An in-depth, illustrated and measured test of the new MacBook Pro to see how fast it really is for video editing using real-world tests with Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
An illustrated tutorial on little-known tools in Adobe Audition that can simplify and speed-up audio mixing; especially for video projects.
A short, illustrated article explaining how to interpret the Amplitude Statistics window in Adobe Audition CC.
An explanation on what’s really happening when you convert audio files between different sample rates, featuring comments from Adobe.
Up-resing is the process of converting lower resolution video into higher resolution. For example, converting SD video into HD or HD into 4K. In this short video tutorial, you’ll learn what up-resing is, why it is so hard to make it look good, what bitmaps and interlacing are and how they relate to improving the look of your video.
A collection of more than 40 articles covering video editing, Adobe and Apple software, written over the summer of 2016 by Larry Jordan. Designed to make it easy to see any you may have missed.
A quick tip that can help dial out color problems during video editing, quickly and easily.
The Top Ten most common mistakes that affect video editing.
A variety of media creators explain how they archive their media and projects for the long-term.
In a discussion at the 2016 Creative Storage Conference, I discovered the answer to: “How long can we store flash media on a shelf without losing data.”
The Library panel allows you to add and share media and assets between the various Adobe applications. While currently designed to enable still artists working with Photoshop, libraries can still be useful to video editors. This illustrated tutorial explains how.
Blend modes allow us to add texture to text, change the look of clips, even create unusual and eye-catching effects. Blend modes exist in virtually every video and graphics editing application. In this short video Larry Jordan shows how to access, modify and use blend modes in Adobe Photoshop CC.
Why become a member of Larry Jordan’s Video Training Library? Because you can learn exactly what you need to know from our library more quickly and better than you can learn it on your own.
A list of, and links to, the Top 20 tutorials on Larry Jordan’s website for 2015.
An indexed and linked list of all technical blogs and articles written by Larry Jordan during August, 2015.
An illustrated explanation of how to measure free space on your hard disk – and why you need to do this – along with an explanation of how to improve performance by minimizing file “swapping.”
A detailed, illustrated article showing how to create a custom shape in Photoshop then import and animate it in Final Cut Pro X.
An illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on how to prepare digital images for video editing in either Premiere Pro CC or Final Cut Pro X.
Spectrum, from Luca Visual FX, provides endlessly fascinating visual backgrounds and transitions for Final Cut Pro X, as Larry Jordan writes in this article.
An illustrated tutorial on enabling burn-in Timecode in Adobe Media Encoder 2015 (or 2014).
A video compression speed test comparing Adobe Media Encoder 2015, with Adobe Media Encoder 2014 and Apple Compressor 4.2.
A detailed tutorial of the new Morph Cut in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, along with a discussion of the ethical issues in using it and tips to make it look the best.
In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to optimize Adobe Media Encoder CC preferences for compression speed.
This short video tutorial, from Larry Jordan, summarizes what you need to know to compress video faster – hardware, software, codecs, and settings – when using a Mac.
A detailed video compression speed test comparing Adobe Media Encoder, Apple Compressor, HandBrake, MPEG Streamclip, Telestream Episode and Sorenson Squeeze running on a new Mac Pro and an iMac.
An illustrated explanation of why the Media Browser can save you time and effort in Premiere Pro CC.
A short video tutorial showing how to add, modify, optimize and delete workspaces in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
This is a detailed, in-depth speed test comparing Adobe Media Encoder CC 2014 with Apple Compressor 4.2 on a new Mac Pro, iMac and MacBook Pro.
An illustrated explanation of how to use the Media Browser in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2014) to access media and projects faster.
A short video tutorial explaining the basics of video compression, along with what determines file size and compressed image quality.
A short video tutorial explaining how to customize video compression presets in Adobe Media Encoder.
An illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on how to use high-resolution media to re-frame shots to create closeups when you didn’t shoot them.
A quick illustrated tutorial on how to scale a large image to fit the sequence size in Premiere Pro CC 2014.
In this short video demo, Larry Jordan shows how to setup and record an audio voice over in the Timeline of Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014.
In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to move audio clips and sequences between Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 and Adobe Audition CC 2014.
A short video demo by Larry Jordan showing how to separate stereo audio into dual-channel mono, as well as the differences between Extract and Break-Apart clips.
A short video tutorial from Larry Jordan showing how to automate Photoshop image processing using Actions.
A short video tutorial on how to use the Clone tool to remove dust and small scratches from a still image.
This short video tutorial by Larry Jordan shows how to remove scratches and creases from a damaged still image using the Healing Brush in Adobe Photoshop CC
A step-by-step tutorial on how to send a clip from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe Audition to remove audio hum.
An extension takes the Premiere interface places it has never gone before. The Pond5 extension allows you to search, browse and download royalty-free clips directly inside Premiere; as Larry Jordan shows in this video demo.
This explains the differences between various versions of Apple ProRes and how to choose the right version of ProRes for your next media project.
This short video tutorial highlights the new improved search features in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014.
This short video tutorial illustrates how to send files from Adobe Prelude CC to Adobe Premiere Pro CC. It also explains when to use Send and when to use Export.
This is a short video tutorial highlighting some of the new features in the October and December, 2014, updates to Adobe Media Encoder.
A step-by-step tutorial on reducing audio noise using the Noise Reduction filter in Adobe Audition CC.
A step-by-step tutorial on using Adaptive Noise Reduction techniques to reduce audio noise using Adobe Audition CC.
Create a surprising effect using two different colors in a chroma-key. This is especially useful for props shots on camera. Illustrated using Premiere Pro CC.
Today, Adobe updated all their audio and video applications to v2014.2. Here are the details.
A Q&A with Kevin Monahan, Support Product Manager-DVA at Adobe Systems discussing tips and techniques with Premiere Pro CC.
