Hi Adrian, I also know what you mean Adrian. I have found Final Cut Express 4 - Visual Quickstart Guide by Lisa Brenneis & Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Express 4 very helpful. I can't remember off my head where I purchased them from or what I paid for them, I thought the sensible place for the receipt would be in my books, but I don't seem to be doing sensible anymore ;-)
<http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?home=penguin&SBN=9780321544322> Apple Pro Training Series are normally good Final Cut Express 4 <http://store.apple.com/au/product/TQ718Z/A> Some Final Cut Express 4 books here: <http://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=Final+Cut+Express+4&attribute=title&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=search> Finding the time to play around and learn FCE 4 is my biggest problem. Cheers, Ronni On 24/03/2010, at 4:12 PM, Mike Murray wrote: > > Hi Adrian > > I know exactly what you mean...FCE had me stumped when I first got it... > (many editions ago) > > The book 'Final Cut Express Editing Workshop' by Tom Wolsky got me through > the initial phase and from there on I built my knowledge through basic > experience. I think the book's still in print and relevant to the current > edition. > > It sure ain't iMovie but it's a very powerful program. > > There are also some free videos on the apple site. > > In the end, good movie-making is about the story and the flow, not the clever > effects. > > Good luck > > Mike > > > > Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester > TimeTrackers > East Fremantle > Western Australia > > Tel 08 9339 8078 > Fax 08 9339 0519 > > British and Australian genealogical and historical research, > education, publishing and film-making > > www.timetrackers.com.au > > > On 24/03/2010, at 4:04 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> >> Good afternoon all >> >> I received my copy of Aperture and Final Cut Express 4 today. I have been >> playing with Aperture 3 trial version for the last week and have a bit of a >> handle on it now which will be a bit easier now that I have a manual. I was >> surprised to see just how different Final Cut Express 4 is to what I was >> expecting, there is not a hard copy manual with it just a 1,152 page PDF >> copy. Right now the whole thing looks a bit daunting so I was wondering if >> anyone out there knows if there is a Final Cut Express 4 for idiots type >> book available for it. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Adrian >> [email protected] >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
