The Final Cut Pro PowerStart CD-ROM is a multimedia tutorial CD-ROM that will help you quickly and easily master the essentials of Apple's Final Cut Pro video editing, compositing and effects software.

Whether you're an experienced video editor or just starting out with computer-based non-linear video production, the Final Cut Pro PowerStart CD-ROM will be a valuable resource that will pay for itself many times over in increased productivity and fundamental understanding of Final Cut Pro and the modern FireWire-based video editing process.

The Final Cut Pro 2.0 PowerStart CD-ROM is designed for anyone who wants to quickly learn or improve their understanding of Final Cut Pro 2.0. The tutorials are presented in a hands-on multimedia learning experience light years ahead of any other educational product- so innovative, we have a patent pending on it. Whether you're just getting started, or an experienced editor, the Final Cut Pro 2.0 PowerStart CD-ROM will save you weeks or months getting up to speed with Final Cut Pro. This is not an 'update' to our original- this CD-ROM has been developed from the ground up with Final Cut Pro 2.0 for several months. All content was developed with the significant changes in the 2.0 software environment.

	What's on it?
A beginning Final Cut Pro 2.0 Tutorial- After covering the 2.0 user interface, you are gently and methodically introduced to editing with Final Cut Pro's basic editing tools in our innovative, easy-to-understand, step-by-step, chunkalized™ learning environment that will leave no one behind even if you have no experience with editing whatsoever. Your virtual instructor has infinite patience, going over each concept as many times as you need before moving on. An advanced Final Cut Pro 2.0 Tutorial- After the basic tutorial, you'll continue on to enhance your simple edit into a sophisticated professional-level video project with several video and audio layers and a host of special effects, motion graphics, compositing and audio sweetening techniques that will challenge experienced editors, whether they've been using Final Cut Pro or other editing software. The project you'll be editing has aspects of training videos, a short film, and a marketing infomercial, with matched action edits, J-cuts, cutaways, reaction shots, title sequences, multilayered composites and motion graphics. A SystemFinder Wizard that will ask you questions, then suggest the perfect Desktop Movie Studio for you. Royalty-free stock video and music clips you can use to add pizzazz to your own productions. A Resource Guide with live Internet links to updated Final Cut Pro information including compatibility updates, a FAQ, hints & tips, and Final Cut Pro maillists and discussion groups
	What's so great about it?
There are many books, CDs and VHS videos that try to teach sophisticated software. But being "one-way" mediums, they all fail in ensuring that the user understands how to use the software.
	Understanding guaranteed. In our innovative, patent pending "chunkalized" step-by-step learning environment, each concept is presented as a series of clear, easy-to-understand "learning chunks". You must verify that you comprehend each step and action in the process before your virtual instructor moves on.
	High resolution movies: We use proprietary production methods to deliver crisp, sharp visuals to your computer screen, unlike fuzzy, headache-causing VHS tapes.
	Hands-on training. You will actually be creating the tutorial projects in Final Cut Pro. You can follow our instructions exactly to get started, but there are always opportunities to experiment so you are actually comprehending each tool and each step you're executing rather than what we call "monkey learning". Or, if Final Cut Pro is not installed on your computer, switch to "watch-and-learn" mode with one click.
	"In-context" learning. Unlike other products that cover tools and concepts in a jumbled, unrelated order, each and every concept and action presented on this CD is in the context of completing a real world project. So, when you work on your own projects, you'll immediately understand how to put what you've learned to work.
	Self-paced. Learn at your own pace. Quickly move through parts you understand, make your virtual instructor go over difficult concepts as many times as you need. You have total control.
	Community Support. No one should have to learn alone. Our "community button" will instantly link you over the internet with thousands of others who are also studying that particular aspect of Final Cut Pro, including our own industry-leading instructors. You can ask questions, offer advice, and share tips in a collaborative, organized online environment on the very topic that you are currently learning.
	Better than hands-on classes. By nature, hands-on classes mean frustrating waits on concepts you grasp quickly, and being left behind on concepts you don't understand. "Those who cannot do, teach" seems especially true with digital media courses like many Final Cut Pro classes. Many instructors show roundabout, awkward ways of performing even simple operations- others know how to edit but cannot articulate concepts clearly. Wouldn't you rather "own" your own expert "virtual instructor" than spend hundreds more for an uncertain and fleeting quality classroom experience?
	Created by the top experts. The Final Cut Pro 2.0 PowerStart CD-ROM was created by the recognized top experts in Final Cut Pro: Josh Mellicker, Michelle Mellicker, Steve Martin and Eric Schultheis, a group with over a thousand hours experience with Final Cut Pro 2.0.

The Final Cut Pro 2.0 PowerStart CD-ROM covers...
Setup- system settings and FCP preferences	Editing- tools, tips, techniques	Compositing- layering video tracks
Orientation- user interface, features	Transitions- placing and customizing	Motion Graphics- keyframing properties and filters
Tape Logging- fast tape logging, project organization	Titles- moving, keyframed titles	Audio- automated mixing & filters
Batch Capture- save time and hard drive space	Filters- applying effects to video	Final Output- output your finished creation to a DV tape

Apple has purchased many of the PowerStart CD-ROMs to help train their sales staff and reseller channel. "The PowerStart CD-ROM is a great way for a video editor migrating from other video creation software, or someone brand new to non-linear video creation to be rapidly brought up to speed on the most important aspects of Final Cut Pro", says Andrew Baum, original Final Cut Pro Product Manager. "I was amazed that even though I've never edited video before, I finished a training video in two days after watching the PowerStart CD", René van Broekhuizen, McCormick's & Schmick's Restaurants "The PowerStart CD got me up and running instantly for my editing work on Matrix 2", Zach Staenberg, editor, The Matrix, AntiTrust, Matrix 2