Final Cut Pro 4 and the Art of Filmmaking -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Is This Book About? -- How Is This Book Organized? -- Who Is This Book For? -- What Tools Do You Need for This Book? -- Installing Final Cut Pro -- Part I: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: Up Your Workstation -- Overview -- Hooking Up to a DV Deck or Camera -- Hooking Up to a Media Converter Box -- Installing an Analog-to-Digital Capture Card -- Chapter 2: Getting to Know Final Cut Pro -- Overview -- Running Final Cut Pro for the First Time -- Setting Your User Preferences -- The Browser -- The Viewer -- The Timeline -- The Canvas -- Customizing with the Keyboard Layout and Button List -- Using the Tools and the Audio Meter -- The Tool Bench and QuickView -- Chapter 3: Creating Your Footage -- Overview -- Keeping a Camera Log -- Shooting Video for Efficient Editing -- Recording Audio on a Shoot -- Chapter 4: Logging Your Footage -- Overview -- Getting to Know the Log and Capture Window -- Using the Logging Tab -- Using Markers with Log and Capture -- Adjusting Your Clip Settings -- Setting In and Out Points -- Logging Your Clip for Batch Capture -- Creating and Importing Batch Capture Lists -- Chapter 5: Capturing and Importing Your Footage -- Overview -- Creating Your Capture Settings -- Adjusting Your Capture Settings -- Capture Now: Capturing Clips on the Fly -- Capture Clip: Capturing One Clip -- Batch Capture: Capturing Multiple Clips -- Using OfflineRT -- Using DV Start/Stop Detection -- Importing Existing Media Files -- A Quick Guide to Logging and Capturing -- Part II Editing Your Movie -- Chapter 6: Your Edit -- Overview -- Creating a New Sequence -- Working with Clips -- Adding Blank Tracks in the Timeline -- Deleting Blank Tracks in the Timeline -- Editing Clips into the Timeline -- Editing Clips into the Timeline through the Canvas.

Tightening Your Cut with Ripple Delete, Lift Delete, and Close Gap -- Chapter 7: Tools of Editing -- Overview -- Linking Audio and Video Clips -- Working with Stereo Pairs -- Creating Subclips -- Chapter 8: Smart Edits -- Overview -- Trimming with the Mouse -- Using the Razor Blade -- Making Roll Edits -- Making Ripple Edits -- Making Slip Edits -- Making Slide Edits -- Editing for Speed: Slow Motion, Fast Motion, and Reverse -- Part III: Adding Effects -- Chapter 9: Working with Effects: Real-Time and Rendering -- Overview -- Adding an Effect to a Clip -- Rendering Clips -- Saving Your Favorite Effects -- Chapter 10: Transitions -- Overview -- Adding Transitions -- Changing a Transition's Duration -- Working with Transitions -- Adding Audio Transitions -- Chapter 11: Filters for Color Correcting -- Overview -- Adding a Filter -- Adjusting Brightness and Contrast -- Color Manipulation with Image Control Filters -- Color Correcting Poor Footage -- Color Adjustments with Gamma Levels and Proc Amp -- Chapter 12: the Image with Filters -- Overview -- Blurring the Image -- Distorting the Image -- Changing the Perspective -- Adding a Border -- Creating a Negative Image Using Invert -- Stylizing Your Clip -- Chapter 13: Compositing Images -- Overview -- Changing the Opacity of a Clip -- Working with Composite Modes -- Changing Alpha Channel Properties -- Keying Out Luminosity -- Keying Out Color -- Keying Out Difference -- Chapter 14: Motion Controls -- Overview -- Changing Size and Orientation -- Cropping the Image -- Distorting the Image -- Adding a Drop Shadow -- Using Motion Blur -- Chapter 15: Temporal Changes with Keyframes -- Overview -- Using Keyframes with Effects -- Using Keyframes with Motion Controls -- Using Keyframes to Create Motion Paths -- Editing and Smoothing a Motion Path -- Setting Variable Speeds in a Clip -- Part IV: Finishing Touches.

Chapter 16: Fine-Tuning Your Audio -- Overview -- Adjusting Audio Levels and Spread -- Using Keyframes with Audio -- Using Split Edit Points -- Importing Audio -- The Audio Effects Folder -- Adding a Voice-over -- Chapter 17: Adding Titles -- Overview -- Adding Static Titles -- Adding Moving Titles -- Creating a Colored Backdrop -- Importing a Title Card -- Advanced Titles -- Chapter 18: Putting It All Together -- Overview -- The Juxtaposition of Shots -- Laying Down the Edits -- Adding Transitions -- Adding Titles, Effects, and Filters -- Adding the Musical Score -- Saving the Finished Product -- Part V: After the Editing Is Done -- Chapter 19: Managing Your Media -- Overview -- Deleting Unused Material -- Archiving Your Project -- Reconnecting Media -- Recapturing OfflineRT Footage to Restore Online Quality -- Chapter 20: Printing to Video -- Overview -- Preparing to Record -- Recording Directly from the Timeline -- Using Print to Video -- Chapter 21: Outputting Video for CDs, DVDs, and the Web -- Overview -- Exporting as a Final Cut QuickTime Movie -- Exporting to Different Movie Formats -- Using Apple Compressor to Create Smaller Files -- Creating a CD or DVD Data Disc -- Creating a Video Web Page -- Glossary of Terms -- Index -- Bonus Chapter: Editing 24fps Footage in Final Cut Pro -- Overview -- Editing 24p SD Footage -- Offline and Online with 24p HD -- EDL Conversion Possibilities.