Motion Pro Training Series Book

I'm looking into getting a training guide for Motion 2. The reviews of the book by Damian Allen in the Pro Training Series seem to indicate that it is a very helpful step-by-step tutorial, but I am concerned by the fact that it doesn't say that it is for Motion 2. Is this book geared towards the newer version of the program and, if not, is there a book that is? I would like to use the Apple Certified book, but I also don't want a book that's out of date. I'd appreciate any help I can get on this. Thanks
Carrle Zimos

yep, i looked at that particular text as well, seeing how i'm a rank newb with motion but instead i settled upon mary plummer's "Getting Started with Motion" which states right on the cover "Fully Compatible with Motion 2" and i'm glad i started there. i like this text so far as it covers all the options in the user interface and why things do what they do. check it out.
zeb

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Ben - thanks for trying to help out on this. The World Cup games are over and I can't think of any more reasons to procrastinate. This has been giving me a fair amount of grief.
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Hi Guys,
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Re: Apple Pro training series for FCPX -

APPLE PRO TRAINING SERIES FOR Final Cut Pro X. Diana Weynard - cannot download requirements from disk - error code -36 appears after about 30 minutes of download time. Mac Book Pro running OS 10.6.8
I am also using the trial version of FCPX.

You should contact Peachpit about this.
cannot download requirements from disk
Not sure what this means. Do you mean you can't copy from the accompanying disc? In which case the disc might be defective and you should return it to the reseller. At least that's the usual procedure for this.

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HTH
CCT

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I'm looking to get some advanced training in FCP and the whole studio. I've seen the Apple Pro Training Series and I'm comparing them with looking at the books and DVD's that came with the Final Cut Studio. Is there a difference between the two?
Let's say I want to take Apple's Level 1 Pro Training exam...is there information in the Pro Series Books that I need for that exam? Or will I learn enough by doing the tutorials and reading the books that came in the box?
Thanks in advance,
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I'm looking to get some advanced training in FCP and
the whole studio. I've seen the Apple Pro Training
Series and I'm comparing them with looking at the
books and DVD's that came with the Final Cut Studio.
Is there a difference between the two?
What book are you comparing the FCS material to?
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Let's say I want to take Apple's Level 1 Pro Training
exam...is there information in the Pro Series Books
that I need for that exam? Or will I learn enough by
doing the tutorials and reading the books that came
in the box?
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The Level 2 exam, for instance, is based on Michael Wohl's book (Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Editing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 5)
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I'm working through the apple pro series book, for those of you who are familiar with it... and have come across a questions that I cannot figure out in the book. In chapter 8 it discusses how when you add video to the timeline that includes audio they are linked together and thus selecting either video or audio will in turn select the other (audio for video and visa versa). However, this is not working for me, when I select either video or audio in the timeline it only selects that specific clip. Do I not have a setting correct or is there a difference in updates now?

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Mark, I am learning a lot from your book and you may already know about this one but I wanted to pass it on anyway. I could not get your steps on page 125 or pages 150 to work correctly. I just couldn't get the titles to line up properly with the video clips using the shortcuts shift - I and I or Shift -O and O. Then I realized you had us set the Default Layer Duration for Still Images and Layers in the Preferences for 1 second on page 78. Yes, I know you warned us to check this as the setting would be saved for future projects but I of course forgot about it and I am willing to bet so did a lot of people. I changed this setting back to the "Use Project Duration" and now all works well. Hopefully I didn't miss a page where you instructed us to set this preference but I don't think I did. By the way, is there a better forum for posting this types of things?
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I noticed that minor error as well.
I have both of those texts as well and highly recommend them. Also, Mark Spencer's dvd "Motion 3 - Fast Forward" is great. I have it and I highly recommend it. http://www.rippletraining.com/engine/motion_training.html
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I need some help. I purchased a copy of this boot to try out Final Cut Pro X. I downloaded the lesson files from Peachpit and copied the "APTS FCP X.sparseimage" file to my desktop, double clicked on it and a virtual disk opened up with all the lesson files inside. When I launched FCP and tried to follow the section in the book "Connecting Media Files to Project files" it all started to go wrong.
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I have gone back to Peachpit and they are going to forward my issue to the Author/Publisher but I only have a small amount of time to return the book if I can't get this working.
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M

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