Final Cut Pro Tour Brings Top Trainers to Video Editing Pros Nationwide

New York, N.Y. -- On February 23, Future Media Concepts (FMC), thenation's premier digital media training center, in cooperation withApple, will kick off its 15-city 'FCP to the Max!' tour to bringprofessional-level Final Cut Pro training seminars to professionaleditors across the U.S. and South America.

For just $199, the intensive day-long seminars are taught byFMC’s elite team of Apple Certified Instructors, and address thefull capabilities of Final Cut Pro for professional production. It's aunique opportunity to get trained by the same instructors who regularlytrain the creative staff of the nation's leading TV stations,post-production facilities and ad agencies as well as speak at theindustry's major conferences.

Sessions cover the entire process of advanced editing on Final CutPro, including strategies for working with uncompressed and HD footage;killer tips for experienced editors; workflows that include third-partysoftware such as Boris, Automatic Duck, Photoshop and After Effects;color correction and finishing techniques; and outputting finalprojects to DVD using DVD Studio Pro. The course is designed forintermediate and advanced Final Cut Pro users--professional editors,producers, independent filmmakers, videographers and digitalartists.

"We were getting many requests for our top-quality training fromprofessionals who need to avoid the time and expense of traveling toour training centers," says Ben Kozuch, President of Future MediaConcepts. "With the FCP to the Max! Tour, we’re bringing ourtop-quality video education where it is not usually accessible. Thecourse was designed for editors by editors to cover the mostcomprehensive, relevant set of tips and techniques for Final Cut Prousers."

Patty Montesion, Training Manager at Apple, says, "We are excited towork with FMC on this training tour. FMC has been providing excellencein training in their east coast locations and we trust that FCP usersnationwide will benefit greatly from attending this seminar."

For a list of dates and locations as well as sessions, instructorsand online registrations attendees may visit the seminar website at www.fmctraining.com/fcp.