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Final Cut Express for Dummies

Helmut Kobler

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Moving Up to FCE, the Dummies way! 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you're the typical Mac enthusiast, you've dabbled in all the i-Apps, including iMovie. If you're like me, you've outgrown iMovie for many of your video projects. If you're also like me, you haven't got the kind of cash to splurge on Final Cut Pro, which costs as much as one arm, one leg, and some spare skin from the other leg. Final Cut Express fills the gap, allowing the video editor who works exclusively with the DV format a way to afford a powerful editing program.

The book being reviewed here, lest I forget and go off into Apple rapture, is Final Cut Express for Dummies. This book is a fine example of the For Dummies series of books from Wiley Publishing, Inc. Author Helmut Kobler is a well-known author on the subject of Final Cut Pro.

The For Dummies series of books is usually the way to go when learning a new application, in my opinion. This book is no exception. It's simply written, and well laced with a practical writing style that works well when mired in the complexities of a software application like Final Cut Express. The humor is not as prevalent as in other For Dummies books, but that's well compensated for in the straightforward way the information is presented. I definitely feel that I could use Final Cut Express to edit and output my next training or wedding video.

The book progresses in orderly and clearly written fashion, from importing, capturing and organizing your video media to editing basics and some more advanced techniques. Of special note is the nice way he discusses audio techniques within Final Cut Express. The first noticeable thing about any amateur video is the inadequate sound, and the author takes a fair amount of space helping you get the best audio tracks from your raw audio media.

Another great section is the ten tips for becoming a better editor, and the ten tips for making your editing easier. Nothing is worse than reading the Final Cut manuals, but not having any practical experience to using them in a real world way. These two sections go a long way toward helping the novice editor get a leg up on real-world application of the techniques that can be used in Final Cut Express.

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Create slick videos with sound effects, moving titles, and more
Import video and still pictures, tackle the Timeline, and become a movie-making machine
Do you dream of becoming a movie mogul? Dive right in with this friendly guide to low-budget video editing on your Mac! Before you can yell "action," you'll be importing and organizing all types of media, sizing video clips, jazzing up your productions with filters and special effects, and outputting them to DVD, videotape, or the Web.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun

The Wireless Networking Starter Kit

Adam Engst, Glenn Fleishman

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Once authors Adam C. Engst and Glenn Fleishman discovered that the freedom of a wireless network meant they could access the Internet from bed, the living room, the coffee house down the street, most major airports, and even some city parks, there was no going back to the days of clumsy wired networks. Now they¿re here to share their knowledge in the new book The Wireless Networking Starter Kit Whether you¿re a Mac or PC user, if you¿re ready to embrace the freedom of wireless, this is the place to start. In these pages you¿ll learn first about the underpinnings of wireless technology and network basics before getting down to the real business at hand: setting up, configuring, and maintaining a wireless network. Step-by-step instructions delivered in easily digestible chunks make it easy to get your own network humming. Along the way you¿ll learn about security, sharing Internet connections among multiple computers, bridging two Ethernet networks, and more. And if you do run into trouble, there¿s a handy troubleshooting guide to answer your questions. If you have a couple of computers and the desire to connect them, you¿ll find everything you need to do so here.

Final Cut Pro 4 Bible

Zed Saeed, J. J. Marshall, Jeffrey Chong

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If Final Cut Pro 4 can do it, you can do it too...

If you’re serious about video editing, this book and Final Cut Pro 4 are the tools you need. The QuickStart tutorial lets you get your feet wet right away. If you already have some experience, dive right into organizing media, editing, color correcting, rendering, creating final output, and more. You’ll learn all about video editing fundamentals, and you’ll discover how Final Cut Pro 4 turns your Mac with OS X into a professional studio.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Final Cut Pro 4

• Understand the fundamentals of video editing and what makes a quality production
• Navigate the revised Final Cut Pro interface and customize the Preferences, Easy Setup, and Preset functions
• Capture and organize media and manage your projects with the Browser window
• Use media management tools, work with sound, and use Soundtrack, Apple’s new sound editing application
• Animate text with LiveType and work with transitions
• Explore how Final Cut Pro 4 works with analog video in broadcast situations
• Use Final Cut Pro with Photoshop and After Effects®, and edit film with Cinema Tools
• Learn to troubleshoot Final Cut Pro 4

Bonus DVD includes

• All media required to complete the QuickStart tutorial
• Adobe® Photoshop®, After Effects®, and Illustrator® tryout versions
• Demo versions of Joe’s Filters, Boris FX, Boris CONTINUUM COMPLETE, CGM DVE, and Aurora Sky, plus more

Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

Brian Jepson, Ernest Rothman

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If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O'Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks," that depth of understanding shows.

