books

What's the best book out on final cut pro 4 these days?

depends on what you want to achieve with the software... editing, motion graphics, etc...???

A good over view of it all--I just upgraded and need a good reference book

The lafcpug store has em all and all are very different.

For a tutorial type book, choose "Apple Pro Training Series" FCP 4.5 or Tom Wolsky's book, or Larry Jordan's.

If you want a reference book, there is none better than "Final Cut Pro 5 for Mac OS X : Visual QuickPro Guide by Lisa Brenneis. Might as well get 5 cause you are bound to get version 5 sooner or later.

Click here for the books

[www.lafcpug.org]



Michael Horton
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Me, me, me, get mine, get mine.



All the best,

Tom

Now that's marketing! Get Wolskys

:-)



Michael Horton
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I have Tom's last two books and they are excellant.
BJ

Thank you.



All the best,

Tom

hey!!!
wait!!!
you can't turn your back for a minute....

pick mine!


My brand new edition, FCP 5 Visual QuickPro Guide, should be shipping next week.
Buy it from the LAFCPUG store and Mike makes micro-cents.

Lisa B

Pressure is on. Will it be the book by Tom or the book by Lisa? Tune in next week when mmarty posts back to tell us which one he picked.

If it were me I'd go with both

:-)



Michael Horton
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Get em all! - I bought FCP1 at NAB when it first came out (was about to drop serious change on an AVID system) after I left ABC News full time and set up my own production company.

I literally taught myself with Lisa and Tom's books and the outstanding tutorials here at LAFCPUG and Ken Stone's site and CreativeCow.....several thousand dollars worth of education for very few bucks.....and I no longer have any of the books (have passed them on to other FCP new comers....)...(although Lisa - looking forward to your FCP5 reference!)

By the way Larry Jordan's book - also excellent ..and an outstanding time saving tip book - Final Cut pro 4 on th espot by Richard Harrington and Abba Shapiro (local DC Area editor and instructor)

You can't go wrong with any and all of these - plus just putting in the time and reading the excellent tutorials deep within this site.

Best - Andy Field

I came up a list of good books for FCP and related programs as well as what they are good for

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Post Edited (07-16-05 21:55)

David at Movies Rock in Toronto
[www.tofcpug.com]

Not a book - but certainly a worthy addition to above books - Key guides ( also in the store).

Get a bunch and use them for festive place mats at dinner.

Ian

Ok Lisa u win. I will try your book before i get Tom's.
U guys are all great.
Thanks for all the heads up info.
Bj