In the earliest days of film, silent movie cameras were hand-cranked, yielding jittery, unevenly exposed film. In this short video, Larry Jordan show hows to create a similar look by animating parameter behaviors in Apple Motion.
While not as critical as in years past, the goal of compressing video is to make a very large file as small as possible. In this short video, Larry Jordan explains what factors determine the size of a compressed file
Whether you love it, hate it, or simply accept it as “the way things are,” vertical video is everywhere – especially on social media. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create vertical video projects in Apple Final Cut Pro 11.
Regardless of which video editing software you use, safely archiving your media and projects when the editing is done is always a priority. But, what should you archive?
There seems to be a problem in Final Cut Pro 11.2 which prevents exports if deinterlacing has been enabled. Learn more here.
Open Drives announces Astraeus, a new data service that emulates cloud services, but running locally on your network. Larry Jordan interviews Michael Wilsker, Senior Director, Integration Strategy at Open Drives, to learn more.
This illustrates different workflows for transferring media between Adobe Premiere Pro and Axle AI, a popular media asset management system. It also provides recommendations on which will work best.
This illustrates different workflows for transferring media between Apple Final Cut Pro and Axle AI, a popular media asset management system. It also provides recommendations on which will work best.
Unlike any other NLE, there are two ways that media can be stored and referenced by Apple Final Cut Pro: Inside or outside the library. This tutorial explains how to move media, and provides a fast, emergency method to access media locked in a library.
When you apply for a project or sit in an interview, it’s not enough to say “I know these tools and can do this work.” Good hard skills mean you’ll get the job done. Good soft skills mean you’ll get the job.
Last week, I learned about new storage technology that uses ceramics, crystals and lasers to store data for the long term. While none are yet in the market, here’s a look at what’s coming.
There is a secret to color grading multicam clips in DaVinci Resolve 20 – it can’t be done, unless you click this one icon.
A detailed, illustrated tutorial on adding and modifying animation keyframes in DaVinci Resolve 20, plus a close look at the new Keyframe Editor which appeared in this latest version.
A detailed, illustrated tutorial on adding and modifying animation keyframes in Apple Final Cut Pro 11.2.
It is no exaggeration to say that FireWire was a key enabler of the digital video revolution. However, it is ending with the release of macOS Tahoe. Here’s a tribute to the legacy of FireWire.
A detailed, illustrated tutorial on adding and modifying animation keyframes in Premiere Pro 2025.
The rules governing closed captions are changing significantly with the WCAG 2.1 spec. Bob O’Brien shared his research. If all this is true, it will affect caption content, timing, video players and, most importantly, budgets.
A guest post written by Jim Nowak on how to use polarized light to improve capturing old, silvered photos while retaining the maximum amount of detail.
In almost all cases, the key to any documentary is restoring old photographs and films. In this detailed tutorial, I show how to improve scanning old photos to create better images for print or video.
Earlier this month, Adobe released the latest version of Premiere Pro (25.5). Here is an illustration of its new features.
