Click title to
see cover, then click buy.com link to purchase online at large discount
on price, plus look to see if also includes free shipping.
Final Cut Pro books:
Final
Cut Pro 3 for Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide by Lisa Brenneis, Peach
Pit Press, ISBN: 032111583X, Published: APR 03, 2002, 676 pages; buy.com
Much better FCP books with superior organization for Apple Pro Training Series--used
at Apple Training Centers to prep for Apple Certification Exam--how to become
a certified Apple Pro!
Note--whereas there are newer versions of these two book available
for FCP 5.x, the adoption according to instructor Larry
Jordan when he spoke
at SFCutters 2-22-06
is far behind that of FCP 4.5x (aka FCP HD)--but that may change by the end of
2006 with the introduction of the new Intel dual-core processors for both Apple
towers and laptops aimed
at the evolving HD market = stay tuned:
Final
Cut Pro HD: Editing Professional Video
by Diana Weynand (exercise files on included DVD-ROM), Peach Pit Press, ISBN:
0-321-25613-1, Published: 6-1-04 as a 4.5 FCP update to her 4.0 FCP version
of the same book, 855 pages; buy.com
Advanced
Editing and Finishing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 4 forward by Walter
Murch (in addition to exercise files, the included DVD also features three
additional chapters); contributing writers: Andrew
Balis, Daniel Fort, Steve Martin (not the actor), Mary Plummer, Yan Shvalb,
Martin Sitter, Michael Wohl; DigiFilm
Tree press, ISBN: 0-321-19726-7, Published: 2004, 932 pages; buy.com
Most helpful FCP book I have found to date for FCP 4.x and above--Intermediate/Advanced
time-saving workflow and techniques:
Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro by SFCutters President
and co-founder Kevin Monahan, (exercises files, free custom plug-ins "not
found anywhere else"),
Peach Pit Press, ISBN: 0-321-17915-3, Published: 2004, 454 pages; buy.com
I attended Kevin's 2-day workshop which includes a copy of this book in November
2005 and highly recommend it as one of the best computer seminars I have ever
attended which gave me the most FCP help I have found. Kevin is
a dynamic and knowledgeable presenter who is beginning a 2006 national and international
tour; for updated information and
examples from the DVD, check out Kevin's web site: http://www.fcpworld.com/fcpworld/workshops.html
OS X books:
The
Mac OS X Book, Jaguar Edition , Second Edition, by Robin Williams, Peach
Pit Press, ISBN: 0321169662, Published: DEC 26, 2002; her Panther book in
this on-going series is also excellent.
808 pages; buy.com
Mac
OS X Hands-On Training with CD, by Garrick Chow, Peach Pit Press, ISBN:
0321180992, Published: APR 23, 2003, 600 pages; buy.com