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DVcreators.net has been known as the world leader in Final Cut training since the day Final Cut Pro 1.0 was released.We were the training company Apple chose to help launch Final Cut Pro with training on disc, in workshops in over 60 cities and all major trade shows. We have taught alongside Randy Ubillos, the creator of Final Cut Pro (and talked him into adding some cool features to the application!). We’ve helped hundreds of thousands of FCP editors further their Final Cut Pro knowledge. Most of the people currently writing books and teaching Final Cut Pro are our former students!

Since the release of Final Cut Express, people have been asking for an Express-specific training course. Finally… here it is!

Final Cut Express Foundations, created in Final Cut Express 3.5, the latest version of the software, is the quintessential Final Cut Express editing course, guiding users through every step of the essential editing process from organizing projects through capture, basic editing and fine-tuning to exporting the final project for delivery in the highest possible quality. Complete with student project files, Final Cut Express Foundations is the only chunkalized™ Final Cut Express training in the world!

During the course, you’ll build “Mr. Right”, a short comedic tale of revenge and intrigue that steps you through editing a real world project incorporating many editing techniques and challenges that may arise in any project.

See for yourself! Check out the following demo movies from Final Cut Pro Foundations:

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Final Cut Express Foundations excerpt 3
Final Cut Express Foundations excerpt 4

(the links above are simply Quicktime movie excerpts, and are NOT presented in our Chunkalized™ learning environment. They are provided just to give you a glimpse of the product quality and content, but won’t give you a feel for the actual learning experience. But they are neat, eh?)

Click here to ask a question about this course or Final Cut Express.

NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH DVcreatorsUniversity!

DVcreators.net has been known as the world leader in Final Cut Pro training since the day Final Cut Pro 1.0 was released.

We were the training company Apple chose to help launch Final Cut Pro with training on disc, in workshops in over 60 cities and all major trade shows. We have taught alongside Randy Ubillos, the creator of Final Cut Pro (and talked him into adding some cool features to the application!). We’ve helped hundreds of thousands of FCP editors further their Final Cut Pro knowledge. Most of the people currently writing books and teaching Final Cut Pro are our former students!

Final Cut Pro Foundations is the quintessential Final Cut Pro editing course, guiding users through every step of the essential editing process from organizing projects through capture, basic editing and fine-tuning to exporting the final project for delivery in the highest possible quality. Complete with student project files, Final Cut Pro Foundations is the only chunkalized Final Cut Pro training in the world!

During the course, you’ll edit together “Mr. Right”, a short comedic tale of revenge and intrigue that steps users through editing a real world project incorporating many editing techniques and challenges that may arise in any project.

Check out the following demo movies from Final Cut Pro Foundations:

Final Cut Pro Foundations excerpt 1

Final Cut Pro Foundations excerpt 2

Final Cut Pro Foundations excerpt 3

Final Cut Pro Foundations excerpt 4

(the links above are simply Quicktime movie excerpts, and are NOT presented in our Chunkalized™ learning environment. They are provided just to give you a glimpse of the product quality and content, but won’t give you a feel for the actual learning experience. But they are neat, eh?)

What will I learn in this course?

Final Cut Pro Foundations is focused on the goal of helping you perfect the fundamental set of tools, techniques and operations that make up 90% of the editing process of any project, from a corporate training video to an Academy-award-winning film.You’ll learn the easiest way to perform essential editing operations as well as a constant stream of precious and valuable secrets, tips, tricks, timesavers and techniques that will greatly improve the quality of your future projects and your editing experience.When you finish this course, you will know:
• the best way to set up your editing system
• how to organize your project for a fast and efficient workflow
• the most important keyboard shortcuts and timesaving tips• the fastest way to capture your video• using matched action edits to create a seamless edit
• how to fine-tune the timing and flow of your edit with the ripple tool
• the right way to use Final Cut’s title tool
• setting up real time extreme to avoid redlining and rendering while editing• how to avoid out of sync video and audio
• finding audio peaks and an awesome secret for getting location sound without distortion• how to export Quicktime movies with pristine quality for DVD or the web- the quality difference will knock your socks off!
• what to do after your project’s finished to free up space on your drives yet still be ready to re-edit if needed

How is the course presented?

