Writing a first book is an act of faith, even more, I suspect, for the publisher than the author. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Lynda Weinman, of Lynda.com, for giving me this opportunity. And a second huge hug to Lisa Brenneis, for recommending me to Lynda. This book grew out of my production and teaching experience where I discovered my students and co-workers had a good understanding of their piece of the process, but were weak on how all the different pieces fit together. The goal of this book is to provide both the detail and a greater context of where post-production fits in the grand scheme of storytelling. And this, I think, is what makes my book different from the other Final Cut books that are available. This is more than a "tools" book. It's a book on using Final Cut in post-production. Anyone can teach you how to use a hammer; this book goes further and helps you understand how to use that hammer to build a house. I also want to thank Garo Green, Vice-President of Operations, for Lynda.com, for his unfailing support, encouragement, and prompt checks, the beta testers for this book, especially Christy Bond, for making sure my exercises were accurate, Sean MacLean for his help with Microsoft Word, Blaine Albios for the video graphics, Darren Meiss for his copyediting (and interesting discussions on the proper capitalization of "playhead"), and Nathan Dugi-Turner for some killer original music compositions. Finally, I want to thank Mike Hatchett, Waide Hoyt, and Tim Manning at Standard Films (www.standardfilms.com) for providing absolutely stunning snowboarding footage, as well as the still image of Fred Kalbermatten (photographed by Sullivan). Also, Joel Suttles and Ainie Hastings at CNN ImageSource (www.cnnimagesource.com) for the hurricane footage.
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