Filming Families: The Modern Family Video
Courtney Holmes
Learn to Edit and Begin Creating Video
SOFTWARE USED: Final Cut Pro X (10.3)
Perfect and very educational
Absolutely brilliant. Abba gets to the point, is clear, organized and articulate, and lays it all out in a manner that quickly brings your confidence level from zero to hero. Highly recommend this to any photographer who wants to blog, build ads, or include video in their offering. I feel like an amazing new world has been provided to me. Thank you!
I enjoyed this course and, most importantly, learnt a lot from it. It covers everything you need to put a video together. I had a short video to create and used it as a learning tool while I was going through the course. My particular interests were incorporating stills, and handling sound. I need to go through this course again now that I'm a bit more familiar with Final Cut. One of the really useful asides from Abba Shapiro was that he was using an old laptop to do the demonstrations, so I dusted off my 7 year old macbook that hadn't seen daylight for over a year and downloaded Final Cut. It works fine and will be handy for when I need to show stuff to others. Good course, but wait until it's on offer and grab a bargain.
WOW this class is amazing! I been a photographer for about 11 years and as of 2020 COVID SHUT DOWN I did not want to learn video BUT my clients always asked for it when they booked me. I do record them BUT editing it wasn't my thing because I will get anxiety from watching other videographer edit. UNTIL I took this class course and I feel great about all the function in Final Cut Pro to the point I can sit down and edit. Thank you Shapiro you made everything look soo easy and explain everything. THANK YOU!
Great class, easy and simple. Abba Shapiro teaches in order to make you feel comfortable learning, He is no trying to impress you as a professor so you have the feeling that the logic behind final cut is easy to understand.
This is a really great class to get started on the fundamentals of FCP X. Abba makes it entertaining and informative to watch. There is a lot to learn, but making a general viewing and quickly checking those steps in FCP as you watch will help plant that seed in your brain. Then, go over the videos again in more detail with your demo videos or other videos that you import. Repetition is the mother of skill. From here, you'll have the knowledge to build more advanced skills. I feel better now and not so intimidated. Great class!
Great series of lessons that I am constantly referring back to in my exploration of video.
I watched the Adobe Premiere Bootcamp by Abba originally, but I ended up switching to FCPX and I really liked how in-depth but easy he made it to learn. I had to watch this series when I switched applications and learned how to comfortably edit in FCPX. Thank you!
Abba is a great instructor and explains things very clearly (even the complicated stuff). Recommended for anyone just starting to use Final Cut.
Abba is an amazing teacher, he creates a bunch of editor´s real life situations to explain things, giving you the tools to deal with it. I would love to see him teaching Motion.
I really like this class, but I was looking for something more advanced for FCP X. I haven't come across anything advanced in FCPX at Creative Live.
I've watched TONS of FCPX tutorials. Abba is miles ahead of most of them. He presents things in a simple yet comprehensive way. Been using FCPX since it came out and am still learning from him. Instead of wading through hours of Youtube videos or endless questions on nerdy forums, just get this and get down to creating. You won't be sorry.
Fantastic teacher. I enjoyed every video, super worth it. I've been reluctant to jump into FCP X since it got upgraded from FCP. Now I feel confident to work with it again. Seems pretty self explanatory, but I am glad I watched the course. Abba covers pretty much everything you need to know. I also loved his personality, made me want to learn more each day.
Very very informative. I am looking forward to purchase. Is there an easy way to edit out runny nose sniffles?
Wonderful. This is the first time I've seen any of Abba's classes, and he's a great teacher. I've been watching the live sessions for the past few days and have picked up a ton of great tips that will indeed speed up my workflow in FCPX. He's a great teacher, and does a wonderful job of setting people at ease, ie. where he says things like, 'there's no trick questions', and times where he will click on something wrong, then he'll go back and show his mistake (pointing out his minor mistakes are actually a beneficial lesson). In all, wonderful wonderful wonderful. Thank you!
Abba's Shapiro is an outstanding teacher and I highly recommend his Final Cut Pro X Bootcamp! I was fortunate to attend this class in person at Creative Live in Seattle. I learned so much and I can't wait to start editing my first video project with this powerful software on my new MacBook Pro.
Abba's Final Cut Pro Bootcamp is effective for enabling users to have success in this complex software. An effective teacher, he breaks the complex subject down, he repeats bits of info, he's worked out a set of clips that illustrate what he's teaching, he acknowledges that he screws up, that we will screw up, he cares that the viewing audience learns this, and, as an aside, he tells corny jokes which break things up. These qualities are present in each CL course I've bought. Thank you all.
ABBA is great, I took his Adobe Premier Pro boot camp and finally learned what was possible, he makes using these programs (apps) easier and a lot less scary
First section...Well done. Very easy to follow, with great information. I don't see any boxes to chat or ask questions. That may be why there are no questions from us out in the ether.
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