We believe that in order to master any software, you must do, not just watch. Final Cut Pro Foundations is taught in our unique, innovative chunkalized™ learning environment, where you will actually build the tutorial project yourself in Final Cut Pro, with the help of your virtual instructor. Each technique and process is presented as a series of clear, easy-to-understand steps.

Why is this course far superior to the plethora of other training books and discs?

Instead of covering tools and concepts in an artificial order dictated by the software, the knowledge in Final Cut Pro Foundations is presented in the context of completing a real world project. So, when working on your own projects, you’ll immediately be able to put what you’ve learned to work.

What if the course goes too fast or too slow?

In our chunkalized™ learning environment, you must verify that you comprehend and have completed each step in the process before your virtual instructor moves on. You learn at your own pace. Quickly move through sections you understand, have your virtual instructor repeat steps or sections, take “lab time” and experiment whenever you wish because you are the only student in this class. You have total control. If the course goes too slowly, you can play several chunks before switching into Final Cut Pro.

What if I have a question?

No one should learn alone. We have included an ”Ask a Question” button that posts your question on our forums for thousands of other Final Cut Pro users to answer. You are always welcome to join us to ask questions, offer advice, and share tips with other students and your instructor.

Should I buy Final Cut Pro Foundations if I’ve been editing in Final Cut Pro for years?

The course is mostly designed for new users, with material that will be familiar to anyone who has editing with Final Cut Pro for a while. However, any editor who has not yet attained the mastery of Final Cut Pro they desire will find going through the whole course from the beginning solidifies and improves their understanding of Final Cut Pro and the editing process in general.

We do guarantee that in the constant stream of cool tips, shortcuts and secrets, you’ll learn at least a few new tricks that will help you in every project you edit.

And, there are some sections, for example, on exporting, or media mangement, that could be worth the price of this course all by themselves even for very experienced editors. For example, if you only learned how to make your exported files look 1000% better than they do now, is that worth $59?

Course Outline

Introduction • Foundations • Editing Workflow • Video Formats • Digital Non-Linear Editing Process • System Set-up • Folder Organization • Interface Orientation • Browser • Viewer • Timeline • Canvas • Preferences • Easy Setup • Audio/Video Settings • System Settings • Capture from Tape • Log & Capture • Audio Capture • Interface and Tape Control • Capturing on the Fly • Rough Cut • Viewing and Trimming • Building Your Edit • Matched Action Edit • Insert Edit • Ripple Tool • Post-Production Visuals • Title • Superimpose Edit • Title Safe • Real-Time Extreme • Transitions • Audio • Track Forward Tool • Exporting • Printing to Video • Post Post-Production • Media Manager

Final Cut Pro Foundations course

For new users to intermediate editors

Requirements: recent model computer with Mac OS X, 1024 X 768 or larger monitor

Availability: Download NOW!

Price: $59.95

Click here to ask a question about this course or Final Cut Pro.

Michael Wohl’s Motion PowerStart is a comprehensive training course for Motion containing three clear, fun, and practical hands-on tutorials plus a section on integrating Motion with other Apple programs. It was written by Michael Wohl, a member of the official Motion documentation team, along with Josh Mellicker of DVcreators.net.

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(We are working on an update to this product that will fully address the new features in Motion 3. This version of Motion PowerStart is 100% applicable to Motion 3, and still the world’s best way to learn Motion, but it does not cover the Replicator or 3D layers.)

Everyone knows that we learn best, and retain the most of what we’re taught, when we learn in the context of actually creating real-world projects. We also learn best when we’re having fun, and those two concepts form the basis for the style of training contained on this unique DVD-ROM. In three practical lessons you’ll learn how to master all the major features of Motion, learning in an incremental, intuitive way.

