[MacDV] Getting Into FCP

[Daniel Beck]

On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 12:37 PM, Lanny Cotler wrote:

> I just bought a G4 system. Very nice. Quite nice. But I'm having 
> trouble
> "getting into" FCP. I have many projects started (many hours shot), 
> but I
> can't seem to get into FCP. How do I begin?
>
> I've read three books...and I'm still stuck at the logging stage.

For getting into FCP, I'd recommend Michael Rubin's "Beginner's Final 
Cut Pro". It gets you going, ignoring all the second, third and forth 
way to do things, and focusses on getting you used to using it. Very 
hands on. From there you can learn all the other stuff from those other 
books.

Daniel