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Whats the best FCP book for me to buy?
I am about to make the transition from Avid to FCP. I dont know anything about FCP, but its just starting to look better and better and I cant be bothered with the problematic and unstable Avid anymore.
Could anyone recommend a good book to take me through FCP? I dont want an idiots guide, more like a good guide that can take me from FCP-newbit to a fairly high standard of editing.
I will be getting FCP 4.5, and possibly FCP 5 in the near future.
Thanks a lot for your help.
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Here is a good list of book resources to get you started.
https://proapptips.com/tips/article.php?story=20050311043312241
#15 on the list is specifically for Avid Editors. The Apple Pro Training Series is very good. Depending on what kind of projects you work on many of the other books on the list would be very helpful..
Best of luck.
Tom
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I would highly recommend Diana Weynand’s book, “Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors”. It’s published by Peach Pit Press, (I think).
This is exactly what you want, using screen grabs of an AVID, and showing you the comparable feature in FCP. By the way, we used Diana to train 45 diehard AVID editors on our new FCP-X-san system. I can’t imagine having done this kind of transformation without her help.
Mark
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