This two-day class explains the principles that underly troubleshooting a Final Cut Pro system. Topics include: Macintosh hardware (bus technology, serial device control, components of the logic board, etc), Quicktime and compression (motion-JPEG/DV/SD/HD, 8bit vs 10bit, etc), third-party hardware for video acquisition, drive technology, real-life integration (conforming for broadcast and color correction, OMFI exchange with ProTools, EDL vs Project Files and Automatic duck, etc), software installation, FCP preferences, capture settings and FCP data structure, managing renders, FCP pitfalls with Avid editors, HD, and others.

The Tech Support class is taught by Apple-Certified Digital Media Technician Will Cox, an instructor at The Edit Center who has been working as a video engineer and online editor for nearly 10 years. He has worked as the head of the video department at Tekserve and as the senior post-production engineer at Oxygen Media. In conjunction with the Ford Foundation and the University of Cape Town, Will set up and taught the use of digital video systems in South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. Will currently owns his own post-production company, Final Frame, which has edited shows for networks including Oxygen, ESPN, USA, SpikeTV, and HBO as well as a variety of documentary and narrative features.

This class is designed for video professionals who want to support Final Cut Pro editing systems in a professional setting.

The course cost is $1000.

Please call for availability.

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