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A few useful links

I’ve been promising for a while to copy out some of the more useful links I know about - so here they are. It’s not a comprehensive list, just a starter list but if you have a couple of favourite really useful links please let me know and I will post them as well

Apple tutorials online
Final Cut Studio 2 suite
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/tutorials/
Apple’s own site with some basic video tutorials about the entire FCP Studio Suite

http://digitalcommons.psu.edu/ some useful tutorials from the Penn State University on all aspects of Digital Film making
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html
A “Must Visit” site for anyone using FCP and creating digital film

Final Cut Pro users Groups
are extreamly useful for getting your questions answered and for tutorial material and articles about all aspects of FCP

Vancouver - http://www.vfcpug.org/
LA final Cut users Group - http://www.lafcpug.org/

DVCafe - part of the dvshop site is full of useful info and articles and also useful for checking out Canadian prices for a variety of equipment http://www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe.html

DVD burning and DVD Studio Pro - lots of the user groups have articles about DVD burning as well but here are a couple to get you started http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_homepage_index.html#dvd
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/dvdstudiopro/

DV production and resources - some great sites for learing about and coming to understand digital filmmanking

http://www.adamwilt.com/
http://www.dvuser.co.uk/index.php
http://www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe/canada/canfilm.html
filmmaking.com (article links are at the bottom of the page) http://www.filmmaking.com/

camcorder links
-great site for consumer level camcorders http://www.camcorderinfo.com/
http://www.sony.ca/view/homepage.htm

Mac links
http://www.themacattack.us/

http://guides.macrumors.com/

Podcasts - are a great new resource. Just open up iTunes on your computer and go to the iTunes store and do a search for a term like “Final Cut Pro” or “Soundtrack” or “photoshop” and you will be surprised by the number of free podcasts available.