Users of Final Cut Express 3.5??

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JCrowe - 13 May 2008 16:36 GMT

Hi Folks,

I recently purchased FCE 3.5 because I outgrew iMovie and wanted
the older version because of the inclusion of soundtrack. I have
several questions. The user manual is OK, but not that well organized
for learning by heuristics. There is one book, Final Cut Express
3.5 Workshop, that looks interesting. Anybody have any input on
whether it is worthwhile?

I used capture now to capture longer clips from tape. As I
understand it, adding subclips is simply a matter of creating a
metadata file that points to specific areas in the media file
which is a Quicktime movie file. Anybody have experience with
this and the associated audio tracks?

Interesting learning experience alltogether. If there are
any user groups in the Austin area with any FCE SIGs, I'd
certainly like to know.

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gtr - 13 May 2008 23:03 GMT

> Hi Folks,
>
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> 3.5 Workshop, that looks interesting. Anybody have any input on
> whether it is worthwhile?

Is that the PeachPit Press book. I used their "Apple Pro Training
Series: Final Cut Express HD" and I thought it was pretty good.
Actually I've used a couple such volumes by them and find them quite
good and not inexpensive.

> I used capture now to capture longer clips from tape. As I
> understand it, adding subclips is simply a matter of creating a
> metadata file that points to specific areas in the media file
> which is a Quicktime movie file. Anybody have experience with
> this and the associated audio tracks?

My experience was quite a while ago, and I never really followed
through and learned the program.

> Interesting learning experience alltogether. If there are
> any user groups in the Austin area with any FCE SIGs, I'd
> certainly like to know.

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William A. T. Clark - 14 May 2008 21:04 GMT

> > Hi Folks,
> >
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> Actually I've used a couple such volumes by them and find them quite
> good and not inexpensive.

i used this book to learn FCE 3.5, and it is pretty good. Make sure you
download the Appendices, though, as they have a lot of useful stuff
about LiveType, etc., and some more advanced formats (like PIP).

> > I used capture now to capture longer clips from tape. As I
> > understand it, adding subclips is simply a matter of creating a
> > metadata file that points to specific areas in the media file
> > which is a Quicktime movie file. Anybody have experience with
> > this and the associated audio tracks?

If you just drop markers into the captured clips you can identify
subclips automatically. Saves a lot of time.

> My experience was quite a while ago, and I never really followed
> through and learned the program.
>
> > Interesting learning experience alltogether. If there are
> > any user groups in the Austin area with any FCE SIGs, I'd
> > certainly like to know.

The problem with FCE is that it is so sophisticated that if you don't
use it for a while, you have to begin the learning process all over
again.

William Clark

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