In Final Cut Pro 6 Essential Effects, Apple Certified Trainer Larry Jordan examines the other half of Final Cut Pro: effects. Building on a foundation created in Final Cut Pro 6 Essential Editing, this training looks at how to use Final Cut to create a wide variety of professional-grade effects. Larry teaches all the fundamentals, including how to change clip speed, experiment with composite modes, use motion effects in sophisticated way, and work with keyframes and filter effects. Watch as Larry demonstrates each effect and explains how and when to use it for best results. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Duration: 9.25 hours

Topics covered:

• Creating text
• Travel mattes
• Importing and getting still images to move
• Using video generators
• Changing clip speed
• Motion effects
• Picture-in-picture effects
• Keyframes and Bezier curves
• Rendering
• Filter effects
• Smoothcam and Chroma-keying
• Nesting
• Composite modes
• Integrating with other FCS applications

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