This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment. Topics include:

Using the Terminal and understanding how it differs from an xterm

Using Directory Services, Open Directory (LDAP), and NetInfo

Compiling code with GCC 3

Library linking and porting Unix software

Creating and installing packages with Fink

Using DarwinPorts

Search through metadata with Spotlight's command-line utilities

Building the Darwin kernel

Running X Windows on top of Mac OS X, or better yet, run Mac OS X on a Windows machine with PearPC!

"Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" is the ideal survival guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Leopard All in One (Sams Teach Yourself)

Robyn Ness, John Ray

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• iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iTunes, iDVD, and iWeb
• Safari, Mail, and iChat
• Spotlight, Boot Camp, and Time Machine

 

You’ve got a Mac. You’ve got Leopard. And you’ve got iLife, Safari, Mail, iChat…and all the rest.

 

Now all you need to do is figure out how to get them to work together--so that you can stop thinking about your computer and start thinking about getting things done, having fun, and enjoying everything your Mac has to offer.

 

This one book is your answer--the answer to any questions you might have today, and the answer to all the questions about Leopard and your Mac that you’re likely to have in the future.

 

Find out how to...

• Get the most enjoyment out of iLife
• Find files and documents with Spotlight
• Use QuickTime and DVD Player
• Use Windows software on Intel Macs
• Work with peripheral devices
• Surf the Web with Safari
• Send email with Mail
• Collaborate via iChat
• Share your screen, files, and computer securely
• Recover from crashes
• Back up and restore files with Time Machine

 

Robyn Ness is a web developer, focusing on issues of usability, information design, and content development. She has contributed to books on Adobe CS3, Dreamweaver, digital media, and digital photography.

 

John Ray is an award-winning developer and security consultant with more than 17 years of programming and administration experience. He has worked on projects for the FCC, the National Regulatory Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Xerox, and the State of Florida and has written or contributed to more than a dozen books, including Adobe CS3 All in One, Special Edition Using TCP/IP, Mac OS X Unleashed, and Maximum Mac OS X Security.

 

Category:  Macintosh Operating Systems

Covers:  Mac OS X Leopard v10.5

User Level:  Beginning--Intermediate

 

 

Part I: Max OS X Basics

CHAPTER 1: Introducing Mac OS X 5

CHAPTER 2: Using the Finder  19

CHAPTER 3: Exploring the Dock  43

CHAPTER 4: Working with Folders, Files, and Applications  53

CHAPTER 5: Enhancing Your Desktop  71

CHAPTER 6: Setting System Preferences and Universal Access Options 83

 

Part II: Common Applications and Hardware

CHAPTER 7: Using Video Toys and Tools: Photo Booth, QuickTime, DVD Player, and Front Row  103

CHAPTER 8: Using Preview, TextEdit, Address Book, and Keychain Access  121

CHAPTER 9: Installing Additional Software  147

CHAPTER 10: Working with Windows Applications  161

CHAPTER 11: Working with Devices and Displays  171

CHAPTER 12: Printing, Faxing, and Working with Fonts  187

 

Part III: Internet Applications

CHAPTER 13: Connecting to the Internet 203

CHAPTER 14: Using Safari  221

CHAPTER 15: Exploring .Mac Membership  243

CHAPTER 16: Using Mail  257

CHAPTER 17: Using iChat 293

CHAPTER 18: Using iCal  327

 

Part IV: Apple’s iLife Applications

CHAPTER 19: Introducing iLife '08  345

CHAPTER 20: Using iTunes  355

CHAPTER 21: Using iPhoto 377

CHAPTER 22: Using GarageBand  407

CHAPTER 23: Using iMovie  429

CHAPTER 24: Exploring the iDVD Interface  451

CHAPTER 25: Creating DVDs in iDVD '08  465

CHAPTER 26: Using iWeb  487

 

Part V: System Administration and Maintenance

CHAPTER 27: Setting Up and Managing User Accounts 507

CHAPTER 28: Sharing Files and Network Services Between Computers 521

CHAPTER 29: Securing Your Computer  547

CHAPTER 30: Maintaining Your System  563

CHAPTER 31: Recovering from Crashes, Data Loss, and Other Problems  577

 

Part VI: Advanced Topics

CHAPTER 32: Introducing Automator and AppleScript  589

CHAPTER 33: Using Basic UNIX Commands  621

CHAPTER 34: Exploring the Utilities Folder 637

 

Practical WebObjects

Charles Hill, Sacha Mallais

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I recommend this book to anyone looking into the platform or for those that are actively using it.

