Summer T351 - Internet Exercise

There are some great resources for editors on the Internet. User groups, bulletin boards and tech forums are good places to ask questions and find solutions to troubling problems. This exercise takes you through some good sites for Final Cut Pro.

Instructions:

Start a new document in Text Edit or your favorite word processor. Put your name at the top. Write (or cut and paste) the questions along with your answers in the document. Please format it so it looks nice. Email a copy to the instructor. Save a copy for yourself.

Part 1 - 2-Pop

Go to 2-Pop Forums at http://www.2-popforums.com/forums/

Once you’re there, check out all of the forums. The FCP should be at the top of the list. Go there and find answers to the following questions:

1. Who wrote the Gernal Hardware/Software and Final Cut Pro FAQs?
2. Read one of the FAQs. Write down something you learned from it you didn't know.
3. I've got sequence A nested inside sequence B- but when I make changes to sequence A, B does not seem to get updated. How can I fix this?? (HINT: Look for "Nesting - changes")

Part 2 - Creative Cow

2-Pop forum is pretty good, but there are other resources with even more great sources of info. Go to creativecow.net. Once you're there you should see a list of forums along the left hand side. Select the Apple Final Cut Pro forum (not the FCP Basics). Change your view to be two weeks and find out:

4. Who are the FCP Forum leaders? (These are the ones who generally provide on-the-mark answers when no one else can.)
5. How can I blur someone’s face within Final Cut Pro– WITHOUT external software or filters? (Hint: Search for "Blurring a Face")
6. Look for any question that interests you. Write the question and its URL down for #6.

Question: ________________________________

URL: ____________________________________

Click on the "Library" link that's at the top of the page. Then type in "film look" into the search box. You should get a list of articles, of particular interest is "Looking for film look? Shoot like film!" and the article, "Getting the 'Film Look' on a Low Budget Video".

7. What are a few ways I can make my video look more like film?

Part 3 -  Ken Stone's FCP pages

Ken Stone has an incredible colelction of FCP-related articles and tutorials on his website, http://www.kenstone.net/. Go there and click on the Final Cut Pro link at the top of the page.

8. Find any article that interests you for #8. Write down the name and corresponding URL for #8.

Article:_________________

URL: __________________

Part 4 - Apple & Miscellaneous

Next navigate to Apple’s own support area at.

9. Go to Apple support. Click on the "discussions" link at the top of the page. Look under the "Pro Applications: Video" heading and click on the Final Cut Pro forum, then on to Final Cut Pro forum. Check out the system they use to show if a question has been answered or not. (They use a green star if the question has been answered) Look for any question that interests you. Write the question and corresponding answer down for #9.

Question: ________________________________

URL: ____________________________________

10. You’ve just finished editing a project and your client wants to send a copy to her mother in Zimbabwe and brother in France. Use one of the Worldwide Television Standards links at the bottom of this page to find out what the correct format is:

Zimbabwe:___________________

France: _____________________

11. Find a new resource for video editors on the web or share your favorite:

Site name:__________________________________________

URL:______________________________________________

12. Everyone knows about video sharing sites like YouTube. Some others include Metacafe, Revver, Myspace and now even Facebook. List a site (not mentioned above) that you think is good and what sets it apart or makes it unique.

Video sharing site name:_____________________________________

URL:____________________________________________________

Unique quality: ____________________________________________

 

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International Television Standards:

http://www.kropla.com/tv.htm
http://www.ttop.com/standard.html
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV/index.html

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