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  • Tom Meegan

    October 31, 2008 at 12:35 am

    1. Buy this book and plan on spending about four 8 hour days with it:

    https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Pro-Training-Final-Cut/dp/0321502655

    I was an Avid editor who tried to wing it with FCP. This was in 2001. I knew enough to be dangerous – to myself! Do yourself a favor and block out some time to learn FCP and unlearn Avid.

    2. Plan on learning to take responsibility for your media organization. This is a major difference between FCP and Avid.

    The best way to learn about that is this DVD:

    https://store.creativecow.net/p/63/getting_organized_in_final_cut_pro

    3. Have a good handle on what your deliverables (DVD, flash, h264, beta sp, digibeta, D5, etc) will be and make sure you understand what peripheral equipment or software you will need to meet your obligations.

    The best way to learn that is to search and lurk in the Cow FCP Forum.

    Good luck.

    Best,

    Tom Meegan
    Woven Pixels, LLC

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