— Jack Herrington, Code Generation Network

How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger (How to Do Everything)

Kirk McElhearn

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Beginner User 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This is my first computer. It was great to find a manual with illustrations especially for me and my computer! I plan to wear it out...

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Experience the excitement of Apple’s revolutionary new release with help from this hands-on guide. How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger explains all the features. Learn to use the Finder to easily navigate files, folders, and applications, set up and manage user accounts, access the Internet, and print and fax documents. Digital entertainment features such as iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes are also covered, as are easy methods for networking and security. A special two-color section called “Writers and Their Macs” profiles famous writers such as Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha) and screenwriter Mike Rich (Finding Forrester) who discuss how their Macs are integral to their creativity.

Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps, Second Edition: A guide to iLife 05, .Mac, and more (2nd Edition) (Robin Williams)

John Tollett, Robin Williams

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Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: A Guide to iLife 05, .Mac, and More is a companion volume to Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, Tiger Edition. Together they continue the tradition of Robin's classic guide to the Mac OS, The  Little Mac Book. Because Apple now provides a long list of useful applications with Mac OS X, its state-of-the art operating system, it's impractical to cover all of the Mac OS in one volume. This book gives you detailed explanations and tutorials of the main applications that Mac OS X installs on your computer. In addition, you'll learn how subscribing to a .Mac account can enhance your digital lifestyle. John and Robin cover each application in detail in the clear and friendly style for which their award-winning books are known. Through tutorials, tips, and techniques you'll learn how to use each of the powerful apps--both individually and as part of an integrated, interactive suite.

Whether you're a new or veteran user, you'll welcome this book's easy approach to all that's new (and not so new) in Tiger's application collection. You'll find an entire chapter on GarageBand 2, Apple's newly  updated consumer-level music-making software. You'll also learn everything about getting on the Internet and using email, including the greatest Web browser, Safari; the way-cool iChat AV, which adds audio and video to instant messaging;  iTunes, which includes access to the revolutionary Apple iTunes Music Store; iCal, Apple's sleek and shareable calendar application; Dashboard, the handy strip of desktop "widget" applications (including stock tickers, RSS feeds, address book, and more );  iMovie, Apple's newly updated  movie-making software with HD capabilities and advanced editing tools,  and much more.

  

FileMaker Pro 8 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Nolan Hester

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Need to learn FileMaker Pro fast? Try a Visual QuickStart Guide!

If you've recently upgraded to FileMaker Pro 8, teach yourself this powerful database software the quick and easy way! Using pictures rather than lengthy explanations, this Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker in no time. Step-by-step tasks show you how to use new features like PDF and Excel makers; fast match, fast send, layout alignment, email merge, and table import tools; and popular features like digital image management to organize digital photos with minimal effort and XML support to easily share and integrate data with other applications--even those not running FileMaker. This affordably priced, reference style book also includes a companion Web site with excerpts, tips, related links, and more. You'll be up and running in no time!

Unix for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Visual QuickPro Guide (2nd Edition) (Visual QuickPro Guide)

Matisse Enzer

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 As Unix spreads its tentacles across users' desktops, more and more Mac users are starting to pop the hood and learn about the operating system that's at the root of it all. And there's no better way to conquer that fear than by consulting this Visual QuickPro Guide. Matisse Enzer, who wrote the first edition of this book, Unix for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide has completely updated this guide to reflect all that's new in Tiger's version of Unix. Readers will learn everything they need to know to make sense of the commands and technical jargon surrounding Unix. In the process they'll find out about useful utilities, editing and printing files, security, and more--all through simple, step-by-step instructions that break the learning process into manageable chunks. Throughout, users will find plenty of the tips and visual references that have become the hallmark of Peachpit's popular Visual QuickPro Guides. Unix for Mac OS X 10.4: Visual QuickPro Guide is perfect for any Mac user interested in learning about the Unix operating system.