Final Cut Express Solutions
Chapter One
Chapter Contents
Finding the right Mac
Knowing what peripherals you
need and how to pick them
Choosing your camera
Hooking up a DV deck
Other tools of the trade
The Hardware Setup
It used to be the case that an editing suite
contained a giant flatbed film editor, shelves
crammed with film reels, and cavernous trim
bins bulging over with loose strips of film. This
was the original nonlinear editing system. Over
the past decade, as digital editing has become
more available and affordable, the editing room
has changed. Now instead of film reels and
splicers, the editing suite is filled with computers,
monitors, video decks, maybe an extra hard
disk and, of course, Final Cut Express. In this
chapter, we discuss the best way to set up an
editing suite for digital video editing in Final
Cut Express, and the various peripheral elements
you can add depending on your needs
and budget.
Finding the Right Mac
Your computer is your tool. It is the device you will be using to create-to sculpt-your
video. More than likely, you did not purchase this book unless you already own a computer,
so we are not going to waste time telling you what to buy. Ho ... read full excerpt from Final Cut Express Solutions ebook
