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Apple Final Cut Express HD: Getting Started User Manual

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Contents

Preface

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An Introduction to Final Cut Express HD

7

What Is Final Cut Express HD?

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Editing Your Movie With Final Cut Express HD

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Final Cut Express HD Onscreen Help

12

Apple Websites

Chapter

1

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Setting Up Final Cut Express HD

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Connecting Your Camera

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Choosing Your Initial Settings

16

Tip for Optimizing Performance

Chapter

2

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Getting to Know Your Editing Environment

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Organizing Your Clips in the Browser

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Working With Clips in the Viewer

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Working With Clips in the Canvas

28

Working With Clips in the Timeline

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Tool Palette

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Capturing Your Video

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Making a New Project and Saving It

35

Working in the Capture Window

39

Determining How Much Disk Space You Need

40

Capturing

46

Capturing Tip

Chapter

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Basic Editing

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Before You Begin

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Opening Your Project

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Adding a Clip to Your Sequence

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Adding a Storyboard of Clips to a Sequence

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Locking Tracks

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Using the Razor Blade Tool

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Deleting Clips From a Sequence

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Assigning Destination Tracks