Adobe Premiere Pro has vastly improved matching colors between shots – especially when you use Comparison View. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how to display Comparison View, how to match colors between shots, then how to make manual adjustment if needed after the match.
One the harder color effects to create in Adobe Premiere Pro is a color change in the middle of a clip. But, it can be done! In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how this feature works, as well as how to color match different sections of the same clip.
Unlike Final Cut or Premiere, DaVinci Resolve does not store libraries (Final Cut) or projects (Premiere) as separate files. However, there are times when you need to save a specific project. Resolve provides three ways to do this: Backup, export, and archive. Here’s how each of these work.
With the 2025 release of Premiere Pro, Adobe has totally overhauled how it handles color. The new pipeline has streamlined settings, and added support for wide-gamut camera raw and log-encoded media. Here’s an overview of how it works.
Generative AI is commanding all the fear and attention in media today. But, there are a wealth of AI-assisted tools in Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve that are enabling editors to do more, rather than replacing them en masse. In this presentation to the Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group, Larry Jordan highlights nearly two dozen AI-assisted tools across all three of these applications.
A big challenge in color grading is how to handle a lighting color change during a shot. A typical example is walking indoors on a sun-lit day. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how to keyframe a color change, along with how to make sure the actor’s skin tones remain correct.
Apple Final Cut Pro provides three different ways to quickly adjust the look of a clip: Looks, Color Board Presets, and Color Grading Presets. In this short video demo, Larry Jordan shows what these are, where they are located and the differences between them; including one very big advantage!
Comparison view quickly allows comparing the look of any timeline clip to the clips preceding and following it. Even better, it supports building a collection of “looks” you can use to compare any timeline clip to up to 30 timeline images. Larry Jordan shows how this feature works.
Thoughts from Larry Jordan on Apple’s 2025 WWDC keynote presentation.
I found myself giving bad advice recently – which I hate to do – and it started with this panic email which I misinterpreted.
I was worried. My SSD RAID was getting fuller every time I deleted files. This should not happen! It SHOULD get emptier. While I was using an OWC Thunderblade RAID, this problem could apply to any SSD. The answer, I …
One of the themes at the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas seemed to be a reaction against the cloud; a question about whether we’ve moved too much data to the cloud. Several my interview guests talked about data repatriation, …
Resolve can easily display two timelines using either a single or dual monitor display. But it’s a bit fiddly. Here’s how this works.
Adobe Premiere supports displaying two or more timelines at the same time. For example, this can help when you need to compare two versions of an edit. This isn’t hard to do, but it isn’t obvious. Here’s how this works.
While Final Cut does not allow displaying more than one project in the timeline at the same time, it does make switching between projects easy. Here are some secret tips.
The latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro (v25.2.1) has a totally revamped color engine. Which is excellent, actually. But, if you are shooting iPhone video, when you load that clip into Premiere, it will look, ah, terrible. Here’s how to fix it – quick.
All the hype surrounding AI presents software developers making tools for creatives with a dilemma. How do they find the right balance between creating features that improve their tools versus replacing the editor?
One of the tasks editors are increasingly asked to do today is convert a horizontal timeline to vertical to post to social media. Premiere makes this process easy using Auto Reframe. Here’s how this works.
One of the tasks editors are increasingly asked to do today is convert a horizontal timeline to vertical to post to social media. Apple Final Cut makes it easy using Smart Conform. Here’s how.
In this conversation, Larry Jordan and Maxim Jago discuss the future of media, the impact of AI on media creation and humanity, why he chooses to be optimistic, and his suggestions on what creative media folks can do to survive and surmount the turbulence in today’s world.
