Final Cut Pro Workflows The Independent Studio Handbook

Offering a cookbook that teams can follow to deliver an array of products to their clients, this guide describes appropriate postproduction workflows, team roles and responsibilities, and required equipment for some of the most common media productions.

Today's digital production tools empower the small team to produce multimedia projects that formerly required large teams. Orchestrating a production requires more than proficiency with the postproduction tools. Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook offers a cookbook of postproduction workflows that teams can follow to deliver an array of products to their clients. It describes appropriate postproduction workflows, team roles and responsibilities, and required equipment for some of the most common media productions.Combining the wisdom of traditional roles and responsibilities with an understanding of how FCP facilitates a new flexibility where these roles/responsibilities can be redistributed, this book sheds light on workflow processes and responsibilities, and includes 7 real-world workflows from a diverse range of projects:* Money-Saving Digital Video Archive* Long-Form Documentary with Mixed Sources* Web-Based Viewing and Ordering System* 30-Second Spot for Broadcast* Multi-Part TV Series with Multiple Editors* DVD Educational Supplement* Music Video with Multi-Cam Editing and Multiple OutputsWritten with a unique iconography to better convey key points and applicable to all levels of FCP users, Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook is a vital reference tool for every postproduction house. The DVD filesare also available at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/osder-9780240810058/.

How to Get the Most from this Book; Part 1: Final Cut Pro in Context; What makes Final Cut Pro Special?; What is a Workflow?; Part 2: Roles, Technologies and Techniques; Traditional and New Post-Production Roles; Video Standards and Formats; Compression and Storage; Preparation; Ingest; The Rough Cut; The Review Process; Final Cut Pro Finishing; The Power of Final Cut Studio; Sharing and Managing Media; Working with External Resources; Part 3: Real World Workflows; Money-Saving Digital Video Archive; Long-Form Documentary with Mixed Sources; Web-Based Viewing and Ordering System; 30-Second Spot for Broadcast; Multi-Part TV Series with Multiple Editors; DVD Educational Supplement; Music Video with Multi-Cam Editing and Multiple Outputs

Jason Osder is adjunct assistant professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University. He is an Apple certified Final Cut Pro instructor and an experienced producer and information architect.Robbie Carman is part of the first generation of certified Apple Final Cut Pro instructors. Currently he is certified to teach Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Aperture, and Motion. Robbie specializes in online editing and color correction on standard and high definition projects.