Really enjoying FCE so far

Yeah, this is one of "those" posts, but I felt the need. 8-). Wanted to say thanks to everyone on these forums who either directly or indirectly influenced my decision to try FCE. I'm LOVING it so far! Picked it up a few weeks ago and have been learning as I go. I was very nervous about the learning curve, but much to my surprise, I actually find it more intuitive than either iMovie 08 or 6\HD. Especially things like cutting, stop, start points etc. The way they are done in FCE just makes more sense to me.
Anyway, I'm still learning, but wanted to tell anyone out there that might be on the edge of a purchase to go for it! The program is truly amazing. The only thing I wish it had, were themes like 06\HD. I found these kinda handy\fun for playing around with, and have not found an easy way to re-create them yet.
Oh yeah, I'm also VERY surprised at the amount of information in the manual! It's really a good place to begin learning the program, IMO at least. Anyone know, as I have not found it yet, if there is a decent reference anywhere for all the video effects? Or is trial and error the best way to learn what they do?
Anyway, thanks to all again, see you around!

I think you will find that there isn't any book covering ALL the effects. At least I haven't found one.
Such a publication would need to be a monumental tome, for not only would it have to deal with the individual filters, it would also have to describe the almost limitless ways they can be combined.
So trial and error is probably the best strategy, and may even lead to you discovering some uses that were never intended.
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