First and foremost, my business partner, Shirley Craig, for guiding this book along its path and supporting our company, Weynand Training, as I wrote. Together we'd like to thank:

At Weynand Training: Susan Merzbach for her invaluable editorial con tribution and Nathan Haggard for tech editing and contributing the LiveType lesson. Without the two of you, this book would have been an impossible dream. Thanks to Darren Meiss for copy editing; Erik Buckham, Preston Goforth, and Charlie Treadwell for compositing and illustrations; and Tina Valinsky, Diane Wright, David Schwartz, Emily Freeman, Nancy Rosenblum, Randy Abrams, and Mary Plummer for their help along the way.

At Apple Training: Patty Montesion, for giving me the opportunity to write this book; Brian Meaney for answering all my questions and creating a fabulous program; Steve Martin, Adam Greene, and Abba Shapiro for testing and organizing feedback; and the Final Cut Pro authorized training instructors who provided valuable feedback during the finishing process.

The Peachpit Press team: Serena Herr for keeping this book on track and on time; Connie Jeung-Mills, Maureen Forys, and David Van Ness for their production work; and Heidi Jonk-Sommers for preparing the DVD.

Stories need pictures and sound. Our grateful thanks to Paula Lumbard, who through her company, FootageBank, provided the gorgeous footage that continually inspired me to create beautiful mini-stories for the lessons in this book; Al Giddings for his inspirational coverage of the Titanic; Barry Clark at Mandalay Media Arts for the stunning Sahara footage; and Andrew Robbins of Megatrax, for their always-inventive music tracks.