Final Cut Express

• Filmmaking 101: Anatomy of a Final Cut Express Project
• By Lisa BrenneisApr 29, 2008

Before you can make movie magic, it helps to understand how your editing program organizes and manipulates all of those sequences and clips you've been shooting. In this sample chapter from Final Cut Express 4 Visual QuickStart Guide, author Lisa Brenneis shows you how to manage a well-organized project in Final Cut Express.

• How to Work With a Project in Final Cut Express HD
• By Diana WeynandJan 5, 2007

In this 60-minute Apple-certified lesson, you'll learn how to open the Final Cut Express HD program, identify and work with the elements of your editing project, organize those elements, and begin working within the Final Cut Express editing interface.

• Final Cut Express Presets and Preferences
• By Lisa BrenneisJul 21, 2006

This chapter explains Easy Setups—FCE's streamlined configuration feature—and then walks you through your preference options in the User Preferences and System Settings windows.