Friday, May 20, 2011

iMovie for Final Cut Pro editors

I've been editing for over 30 years. I started on a Steinbeck, editing 16mm mag stripe positive film for a local news service. I graduated to the Editec system on an Ampex Quad videotape machine, onto CMX in a one inch suite and finally onto Final Cut Pro.
It's great to now be able to do High Definition editing on my laptop - compared to the room full of tape gear that was needed in the old days.
This week I have taken the plunge and delved into iMovie. I had to buy the book to help - but I think I have a handle on it. I've written a Word document that compares FCP to iMovie to help fellow editors get to grips with a program that obviously wasn't written by an editor.
If it helps - let me know. Plus feel free to add to it. It's here. (Click to download)

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