Introduction

When we wrote the first book in this series—From Still to Motion: A photographer’s guide to creating video with your DSLR—our intent was to explore the entire creative process from preproduction through postproduction. The feedback on that book has been overwhelmingly positive, as have your requests for more details and workflows.

We’re glad to bring you the next book in this series—From Still to Motion: Editing DSLR Video with Final Cut Pro X—to make the editing and delivery processes easier. Final Cut Pro X offers a whole new way to edit, with an ease of use that opens the door for millions of new users. Up until now, editing DSLR video has been anything but easy—syncing sound, transcoding footage, fixing rolling shutter—but the “look” made it all worthwhile.