Randy Ubillos created the first three versions of the first popular digital video editing application, Adobe Premiere [2], before being given a team. Before version 5 was released, Randy's group was hired away by Macromedia to create KeyGrip, built from the ground up as a more professional video-editing program based on Apple QuickTime. Macromedia could not release the product without causing its partner Truevision some issues with Microsoft, as KeyGrip was in-part based on technology licensed from Microsoft to Truevision and then in turn to Macromedia. The terms of the IP licensing deal stated that it was not to be used in conjunction with QuickTime. Thus, Macromedia was forced to keep the product off the market until a solution could be found. At the same time, the company decided to focus more on applications that would support the web, so they sought to find a buyer for their non-web applications, including KeyGrip; which, by this time (1998) was renamed as Final Cut.
Final Cut was shown in private room demonstrations as a 0.9 alpha at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) exposition in 1998 after Macromedia pulled out of the main show floor. At the demonstration, both Mac and Windows versions were shown. The Mac version was working with a Truevision RTX dual stream real time card with limited real time effects. *1 When no purchaser could be found, Apple purchased the team as a defensive move. When Apple could not find a buyer in turn, it continued development work, focusing on adding FireWire/DV support and at NAB 1999 Apple introduced Final Cut Pro. ProMax was the first vendor to demo FCP on the show floor. Apple had only a small booth nearby when compared to their NAB booth in 2006. An interesting note is that both Apple and Avid choose to not have booths at NAB in 2008.
With the introduction of Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere's market share remained strong on Windows but began to decline on the Mac,[3] since its older codebase was more difficult to maintain and enhance. In 2003, Apple announced a program for Premiere users to trade in their discs for a free copy of Final Cut Express or a $500 discount on Final Cut Pro [4]. Later that year, Adobe introduced the successor to Premiere, Premiere Pro, a Windows-only product with a modern codebase.
FCP benefited tremendously from the relative maturity and stability of QuickTime together with the new FireWire technology as it was applied to video editing. Sony started the DV/FireWire ball rolling with the VX-1000 video camera as it was the first to have 1394/FireWire ports. Panasonic and Canon then built their DV25 cameras. ProMax (Brad Pillow) made and sold PCI cards that added FireWire to a Mac, but Apple soon had FireWire (IEEE-1394) ports on every Mac. FireWire now handles HD and higher resolutions, but they are still in a compressed format - as DV was to SD resolutions.
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Final Cut Pro
LEARN THE ART OF FILM EDITING WHILE WORKING ON A REAL MOVIE
At the heart of the Edit Center curriculum is our six-week Art of Editing Course, which brings together independent filmmakers who need their movies edited and beginning editors who need the chance to learn on a feature film. We truly believe that editing cannot be learned from a seminar, book, lecture or exercise; cutting a real film -- for a real director -- is the only way to immerse yourself in the field and learn the skills you'll need to start your career.As a student at the Edit Center, you will:WORK WITH TOP-NOTCH DIRECTORS ON AWARD-WINNING FILMSEdit Center students have worked with directors Ethan Hawke, Gary Winnick, Janeane Garofalo, Edet Belzberg, and many more. (Read what our directors have to say about working with the Edit Center.) Edit Center class projects have screened -- and won awards -- at Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, South by Southwest, Full Frame, and countless other international and regional film festivals. (To see a list of all our past projects, click here.) As a student at the Edit Center, you'll work hand-in-hand with the director to help them achieve their vision, and you'll receive a credit on the finished film. LEARN THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE FROM PROFESSIONAL EDITORSOur teachers are in the classroom all day, every day, working one-on-one to help students sort through material, solve problems, and learn the professional workflow of film editing. Our teachers' credits include Sicko, The Squid and the Whale, Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Girlfight, "The Wire," and countless other independent films and television shows, and they are dedicated to sharing their knowledge with the next generation of up-and-coming film editors. (For a full list of our teachers and their credits, click here.)BECOME A FINAL CUT PRO EXPERTWe believe that six weeks is the minimum amount of time necessary to learn any editing program well, and our goal is to make sure you leave the class confident enough with the system that it becomes transparent. By the time you finish the course, you'll be thinking about your edits, not the buttons you need to push to make them happen. Movies as diverse as 300, Napoleon Dynamite, Cold Mountain, and Super-Size Me have been edited on Final Cut Pro, and we believe that a thorough knowledge of this software will serve you best as you look for work after the course. (View scenes that Edit Center students cut during the class.)BUILD A CAREER NETWORK THAT LASTS FAR LONGER THAN SIX WEEKSAfter the class, each student leaves with a credit on their class project -- a real-world credential that helps build your editing resume -- and an editor's reel of cut scenes to show the work you've done during the course. But beyond that, you'll leave with a network of connections in the independent film world. Edit Center alumni edited No End in Sight (Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2007), Day Night Day Night (Prix Regards Jeune, Cannes 2007), Palindromes (Venice, Toronto, New York 2004), Control Room (Sundance 2004; Jury Award, Full Frame 2004), "Stella" (Comedy Central), and more. Our students have also worked in post-production on Little Miss Sunshine, Half Nelson, Murderball, and Match Point, among others, and all of them cite the bonds they formed during their six weeks at the Edit Center as crucial in jump-starting their editing careers. (See what our students have to say about their time at the Edit Center.) DON'T HAVE SIX WEEKS TO SPARE?As an Apple-certified training center, we also offer weekend and one-week Final Cut Pro classes as well as courses in DVD Studio Pro and Soundtrack Pro. All classes are taught by working professionals on top-of-the-line editing systems.
