Hey gang. Thanks for all the great advice regarding this post.
I ended up buying an Academic version of Final Cut Pro. (I am, after all, a graduate student 🙂
I could use links to any good tutorials anyone might know of. I’m just trying to do really simple stuff: edit clips, over dub music, stuff like that.
Thanks again everybody. There doesn’t seem to be anything you guys can’t fill me in on!
Lynda.com has great tutorials on compression and editing using Final Cut Pro. They have unlimited access to their video archive for $25/month, money well spent.