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"You Can't Beat The Self Paced Apple Pro Series", This is by far the best self paced overview series I have found for various applications. I wish there were classes near me (but they are hours away) but these are fantastic substitutes!

"Not a good reference book", If you're an experienced iMovie user wanting to learn FCE, then this book is not the best one. It's a useful tutorial book for a class, but simple references like creating slow motion clips, importing media from iMovie or iTunes, switching around clips, etc. are simply not easy to find using the index of this book.
I highly suggest Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide) as a much better reference guide. And if you can find some audiovisual tutorials about FCE, those would work better for you than this book.

"Apple Pro Training Series Final Cut Express HD ", This is a very good introduction to FCE. The lessons are well laid out and the author, Diana Weynand, gives you clear instructions. The only weakness here is that advanced editing techniques, and companion products like Live Type and Soundtrack have only electronic PDF's which make it very difficult to learn unless you print out the PDF's (expensive) or have two computers , one for the PDF instructions and the other for doing the lessons(expensive).

"Good but not great", If you are a beginner as was I, learning Final Cut Express HD can seem very difficult. The Apple Training Series certainly bridges the gulf and provides a painless way via tutorials on many of the skills needed to master FCE. On the other hand, it does not provide insights into all of the features. For example, it does not mention the motion features and how to control scale, rotation, center, or any of the other parameters for motion. Overall it is a good book but not a great one.

"So far so good", Just at chapter 6 and have found that the program is simple and easy to follow. Did not start with iMovie so I have no experience, which is why I feel the step by step guidance and building a previous learning is great. Good stuff for beginners.

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"Not the greatest book ever, but it's helpful", The title above states it all; the book doesn't go through each and every scenario possible, which it claims to do.

The book could've gone much more in depth to answer questions that I had as I followed each step. For instance, explain the options of each codec setting, kHz rates, data rates, key frame setting, setting for frames per second, audio options, the PAL and NTSC settings and which to choose when importing footage.

Overall the book does help in certain cases but not very specific. I'm looking for another book that can go more in depth.

"All the basic in "a dozen" lessons", This book is really helpful if you have never worked with Final Cut Express (or apple at all). The authors teach you how to use the software in hands-on lessons, covering all the basic tools one would like to use. It's fun, and I was eager to finish the book to start working on my own projects.

Only two complaints: sometimes the book is toooo basic, i.e., it takes 10 pages to say something it could be accomplished in 3; and at some point I got tired of working with the same practice videos.

"A very thorough study program.", I'm still working on the study chapters, but I find the lessons clear and easy to follow. Learning FCE is very time
consuming. This book is an excellent learning tool.

"Final Cut Express HD Review", Final Cut Express HD by Diana Weynand is a useful handbook for FCE HD video editing. It shows from the beginning how to edit with this software. In my opinion the book is good for beginning editors. For me it is concentrated too much to basic functions. I would have liked to learn more about color correction and audio processing.

It is also a pity that LiveType teaching is on DVD so that is difficult to learn from DVD and practice LiveType software at the same time. In any case I am satisfied with the book and DVD and I will learn from them more in the future.

Jorma Uusi-Vähälä
Kerava
Finland

"Can take it or leave it . . . ", Made the step (a jump really, and a great one) from iMovie to Final Cut Express HD. I bought this book as a possible training tool - it helps me learn if I can read something. While the step-by-step (by step . . . ) approach of the book might suit some people, it really didn't work for me and my way of learning. For me the Final Cut Express User's Guide (part of the program) was much more helpful. It let's me jump into the particular questions I have at the time, and print the particular sections pertinent to me, In the end it let me import my own footage and work on that rather than the projects in the book.