Final Cut Pro
Overview of the Interface
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Importing Footage
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Editing
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Compositing
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Filters
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Export
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At the heart of the Edit Center curriculum is our six-week Art of Editing Course, which brings together independent filmmakers who need their movies edited and beginning editors who need the chance to learn on a feature film. We truly believe that editing cannot be learned from a seminar, book, lecture or exercise; cutting a real film -- for a real director -- is the only way to immerse yourself in the field and learn the skills you'll need to start your career.As a student at the Edit Center, you will:WORK WITH TOP-NOTCH DIRECTORS ON AWARD-WINNING FILMSEdit Center students have worked with directors Ethan Hawke, Gary Winnick, Janeane Garofalo, Edet Belzberg, and many more. (Read what our directors have to say about working with the Edit Center.) Edit Center class projects have screened -- and won awards -- at Sundance, Cannes, Toronto, South by Southwest, Full Frame, and countless other international and regional film festivals. (To see a list of all our past projects, click here.) As a student at the Edit Center, you'll work hand-in-hand with the director to help them achieve their vision, and you'll receive a credit on the finished film. LEARN THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE FROM PROFESSIONAL EDITORSOur teachers are in the classroom all day, every day, working one-on-one to help students sort through material, solve problems, and learn the professional workflow of film editing. Our teachers' credits include Sicko, The Squid and the Whale, Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Girlfight, "The Wire," and countless other independent films and television shows, and they are dedicated to sharing their knowledge with the next generation of up-and-coming film editors. (For a full list of our teachers and their credits, click here.)BECOME A FINAL CUT PRO EXPERTWe believe that six weeks is the minimum amount of time necessary to learn any editing program well, and our goal is to make sure you leave the class confident enough with the system that it becomes transparent. By the time you finish the course, you'll be thinking about your edits, not the buttons you need to push to make them happen. Movies as diverse as 300, Napoleon Dynamite, Cold Mountain, and Super-Size Me have been edited on Final Cut Pro, and we believe that a thorough knowledge of this software will serve you best as you look for work after the course. (View scenes that Edit Center students cut during the class.)BUILD A CAREER NETWORK THAT LASTS FAR LONGER THAN SIX WEEKSAfter the class, each student leaves with a credit on their class project -- a real-world credential that helps build your editing resume -- and an editor's reel of cut scenes to show the work you've done during the course. But beyond that, you'll leave with a network of connections in the independent film world. Edit Center alumni edited No End in Sight (Special Jury Prize, Sundance 2007), Day Night Day Night (Prix Regards Jeune, Cannes 2007), Palindromes (Venice, Toronto, New York 2004), Control Room (Sundance 2004; Jury Award, Full Frame 2004), "Stella" (Comedy Central), and more. Our students have also worked in post-production on Little Miss Sunshine, Half Nelson, Murderball, and Match Point, among others, and all of them cite the bonds they formed during their six weeks at the Edit Center as crucial in jump-starting their editing careers. (See what our students have to say about their time at the Edit Center.) DON'T HAVE SIX WEEKS TO SPARE?As an Apple-certified training center, we also offer weekend and one-week Final Cut Pro classes as well as courses in DVD Studio Pro and Soundtrack Pro. All classes are taught by working professionals on top-of-the-line editing systems.
Final Cut Pro
Overview of the Interface
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Importing Footage
src="http://images.apple.com/finalcutstudio/images/qt_endstate.jpg"
Editing
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Compositing
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Filters
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Export
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