Best Training for FCP S2

Hi all. I'm new to Final Cut, and was looking for some quality training on DVDs. I've had positive results with Total Training's Adobe stuff...anybody try their Apple products?
Also, any other recommendations? Lynda.com?
Thanks!
Naveen

Right now I'm going through the lynda.com video training online. I have to say it's pretty **** good. Larry Jordan is the instructor and he makes the learning experience a blast! He has that attitude, "if you don't know something, don't worry, I'm here to help".
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/authors/author/?aid=49

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I'd also like to have access to some exercises, but not documentary material (which is not my thing), but exercises for movies, TV, and story-oriented shorts.

My degree is educational psychology, I've been teaching FCP since version 4, been teaching all of the Final Cut Studio apps since FCS2, been teaching apps for various software companies for 3 decades. Here's my professional evaluation.
The "Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X, Professional Post-Production" by Brendan Boykin is hands down the BEST book on the market. The eBook version has been updated to version 10.0.2, also. If you purchase the eBook version from Peachpit Press, you get the EPUB, PDF, and MOBI versions all together, and the updates for the EPUB are free.
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Greetings,
I have been editing feature films and video projects on my PowerMac G4 867Mhz for 5 years. I use FCP 5.1 and DVD Studio Pro mostly.
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Also, I gave some thought to a MacPro, but it just seems like too much power for what I usually do.
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While some use the iMac for FCP, it is not an ideal solution as you can not add any additional internal disks for scratch drives nor add a pci firewire card or to isolate the camera from the external drive it is highly recommended you have. In addition, if you do decide to work at higher datarate formats, there is no way to add a pci esata card or an HD card either.
All in all, not a 'best computer for fcp'.
Go with a MacBookPro 17" which has a large enough screen to edit with on the go or a MacPro desktop. Both allow for expansion of capabilities.
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x

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Run the tutorials and be prepared to be frustrated and confused. it's a big application.
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Then you MUST do the tutorials again. They will make much more sense the second time because you now know where the menus are and understand of the basic interface language.
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check this out Sion, this is your best bet for
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I feel your pain sszeto. I still have my old MAC Clone. Remember the UMAX 900? I have that in my sailboat and I'm still using it. Kinda useless but it does the job.
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I know these are older technologies but if you could get a great deal on an Canon XHA1 or HVX200 with 16gb card for roughly the same price (1500 for Canon, 1600 for Panasonic) what would you pull the trigger on?
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what version of FCP and what OS?
What other apps must this machine run?
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Better information, you'll get better responses over the next few days, keep reading.
Best for me includes excellent low light functions and excellent glass. I need neither digital zoom nor auto gain.
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