DC Metro Final Cut Pros

On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

Multicamera productions (p. 119-124)

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

Acquisition Strategies for Greenscreen (p. 95-100)

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

Role of Data Tech (p. 74-76)

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

Tapeless Workflow (p. 70-73) <–Click here

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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A new colleague I met in San Francisco (Kevan, who just happens to be a two time Oscar winner) is working on this amazing new capability between NVIDIA and Adobe. Keep your eye on this one, it seems to be foretelling where the next leap in editing is heading.

GET READY FOR WHAT’S COMING! <--Click to see the video demos!
What are you waiting for? Ensure your system is ready for the Adobe® Mercury Playback Engine and the highly anticipated future release of Adobe® Premiere® Pro. With this breakthrough CUDA™-based technology, get an amazingly fluid, real-time video editing experience. Upgrade today to a required NVIDIA® Quadro® solution to get an immediate boost in performance with your Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 and be ready for what’s coming next.

• Experience real-time results when applying multiple color corrections and effects across more than three video layers – but only if the system has Quadro
• Enjoy smooth scrubbing and playback of complex projects with real-time effects
• Refine effects-rich HD and higher-resolution sequences in real-time
• Work in real-time on complex timelines and large projects with thousands of clips – whether your source is SD, HD, 2K, 4K or beyond

Enjoy being one of the first to hear about it here at DCFCPUG!

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Rodney – DCFCPUG Leader

On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results.

• How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew?
• How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots?
• Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut?
• How should you set up your edit suite for efficiency and accuracy?
• How do you manage large amounts of media and a multitude of formats for multiple software applications?

In Video Made on a Mac, you’ll learn the answers and much more. Chocked full of practical advice and step-by-step instructions, each chapter provides insight on the critical components of production and postproduction that can make all the difference when you’re up against a tight budget and schedule. The accompanying DVD supplies you with project files and high-definition footage so you can follow along with the examples, as well as 50 training videos. Whether you’re an advanced Mac user or just beginning to incorporate Adobe Creative Suite into your Final Cut Studio workflow, you’ll learn to apply best-practice techniques to all your video projects.

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In this edition of VIDEO MADE ON A MAC: Production and Postproduction using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite, the authors cover:

Budget Template (p. 28-30)
For the exercise in this chapter, click HERE for the Budget spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet version) and click HERE for Apple Numbers spreadsheet Template.

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Excerpted from Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite by Richard Harrington and Robbie Carman. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and Peachpit Press.

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