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IBC 2025 – What’s New from OWC – Part 1

Larry O’Connor, CEO of OWC, showcases many of their latest products at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025 – What’s New from Atomos

Peter Barber, CEO of Atomos, showcases what’s new for Atomos at IBC 2025.

Media Trends Discussed at IBC 2025

Here are some of the trends we are hearing about at IBC 2025. Please add your thoughts in the comments.

IBC 2025 – What’s New from Pixit Media

Leanne Tomlin, Marketing Director, Pixit Media, explains what new from them at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025 – What’s New from Telestream

Rich Andes, Telestream, showcases what’s new from Telestream at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025 – What’s New from Strada

Michael Cioni, CEO of Strada, explains what’s new from Strada at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025 – What’s New from Maxon

Alexandru Niculin, Maxon, showcases what’s new from Maxon at IBC.

IBC 2025: The Industry & Technical Trends That Adobe is Watching in Media Today

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, discusses the key industry and technical trends that Adobe is watching in media today.

IBC 2025 – How Adobe is Integrating Generative AI into Its Media Products

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, explains how Adobe is integrating generative AI into its media products at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025: Introducing the Latest Version of Adobe Premiere Pro

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, introduces the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro at IBC 2025.

IBC 2025 Video Interview Index

These interviews of leading developers for the media industry were recorded at IBC 2025 by Laura Peters, a member of the Larry Jordan team.

Introduction to Fusion in DaVinci Resolve 20

While Fusion can do lots of amazing things, it also has a learning curve that goes straight up. In this short video excerpt from his webinar, Larry Jordan introduces the Fusion interface, moves a clip from the Edit page into the Fusion page, then add a simple embedded text title into the clip.

Two Sample Fusion Text Animations

These are the two animated titles we’ll create this week in Larry’s DaVinci Resolve Fusion webinar.

Garbage Masks in DaVinci Resolve 20

UPDATED with how to create complex garbage masks using the Color page. Earlier, I wrote about creating a green-screen key in Resolve 20 but failed to show how to create garbage masks. There are multiple options – here’s how they all work.

Where You Place the Cut Changes the Story

In this web series episode, Norman Hollyn and Larry Jordan illustrate how changing the position of a single cut in a dramatic scene changes the meaning of the entire scene. (This is the first episode in the web series: “2 Reel Guys.”)

Two New Effects in Final Cut Pro: Callout & Picture-in-Picture

There are two new effects in Apple Final Cut Pro which have a variety of uses: Callout & Picture-in-Picture. Here’s what they do, how they work and the differences between them.

Final Cut Pro: The Order You Stack Effects in the Video Inspector Changes Results

In Apple Final Cut Pro, when you only apply one effect to a clip, you get exactly the results you expect. However, when you add multiple effects to a single clip, the order in which those effects are “stacked” in the Video Inspector directly affects the results you get. Let me illustrate this.

Change the Way Effects are Processed in Final Cut Pro

Sometimes, we just can’t do what we want to do. Here’s the problem: We want to scale a clip smaller, then blur it so both the clip and its edges are blurred. However, unless you know the secret trick, Apple Final Cut Pro won’t let you do this. Here’s the secret.

Use Auditions in Final Cut Pro to Select Music and Sound Effects

Auditions are a little-understood feature in Final Cut Pro that can simplify and speed-up selecting the best B-roll clip or graphic. Here’s how to create and use them to speed picking the right sound effect or music clip for your project.

Create Text Favorites in DaVinci Resolve 20

Creating favorites of titles and clips to share between projects is easy in DaVinci Resolve 20. Except… the entire process is hidden by default. Here’s how to create favorites for your own projects.