Now there’s a new way to master Apple’s popular video-editing, audio, and film-compositing tools: a comprehensive course that’s both a self-paced learning tool and the approved curriculum for all Apple-certified trainers. Targeted to working professionals and those who aspire to that level, the Apple Pro Training Series includes the following titles

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 4 by Diana Weynand ISBN 0-321-18649-4 $44.99, 872 pages

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Apple Pro Training Series: Shake 3 by Marco Paolini ISBN 0-321-19725-9 $44.99, 454 pages (The first book to hit the market covering Shake 3!)

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Apple Pro Training Series: Logic 6 by Martin Sitter and Robert Brock ISBN: 0-321-20040-3, $44.99, 552 pp.

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Each Apple Pro Training Series title comes with a companion DVD that includes all of the lesson files used in the book. The Shake and Logic books also include free trial versions of the software.

The Apple Pro Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum of the Apple Pro Training and Certification program.

Upon completing the course material in these books, you can become a certified Apple Shake or Final Cut Pro 4 Pro by taking the certification exam at an Apple Authorized Training Center. To find an Authorize Training Center near you, go to www.apple.com/software/pro/training

 For more information on these books, please go to: www.peachpit.com/applebooklet/download