Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual download pdf (Page 30)

30 Part I An Introduction to Final Cut Express

Step 4: Post-production

Post-production is where you organize and assemble your production footage, putting

scenes in proper order, selecting the best takes, and eliminating unnecessary elements.

Production sound is synchronized (with the picture), edited, sometimes rerecorded,

and mixed. Music is composed and added. Footage is color-corrected and special

effects are created. The final movie is output to tape, film, or some other high-quality

media format.

Step 5: Distribution

Distribution is when you release a movie for viewing. This may involve theater

screenings, video and DVD releases, festival submissions, or web delivery.

The Post-Production Workflow

The post-production phase begins with the raw source footage and ends with a

completed movie, ready for making distribution copies. As technology evolves,

post-production continues to proliferate into an increasing variety of jobs and tasks.

Where there was once a single editor who was responsible for the majority of the

post-production process, there may now be a whole special effects team, an audio

department, a colorist (responsible for color correction), and a number of assistant

editors keeping track of all the footage. Final Cut Express is at the heart of the

post-production pipeline, allowing you to organize and assemble media from

multiple sources into a finished product.

Here is an overview of the basic Final Cut Express post-production workflow. As you

begin your project, remember that there are no hard and fast rules for editing. Different

editors have different working styles and, given the same source material, no two

editors will cut the same finished program. The workflow described here offers just one

example of how you might approach a typical project.

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Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual Page 30