This fully updated Apple-certified guide presents a real-world workflow from raw media to finished project to demonstrate the features of Final Cut Pro X 10.4 and the practical techniques you will use in editing projects. Using professionally acquired media, you'll use the same tools and editing techniques used by editors worldwide in this revolutionary editing software. Renowned editor and master trainer Brendan Boykin starts with basic video editing techniques and takes you all the way through Final Cut Pro's powerful features.

The lessons start as real-world as it gets--with an empty application. After downloading the media files, you will be guided through creating a project from scratch to finished draft.

The book includes downloadable lesson and media files so learners can work sequentially through exercises for hours of hands-on training. Focused lessons teach concepts and take learners step by step through professional, real-world editing scenarios to create a final project. Chapter review questions summarize what learns need to know and prepare them for the Apple certification exam.

The Apple Pro Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Training and Certification program, used by Apple Authorized Training Providers around the world.