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LTO 8 – New Technology for Archiving

A helpful infographic, explanation and links about archiving media data on LTO tape drives.

FCP X: 3 + 1 Productivity Power Tips

Here are three fast, powerful shortcut techniques for Apple Final Cut Pro X that create better shortcuts, faster trimming and reattaching missing audio. Plus, another tip that makes Motion less frustrating to use.

FCP X: Store Custom Titles in the Library Itself

This technique simplifies moving libraries and custom effects between different editors on different computers.

Trouble-Shoot Your Apple Final Cut Pro X System [u]

A step-by-step guide to get your Final Cut system running again.

Audition CC: Tour the Interface and Key Audio Tools [video]

You know you can improve the sound of your Adobe Premiere Pro CC projects if you mix them in Adobe Audition – but how? In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan tours the Audition interface and shows how some of his favorite audio editing tools work.

Optimize Adobe Premiere Pro CC Preferences

Specific preference settings you can change that will optimize the performance and operation of Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2018).

First Look: idustrial Revolution Viral Video Thirds

An in-depth look at Viral Video Thirds from idustrial Revolution for Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.3 or later.

Product Review: LumaForge Jellyfish

An in-depth look at Jellyfish – high-performance shared-storage for video editing from LumaForge.

Premiere Pro CC: Collaboration and Shared Projects [video]

In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan compares Team Projects with Shared Projects in the 2018 update to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, then illustrates how Shared Projects work.

Apple Reveals Next Version of Final Cut Pro X

Apple reveals the next version of Final Cut Pro X – 10.4 – at the FCPX Creative Summit. Here is some of what’s being reported.

Adobe Audition CC (2018): Auto-Ducking is Magic

Auto-ducking in Adobe Audition CC is magical. What this does is automatically reduce the level of clips on a music track based upon the dialog clips above it. Here’s an illustrated tutorial on how this works.

Adobe Media Encoder: H.264 vs. HEVC (H.265)

The principle reason for using HEVC to compress video is to decrease the file size of the compressed file. But how does it look? In this First Look comparing HEVC to H.264 using Adobe Media Encoder, you’ll discover the answer.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018: Shared Projects

Any Premiere project can be shared amongst other editors on the same local network. It works great – EXCEPT there is a huge gotcha that will cause you to lose work, if you don’t read this article first.

Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018: The New Font Menu

It seems like a small thing, but the new font menu in Premiere 2018 makes using ALL your fonts a lot faster and easier. Here’s an illustrated tutorial that explains how this works.

Choose the Right Font [video]

Our goal is to tell stories – and the best stories touch our emotions. However, all too often, we overlook a powerful tool that can influence our emotions: fonts. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan showcases different fonts and illustrates how to choose the best one for your next project.

First Look: SpeedScriber, from Digital Heaven

If you are looking for ways to convert speech to text quickly, with reasonable accuracy, easy-to-use editing tools and multiple export options, SpeedScriber is an excellent choice. Here’s an illustrated review that explains how it works.

First Look: Keymand: Custom Keyboard Shortcut Control

An in-depth look at a new application that allows creating custom keyboard shortcuts on an iPad which can control any application on an attached Mac.

Five Quick Tips for Apple Final Cut Pro X

Five quick tips for Apple Final Cut Pro X covering importing, skimming, joining clips, organizing the Browser and little-known keyboard shortcuts.

Adobe Photoshop CC: Modify Images with Patch and Content-Aware Move Tools [video]

Still images are at the heart of many video programs, especially documentaries. But, what if the images you are working with don’t look that good? In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use the Patch, Content-Aware and Levels tools to move and remove elements in an image.

Adobe Photoshop CC: Straighten an Image, then Improve Exposure [video]

Still images are at the heart of many video programs, especially documentaries. But, what if the images you are working with don’t look that good? In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to straighten an image then improve the exposure using Levels.