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FCP X: Export Master File

A tutorial on how to export a high-quality master file with a default keyboard shortcut from Final Cut Pro X.

How To Start Your Video Editing Business

The seven basic ideas you need to think about before starting your own creative company.

Audition CS6: Improve Audio Levels Fast!

A step-by-step tutorial on ways to set audio levels to prevent distortion and even out the range between loud and soft passages in a clip using Adobe Audition CS6.

FCP X: Create a Split Edit

A tutorial explaining what a split edit is, how to create it, and options to make it sound better.

New Features: Watch List and Favorites

Favorites, Watch Later, and Viewing History are added to our Video Training Library. This article describes how they work.

The Gear We Used to Cover the 2013 NAB Show

A detailed explanation of the video and audio gear used to cover the 2013 NAB Show for the Digital Production Buzz podcast.

Convert High Definition to Standard Definition Video

A step-by-step tutorial on converting frame sizes and frame rates from HD to SD video using Compressor.

Thoughts on The 10 Worst College Majors

[This article was first published in April, 2013, on my blog.] I’ve been thinking a lot about careers in media recently. It started with a recent blog I wrote, called: “Can You Still Have a Career in Editing?” which generated …

Editing Master Class with Larry Jordan

  Editing Master Class — May 14, 2013. Need an objective critique of your project? Looking to improve your editing skills? Stuck for ideas on where to take your project from here? Looking for better ways to tell stories with …

FCP X: Adjusting Audio Levels

An illustrated, step-by-step technique showing how to adjust volume levels on clips and ranges in Final Cut Pro X.

FCP X: Fix Audio Problems [Video]

This short video tutorial shows how to remove hum, reduce background noise and adjust levels, using the Audio Enhancement tools in Final Cut Pro X.

FCP X: Sub-frame Audio Editing [Video]

In this short video tutorial, you will learn how to fix audio problems within a sub-frame (1/80th of a frame) in Final Cut Pro X.

FCP X: Surround Sound Panning [Video]

A short video tutorial on how to access and adjust the surround sound panner in Final Cut Pro X.

Can You Still Have a Career in Editing?

[This article was first published in March, 2013, on my blog.] Three emails got me thinking today. The first was from Jack Reilly, of Future Media Concepts who is organizing Post-Production World at NAB. He’s asked me to host a …

Premiere CS6: Broadcast Colors Filter

An in-depth tutorial on how to use the Broadcast Colors filter in Premiere Pro CS6 – and why.

FCP X: Better Slow Motion

It takes planing during the shoot, but conforming is a better way to create slow-motion effects. Here’s how it works.

FCP X: Replace Edit

A detailed tutorial on how to replace one clip with another in Final Cut Pro X.

Compressor 4: Change Frame Rates [Video]

In this video tutorial, learn how to change video frame rates using Compressor 4.

Compressor 4: Deinterlace Video [Video]

In this video tutorial, learn the best, and fastest, way to deinterlace video in Compressor 4.

Compressor 4: Create a Cluster [Video]

In this video tutorial, learn how to speed video compression using a processor cluster in Compressor 4.