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Featuring your subject is a very important element of shot composition. This means that, just like a sentence, every shot should have a clear subject.

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One big difference between video and film is that some film cameras can be cranked up to much higher than 24 frames per second, capturing full frames 75 or 100 times per second, making for perfect, silky-smooth slo-mo. The only way to approach this effect in video is to interpolate pixels between frames. (Most programs [...]

Final Cut has several file types, stored in different places: 1. First, there’s your Project file. This is the most important file- and in fact, if all the media in your project came from DV tapes or built-in elements like titles or color mattes, this is the only file you actually need to move to [...]

For footage shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio, you can achieve the letterbox look by taking advantage of Final Cut Pro’s built in filters. Providing you shot the footage with this in mind, you won’t be masking out anything important such as the top of a persons head or other important elements. If you don’t [...]

The red line at the top of the timeline indicates that the clip must be rendered before it will play back. This could result from many things, such as having many intensive filters applied to the clip and being in “Safe” RT Mode. But for novices, nine times out of ten, the reason the clip [...]

One good option is dubbing your analog footage to a DV or HDV tape with the analog inputs of your camcorder. That way, your footage has been digitized and timecoded, and is ready to capture via FireWire into your system as if it had been shot on digital. If you have Hi-8 footage, there are [...]

When you finish a project, save: Your latest Final Cut project file, any Motion, Soundtrack, or LiveType project files Any media you created in other software, e.g., Photoshop graphics, 3D animations, music, etc. This should easily fit on a CD-R or DVD-R. It often makes sense to print your project to tape for an easy [...]

Some key differences between Pro and Express: Express is DV and HDV only (NTSC and PAL frame rates only, no 24fps support). Pro supports 3rd party capture cards. Pro supports tape logging and capture later, in Final Cut Express you must capture as you go, however, FCE 3 and above has "Recapture Project" which enables [...]

To use still images in a Final Cut timeline, use one of the following formats: TIFF PICT (uncompressed) PNG .PSD RGB (NOT CMYK) For 100% size, use 72 dpi. 24 bit color (or 32 with Alpha channel) looks the best. Save your original Photoshop or Fireworks file, then “Merge Down” (to rasterize layer effects like [...]

If you are on Mac OS X, the best answer is to download the trial of DV Kitchen and read the manual. Also watch the movies on these pages: http://www.dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen/ http://dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen/features/samplelab http://dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen/features/timefreezer http://dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen/features/bitrate-budget-calculator   Download the free trial of DV Kitchen here.   Ask a question about web video here: http://www.dvcreators.net/discuss/n…o=newthread&f=8

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Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro (book) from Peachpit Press No wonder Apple’s Final Cut Pro is such a hit with desktop filmmakers: It combines powerful video-editing and special-effects software with an affordable price tag. If you have the software, learn to use it like a pro. Film editors, production professionals, and students alike will [...]