An in-depth Q&A answering questions about how to pick the right storage for video editing.
An illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on how to create audio submixes using Roles in Apple Final Cut Pro X, then how to convert them into mono files panned into either the left or right channel.
Apple released a minor bug-fix update to Final Cut Pro X to version 104.3. Here are the details.
A quick, illustrated tutorial on how to either select colors using numeric values or sliders using the Mac Color Picker, which works in all applications.
An in-depth review and tutorial of ff-Works, from OSBytes, for audio and video compression.
Roles are a very powerful, but little understood, feature in Apple Final Cut Pro X. They can help organize clips in the Browser or Timeline, control captions in multiple languages, clean up the Timeline and simplify audio mixes. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to organize clips in the Timeline using Roles.
Roles are a very powerful, but little understood, feature in Apple Final Cut Pro X. They can help organize clips in the Browser or Timeline, control captions in multiple languages, clean up the Timeline and simplify audio mixes. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create, modify and delete Roles.
A very cool effect – that isn’t that hard to create – animating text to reveal itself in the surface of an object then zoom full-screen using Apple Motion 5. The resulting movie can be played in any video editor.
Green-screen keys are increasingly essential in even the smallest projects. In this short excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create and adjust a basic green-screen key in Apple Final Cut Pro X.
An explanation of how Final Cut Pro X imports clips and why, sometimes, we can’t import clip ranges.
A detailed explanation, for video editors, of servers and video editing using Apple Final Cut Pro X. Explained in layman’s terms, hopefully.
A step-by-step illustrated tutorial on how to use Roles in Apple Final Cut Pro X to export multichannel audio.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use the Timeline Index to switch languages and control the display of your closed captions in Apple Final Cut Pro X.
An illustrated tutorial on the new GPU monitoring window in Activity Monitor for the Mac.
Creating closed captions and subtitles is a new feature in Apple Final Cut Pro X v10.4.1. This illustrated tutorial shows you what they are, how they work and how to add them to your projects.
A collection of new products for media creators announced at the 2018 NAB Show from companies you may not have heard about.
Apple releases an update to ProRes called “ProRes RAW.” Here’s what you need to know about it.
Apple announces free updates to Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5 and Compressor 4, add captioning, ProRes RAW and bug fixes.
Smooth Glass Slideshow, from idustrial revolution, creates visually arresting effects that can be especially helpful in social media videos. A key strength is how easy they are to combine to quickly create very complex effects – very easily.
Your story starts with the shoot – but it gets told in the edit. If you want to get started with Final Cut Pro X, this session is for you. All the essential basics – all in one place. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to import media into FCP X and what the different import settings mean.