankness. He loves the program, obviously, but he's no Apple cheerleader and when he believes something could have/should have been better implemented, he'll tell you frankly. Book is highly recommended! Accompanying CD is very helpful!
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Summary: Not just a manual rehash!
Review: Folks aspiring to write Final Cut Pro books are probably pretty intimidated by Apple's whopping 1400 page manual. "What's left to be said?" right? Tom Wolsky has found plenty to say and presents it with a clear, conversational style that's easy to follow. Lots of examples of how to accomplish specific effects, like the Brady Bunch opening. It takes a while to get started. I could have done without the first sections of how to get your camera to talk to your computer, for example. I would have left that to the manual since we all use different cameras and setups, etc. But once he gets going, he rolls. And I appreciate his frankness. He loves the program, obviously, but he's no Apple cheerleader and when he believes something could have/should have been better implemented, he'll tell you frankly. Book is highly recommended! Accompanying CD is very helpful!
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Summary: The original workshop book for FCP!
Review: I love this book. It's a robust mix of exercises and software how-to, unique among all the FCP books I've read. I'm very glad to have it in my library.
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Summary: A precise tool, not a blunt instrument
Review: Reading many, if not most, software instruction books, is akin to being clubbed by a thousand hammers...overload, overload. They are constructed as reference books, but one has to fight through tons on incidental material to figure out how to use the program. Tom Wolsky's Final Cut Pro 2 book is, instead, a precise tool, which gets you cutting in no time. Wolsky's credits list him as an editor and a teacher, and his book make it clear he is outstanding in both regards.
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Summary: Unique coverage of FCP with candid comparisons
Review: The author is candid in his discussion about editing with Final Cut Pro. The most valuable information to me was his numerious comparisons between FCP and other editing software. For example, he points out those areas where other programs might be stronger in certain areas than FCP and specifies those programs. I read the book cover to cover and continually refer back to it as a guide and inspiratoin when editing.
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