Edit Well: Final Cut Studio Techniques from the Pros

Part 6. Additional Tools

So far, we’ve covered Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, and Color. But there are a total of seven different applications in Final Cut Studio 2, so we address the rest here.

First, we look at LiveType, a text animation package that has a lot of powerful features lurking just below the surface, as the first chapter in this section illustrates. Then, Mike Krause shows you how the easy roundtripping between LiveType and Final Cut Pro lets you create animated graphics files quickly and easily.

With all the hype surrounding digital downloads on the Internet, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that billions of DVDs are sold every year. The next chapter, written by the DVD expert Bruce Nazarian, illustrates easy, yet sophisticated ...