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This fast loading DVD ROM contains over 6 hours of sharp video with crisp digital sound. The simple-to-use interface frees you up, instantly jump to any lesson with complete control over the playback. All the lesson files are included, so you can follow along at your own pace!

Min. System requirements:
PC: 700Mhz Pentium
Windows 98, 2000, XP.
MAC: G4: OSX,
DVD Rom and Speakers
Min Resolution: 1024 x 768

YES! Works on VISTA and LEOPARD

Final Cut Studio HD Workflow

Final Cut Studio
HD Workflow
Ernie Schaeffer

4.5 Hours $99.99

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You got the hang of Final Cut. You have your workflow down. Your potential clients think you're a rockstar but...

You just crashed and you didn't save... That awesome composition from Motion doesn't look wonderful back in Final Cut... You just sent your first DVD to your client and they called back to thank you for the coaster...

Is That You?

It doesn't have to be. Final Cut Studio HD Workflow DVD teaches you from the ground up how to learn the tools to create a project, create the project within the Final Cut Studio environment, and deliver a final project that will impress the most demanding of clients.

This Final Cut Studio Workflow tutorial will enable you to create a top-notch video using the power of all the tools, which are included in Final Cut Studio. You will create a commercial for Switzerland tourism using beautiful aerial footage from start to finish: Edit in Final Cut Pro; create a music score in Soundtrack Pro; use Motion to add some great 3D graphics and titles; color grade your video in Color; enclode your video for the web and DVD in Compressor; and author the final DVD in DVD Studio Pro.

All Lesson files and footage included

About your Instructor

Ernie Schaeffer
Apple Pro Master Trainer, Ernie Schaeffer, will guide you through this Final Cut Studio Workflow Tutorial. Ernie has been involved in media production for over 15 years as both a Technical Specialist and Producer. Ernie is all4DVD’s Master Trainer and works as Editor, Colorist, Compositor, Sound Engineer and post-production Supervisor. Ernie is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

What's on the disk?

1. Final Cut Pro Project Setup
2. Creating a "Beat Track" in Soundtrack Pro
3. Making the Rough Edit in Final Cut Pro
4. Fine Tuning the Rough Cut
5. Creating a Score in Soundtrack Pro
6. Effects and Mixing the Score
7. Color Project Set-up
8. Primary Contrast Adjustments
9. Primary Color Balance
10. Secondary Adjustments
11. Working with Vignettes and Finishing
12. Basic Text Roundtrip with Final Cut Pro and Motion
13. Text Templates with Final Cut Pro and Motion
14. Finishing Final Cut Pro Sequences in Motion
15. Working with Final Cut Pro Sequences in Motion
16. DVD Menus in Motion
17. Finishing 3D Loops in Motion
18. Adding Filters and Blend Modes in Motion
19. Creating DVD Overlays in Motion
20. Exporting for DVD in Motion
21. Basic Disk Setup in DVD Studio Pro
22. Bonus Converting Pal DVD to NTSC

Review from Ken Stones Review Site

It has been some time since I have taken a look at what's new on the market of tutorial DVDs for Final Cut Pro Studio. I found this one from all4DVD and was not disappointed.

Focusing on the editors actual workflow as they go from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack and back again before round-tripping to Color, Motion and DVD Studio Pro, narrator Ernie Schaeffer sets and keeps the perfect pace and demeanor as he sets about bringing you through a Swiss Tourism project that calls for the use of all the applications of Final Cut Studio.

Final Cut Studio HD Workflow is presented as a Flash based seminar, with 22 individual chapters containing varying numbers of sub chapters.

After an initial setup in Final Cut Pro he guides you through creating a 'beat track' in Soundtrack Pro, making a rough edit back in FCP before making a quick u-turn back to Soundtrack Pro where you create the score. Along the way you are introduced to many of Soundtrack Pro's effects and mixing techniques and plenty of tips & tricks.

Color, still an Apple application that causes intimidation to many, is then the next part of the workflow and where, in my opinion, this DVD tutorial really shines. "Hey, Color's not so bad after all", may be just what you'll be saying after working through many of the frames of your rough cut with Mr. Schaeffer. He really does make it seem so easy, and the steps he guides you through all make sense because he makes sense out of them for you. In other words, you are not just following directions without the necessary comprehension as to why you are following his guidelines.

Making 'Color' an integral part of your workflow can only be beneficial.
That is, unless you screw things up. The Final Cut Studio HD Workflow disc makes sure that doesn't happen for you.

That is often a major weakness in DVD tutorial discs. Often the user simply follows the directions being given to create a project but does not really understand what they are doing. Basically, they're just following orders. Hopefully, the familiarity of the tools can be translated over to their own projects, but often it never does. The Final Cut Studio HD Workflow DVD really makes one feel at home and relaxed. You couldn't ask for better pacing as I never felt hurried to complete a task hoping I would not have to rush back to the DVD as it was continuing.

For those somewhat new to Final Cut Studio and the editing tools that Final Cut Pro offers, this disc serves to demonstrate the use of the slip, slide, roll and ripple tools in as clear a manner as I have seen. It may seem basic to those already experienced with FCP but these tools remain a mystery to the uninitiated. Ernie Schaefer does a great job explaining how they are used and when they should be used early on when creating the Swiss Tourism project you will be working on.

Very clear instructions and explanations are a highlight of this DVD.

It was suggested to me by the all4DVD representative that it was perfectly ok to play the tutorial off the disc in the Mac Pro's DVD player, which I did despite the Mac Pro's fans revving up to high gear. The image quality, as well as the audio, is excellent and the DVD can be played on either a PC or Mac. Unfortunately, because it is a Flash based tutorial, you cannot use the J, K, & L keys to speed or skim through any chapters to get to a section you may want to review, and the fast forward arrow at the bottom of the tutorial does not seem to work. The reverse arrow simply brings you back to the beginning of the chapter. If you try to take the playhead to a different location in the chapter it would reload itself or stall. I did not attempt to copy over the entire Flash tutorial to my hard drive, which might have ameliorated these small issues. I did, however, as would be expected, copy over the project media files, audio loops and clips which all looked quite nice and of high quality.

Switching between lessons by clicking back on the 'Menu' button worked like a charm.

All applications within Final Cut Studio 2 are incorporated in creating and finishing the DVDs learning project.

There are appropriate times for all learning situations. I've never cared for large seminars for a multitude of reasons. Many books are a great resource for when you are stuck on an editing issue and just need a reference for clarification. However, learning anything is a combination of different modalities, audio, visual and tactile. Probably, if we could all have our way we would chose a one on one expert to teach us. Not always having this opportunity, a DVD tutorial such as all4DVD's Final Cut Studio HD Workflow may be the next best thing. It encourages you to look at the bigger picture of all that Final Cut Studio can do for you and how properly round-tripping between Studio's applications is to your advantage. Prior to this review I wasn't aware of the all4DVD company, yet I had reviewed Adrian Ramseier's Apple Pro Training series book from Peachpit Press, 'DVD Studio Pro 4'. Having now discovered all4DVD, I look forward to seeing their other DVD tutorials. I'm certainly impressed with this one.