Starting with a simple project creating a TV bumper, you’ll get your feet wet gently and before you know it, you will be swimming confidently, with a solid understanding of the Motion workflow. From there, lesson two takes you deeper into the Motion aquarium. You’ll be using Motion’s powerful and unique tools such as Behaviors, Particle Systems, and Keyframing.

Finally, in lesson three you go out into open water, divemaster Mike at your side, and you’ll build a beautiful DVD menu, utilizing the skills learned in the earlier lessons, but now taking advantage of some of Motion’s most powerful features, including the Keyframe Editor, Parameter Behaviors, Masks and Custom Text Sequence Effects.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and the confidence to create your own incredible title sequences, DVD menus, animated logos, and other motion graphics projects and best of all, you’ll have fun doing it!

Most importantly, though, you’ll learn by doing; by facing and overcoming the creative obstacles you will likely encounter in your own work, and understanding why the software works like it does, rather than just memorizing how it works. You’re not just going to learn how to use Motion, we predict you’re going to become addicted to it’s surprisingly fun interface. And all the while you’ll also be learning the good habits and common techniques of motion graphics professionals.

Michael Wohl’s Motion PowerStart is presented in the DVcreators.net next-generation “chunkalized” learning environment, light-years beyond any other teaching method. Unlike books and other DVDs, in Michael Wohl’s Motion PowerStart you will actually build real-world projects yourself, hands-on, step-by-step, with your virtual instructor explaining each concept, tool, and technique clearly and concisely as you go.

Michael Wohl’s Motion PowerStart is the world’s best learning experience for mastering Motion’s unique and sophisticated motion graphics creation environment, whether you are a professional motion graphics artist, editor or new to the field.

Michael Wohl is an award-winning filmmaker, author of “Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro” and the Apple Pro Training series Advanced Final Cut Pro manual. Michael has a unique level of experience with Motion, having worked with the Apple Motion development team since December of 2003 writing the official Apple documentation. For five years he served as one of the principal designers of Final Cut Pro and is now considered one of the world’s leading experts on digital filmmaking.

Motion PowerStart course on DVD-ROM
For new users to professional motion graphics artists
Requirements: Mac OS X, QT 6+, 1280 X 854 monitor, DVD drive
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Chunkalized™ learning.

In our innovative, patent pending “chunkalized” step-by-step learning environment, each section is presented as a series of clear, easy-to-understand “learning chunks”. You must verify that you comprehend and have completed each step and action in the process before your virtual instructor moves on.

Hands-on training.

To master any software, you must do, not just watch. PowerStart is the best kind of hands-on training there is- guided by expert instructors, you build the tutorial projects yourself. There are always opportunities to take time and experiment so you are actually comprehending each tool and each action you’re executing.

“In-context” learning.

Unlike other products that cover tools and concepts in a jumbled, unrelated order, each and every concept and action presented on this DVD is in the context of completing a real world task. So, when working on your own projects, you’ll immediately be able to put what you’ve learned to work.

Self-paced.

Learn at your own pace. Quickly move through sections you understand, make your virtual instructor go over difficult concepts as many times as you need without worrying about other students or the time limits of a class. You have total control.

High Quality.

We use proprietary production methods to deliver crisp, sharp, high quality visuals to your computer screen, unlike fuzzy, headache-causing DVD video discs and VHS tapes. The movies on Motion PowerStart are huge, so you get the whole picture.

No one learns alone.

No one should have to learn alone. Our “Ask a Question” button will allow you to post your question on our Motion forum for thousands of others, including our own industry-leading instructors, to answer. You can ask questions, offer advice, and share tips in a collaborative, organized online environment on the very topic that you are currently learning.

Created by the top experts.

The Motion PowerStart course was created by Michael Wohl and DVcreators.net, the world leader in desktop movie training. We have more experience in Apple digital media software training than anyone else on Earth!

Click here to ask a question about this disc or Motion.