If you live near a Apple Store you can sign up for their One on One and if they have a certified FCP trainer at the store you can get someone to show you the basics.
It's $99 per year. http://www.apple.com/retail/onetoone/ I'm not sure how many times per month you can go. Tim Street Creator/Executive Producer French Maid TV Subscribe for FREE @ http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes MyBlog http://1timstreet.com On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > That sounds like a pretty neat course. I have done Final Cut > training at > > Lodestone before and it was great, highly recommend them for > training. They > > are very thorough. The price does not surprise me. Imagine getting a > > complete download in 2 days on everything you need to do to start > a video > > podcast. Sure, you could find it all online for free, but that > could take > > months of research. > > If you're a company who wants to start a show, this makes a whole > lot of > > sense to send your staff to this. > > if people will pay it, good on them. its a great place to start for > someone new. > > about 8 years ago, I paid $1100 for a 2 day Final Cut Pro class. > I paid that money to realize that I had to spend the months of > research and practice to really know FCP. > someone can certainly share their workflow and tips with you, but no > one can make you learn a tool. > > Its like $5000 conferences for busy execs who want to get a quick > overview of new tech happenings. > its really no substitute for taking the time to try things out > yourself. > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
