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Posted by William Davis on 06/02/06 21:16
In article <1149194111.798022.181520@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"Lisa Greene" <Lisa4720@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bernie wrote:
> > I haven't used Express, only FCP itself, but a look at the specs says
> > you aren't missing much that you'll need.
> >
> > You'll find it a steep learning curve at first, but worth it in the
> > end. FCP is easy to use and generally as intuitive as a complex editing
> > system can be - FCE is the same but slightly cut down. I've used lots
> > of different editors and this is my personal one of choice. Comments
> > like that tend to start endless people explaining at length why their
> > system of choice is better - so if they do, just accept it as similar
> > to men comparing cars and football teams in a bar.....
> >
> > Putting on a logo will be easy if you have the logo prepared in an
> > appropriate format by whoever builds it. It needs to have an alpha
> > channel - part of the picture which is invisible but shows the system
> > where to cut the shape - but your graphics person ought to be able to
> > supply in the right format. Leave the logo till all the editing is
> > finished then just put it on a track above the video and the holes will
> > be magically cut. Put fades where you need them. If you don't know how
> > to do that yet, you'll soon learn 'cos it's pretty easy.
> >
> > Good Luck
> >
> > Bernie
>
> Thank you Bernie. It was very nice of you to respond so quickly and so
> informatively. I do appreciate the advice.
>
> Lisa
Lisa,
You haven't mentioned what part of the country you live in, but my
advice would be to check around and see if one of the many Final Cut
users groups is in your area.
Meeting others that do the same kind of work you do is a great way to
get your questions answered in person, and unlike these newsgroups
(which are wonderful for what they do!) you can possibly hook up with
others with more experience and they can help you over these kinds of
workflow and file conversion issues.
As an example, if you just need a logo prepared as a bug it seems a
little silly to learn Photoshop, GraphicsCoverter, or even something
simpler like OmniGraffle just to do that once. Meet some people in your
area and I bet you can find someone who will be happy to spend the 10
minutes it would take to prepare a logo for alpha insert for you.
You already have a LOT to do with the footage you need to assess and
beginning to learn all the skills necessary to be competent at basic
editing!
So my advice would be to concentrate on learning editing basics, and
look for help on the small distracting things like this.
Good luck.
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