Tutorial?

[Rafael Amador]

I think that the book of Kevin can help to somebody who comes from AVID.
Is not a book for somebody who wants to start learning from scratches.
The book is absolutely up-date. The way to manage FC haven’t changed since the first version (I guess, I catch up in FC 2.5).
Since 2004 FC have improved some tools and add new capabilities to work with new formats, hardware etc, but he way of working with FC hanen’t changed at all.
Cheers,
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Chris Poisson]

Third vote for Kevin’s book. It is not, as mentioned “version specific,” and as such is really a wide-angle view of the program, the big picture. I bought it when it first came out, and still refer to it often.

Another great book is the Quick Start Guide, by Lisa Brenneis.

Ripple Training has some great free tuts, and some great DVDs.

Have a wonderful day.

[Elijah Lynn]

Thanks for chiming in Kevin. I will get your course after I finish my current ones. I also just ordered the course catalog from Video Symphony in CA. Is there a similar school out here in New York that is highly recommended? I wouldn’t mind taking some night classes for some real life classes in NY.

So far I have ordered the following:

Steve Martin/Ripple Training: DVD Studio Pro
Steve MartinRipple Training: Final Cut Pro: Getting Started,
Shane Ross/Creative Cow: – FCP Getting Organized
Barry Green: Sound for film and television
Doug Jensen: How to setup, light and shoot great looking interviews

I watched Shane’s video last night and I am definitely gonna have to watch that one more than once, I really liked it too, it was interesting how he had no quams about duplicating media files just so organization would be easier. It was something I had always had a conflict with and was thinking of using a tagging system instead but am now considering following in suit of Shane.

I also finished Steve Martin’s DVD Studio Pro and produced a DVD already but would like to learn more advanced techniques from Noah’s course, DVD Studio Pro: Special Edition.

Anyways, thanks for explaining that your course is effective for all versions as I will definitely be purchasing it too!