Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan, the editor of Edit Well, is a consultant and Apple Certified Trainer in Digital Media with more than 25 years’ experience as a television producer, director, and editor with national broadcast and corporate credits. Based in Los Angeles, he’s a member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. Larry has also been recognized as one of the Top 100 Corporate Producers in America. He has written two books on Final Cut Pro for Peachpit Press and is the executive producer and host of Digital Production BuZZ. Visit his web site at www.larryjordan.biz.

Clay Asbury

Clay Asbury is a freelance editor and instructor in Atlanta, Georgia. His clients include well-known companies such as Turner Networks, CNN, and Crawford Communications. His approachable and effective teaching style has developed from having over a decade of experience as an educator with such institutions as Fordham University and The Art Institute of Atlanta. He is certified in both Final Cut Studio and Adobe Photoshop. In addition, he worked as a broadband video editor for Weather.com and as a quality assurance tester for Apple Computer.

Matthew Geller

Matthew Geller is the principal at Meta Media Creative Technologies, a firm dedicated to providing consulting, integration services, training, and support to facilities in postproduction and broadcast. He is also an Apple Mentor Trainer and has taught courses for system integrators and channel partners worldwide. His book Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Final Cut Server is now available from Peachpit.

Noah Kadner

Noah Kadner graduated from the USC film school with an MFA in production. He runs High Road Productions, a film, television, production, and post-production company. Noah is also an Apple Certified Pro experienced in building editing suites and training users on Final Cut Pro, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro. He hosts and produces Call Box (www.callboxlive.com), a series of digital filmmaker training courses on DVD. Noah also works as a forum administrator for 2-pop.com, CreativeCow.com, and DVXuser.com

Stephen Kanter

Stephen Kanter is an Avid and Apple Certified editor who has worked in television, documentaries, and feature films as an editor, producer, and post-production supervisor. An Apple Certified Trainer since the program began, he is the technical editor for much of the Apple Pro Training Series, including Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro for Avid Editors, DVD Studio Pro, and Soundtrack Pro. Based in Los Angeles, Mr. Kanter currently works as a freelance editor and trainer for UCLA, Moviola, and Weynand Training. He is a member of the Editors Guild. Visit his web site at web.mac.com/editdog.

Mike Krause

Mike Krause is a Los Angeles–based Apple Certified editor with experience in television and independent film and music, as well as DVD production. Previously an Avid Assistant Editor and ACSR technician, Mike made the jump to Final Cut Pro three years ago. He is currently the lead editor at one of the largest DVD production facilities in the world. Mike’s current favorite program is LiveType.

Tom Meegan

Tom Meegan is the creative director of Woven Pixels Productions, a media production and consulting business in Central New Hampshire. He has been in broadcast television production for 20 years and has won 2 New England Emmy Awards for lighting design, and he was nominated for his work as a coordinating producer. He edits for the MLB World Series on Fox Network, the NBA Finals, the Olympics, and Wimbledon. He is an Apple Certified Trainer for Final Cut Pro. Visit his web site at www.wovenpixels.com.

Kevin Monahan

Kevin Monahan is a video editor and motion graphics artist living in San Francisco. He is the president and cofounder of the world’s first FCP User Group, SF Cutters. Kevin has worked on projects at such companies as Apple, Electronic Arts, and Pixar. He is also the author of Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro (Peachpit). Visit Kevin at www.sfcutters.org.

Graeme Nattress

Graeme Nattress, the technical editor of Edit Well, is a software developer who specializes in cutting-edge algorithms for the improvement of video quality. Nattress Productions, Inc. offers special-effects filters and plug-ins for Final Cut Pro. Graeme is a frequent contributor to kenstone.net, LAFCPUG, DV Info Net, and DVXuser.com and is the www.red.com Problem Solver. Visit his web site at www.nattress.com.

Bruce Nazarian

Bruce Nazarian is an award-winning DVD producer and author, and the newly-elected president of the DVD Association. Bruce recently completed DVD Studio Pro 4: The Complete Guide to DVD Authoring with Macintosh (McGraw-Hill). He is president of Gnome Digital Media, his DVD and media production company in Los Angeles. Visit his web site at www.Recipe4DVD.com.

Bryan Peel

Bryan Peel is a producer and editor, as well as the owner of Keyframe Communications Inc. TV broadcasting has been in his family for years. Bryan self-taught himself when introduced to one of the first non-linear editing systems. His past projects include local and national TV commercials, infomercials, documentaries, and series programs. Some of his current work is available online at www.keyframeinc.com.

Mary Plummer

Mary Plummer has been editing and composing music professionally for more than 16 years. An Apple Certified Master Trainer, she has authored Apple Pro Training Series books on Soundtrack, Soundtrack Pro, and Motion, as well as books on Final Cut Studio and GarageBand. She is co-owner of InVision Digital and Media Arts, Inc., an Apple Authorized Training Center located at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Visit her web site at www.invisiondigital.com.

Kevin Shea

Kevin Shea is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. He has a B.A. in Art with a minor in Communications, with concentrations on video production and graphic design. Kevin has been using Final Cut for six years and is an Apple Certified Trainer in Digital Media. Kevin is a creative engineer with MacSpecialist, an Apple Specialist reseller in the Chicago area. He has also taught video editing for the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.

Mark Spencer

Mark Spencer is a freelance producer, editor, teacher, and author working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an Apple-Certified Master Trainer for Final Cut Pro, Motion, and DVD Studio Pro; is a coauthor of the Apple Pro Training Series books: Motion 3 and Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2 from Peachpit; is the host of the Motion Fast Forward and Motion Deep Dive tutorials from Ripple Training; and maintains the Motion-dedicated site applemotion.net.

Alexis Van Hurkman

Alexis Van Hurkman is a writer, director, colorist, and effects artist. As a postproduction artist, Alexis has created effects for the award-winning short subject Artistic License, and color-corrected the feature Souvenir and the television pilot “FBI Guys.” As a filmmaker, Alexis’s feature debut, Four Weeks, Four Hours, has screened at the 2006 San Fernando Valley, Portland Longbaugh, and Toronto ReelHeART film festivals. His written work includes several Apple Pro Training Series titles including Encyclopedia of Color Correction, as well as contributions to the Final Cut Pro, Color, and Shake User Manuals. Visit his web site at www.alexisvanhurkman.com.

Tom Wolsky

Tom Wolsky is a former ABC News producer and operations manager in London and NewYork. He now has a boutique production company in northern California and has been teaching Final Cut Pro since it came out. He teaches for Digital Media Academy and has written a number of books, articles, and DVDs on Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, video production, and video journalism. Visit his web site at www.SouthCoastTV.com.