Covering the basics of producing great audio tracks to accompany video projects, Using Soundtrack provides recording and editing tips and guidance on noise reduction tools, audio effects, and Final Cut Pro's powerful real-time audio mixer. Readers also learn how Soundtrack can be used to give video projects a professional finish with the addition of custom, royalty-free scoring. Theory is presented on a need-to-know basis and practical tutorials provide hands-on techniques for common tasks, including editing video to audio, editing audio to video, changing the length of a music bed, editing...

Contains detailed screen shots and step-by-step directions that illustrate how to use Encore DVD software in a time-efficient way. This work helps readers to harness the full scope of Encore DVD's functions, including importing and organizing content to build the DVD, using Photoshop to create menus, and finish authoring.