Andy Wilson asked an interesting question recently. He wrote: “I shoot outdoors in sunlight in HDR on my iPhone 13 Pro Max (so nothing gets overexposed) and edit on a SDR timeline for publication to the web. I find that …
More stories from the early days of video production and video tape. This one from Warren (“Butch”) Nelson.
New effects features in the 10.8 update to Final Cut Pro, when combined with existing effects features, can make your post-production life faster and more consistent. These include renaming custom effects and building effects presets.
Regardless of which NLE you use for media editing, you’ve probably suffered through the hassle of relinking media. This tutorial explains what caused it, how to fix it, and how to prevent it in the future.
In this tutorial, I tested different export options to see which is the fastest way to create an H.264 or HEVC compressed file from a Final Cut Pro project. Several results surprised me.
This week, Apple released Final Cut Pro 10.8. While this significant upgrade contains multiple new features and lots of fixes, here are the key features and how to use them.
Apple Final Cut Pro 10.8 no longer supports DVD burning. However, Apple and Corel teamed up to provide a 50% discount to Roxio Toast for all FCP users. Here are the details.
This week, Apple released updates for Final Cut Pro (Mac & iPad), Compressor and Motion. Here are all the details of the June, 2024 updates.
Apple announced macOS Sequoia at WWCD 2024. The big question for media creators is: Now what? Here’s the answer.
Virtual production has really changed the way films are made. It’s a major shift that’s redefining the entire industry. In this overview, written by Margo Chelsey, learn how virtual production can benefit your next project.
Last week, news broke of a change to Adobe’s Terms and Conditions for all Creative Cloud applications granting Adobe a ‘non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free sublicensable, license, to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, and translate the Content.’ What does this mean for the safety of your data?
As I was writing about using Auditions in Final Cut Pro to compare different audio clips, I started wondering whether we could use auditions to compare different visual effects. The answer is that we can, but the process is not intuitive. Here’s how this works.
Auditions are a little-understood feature in Apple Final Cut Pro which quickly allow instant comparisons between clips. While comparing video clips is probably the most common use, even more helpful is using Auditions to compare audio clips. Here’s how.
It’s not that I don’t like learning new things. I truly enjoy testing and reviewing new products. Exploring new features. Discovering new technologies. But, golly, it’s hard to get started learning. It seems I have an “Inertia Obstacle.” And, I suspect I’m not alone.
Multi-View HD Pro V2 is Windows software, developed by FutureVideo, that can import, synchronize, playback and edit multiple streams of H.264/HEVC media. Optimized for GoPro cameras, it reads the timecode metadata to automatically synchronize up to eight video streams. Here are the details.
With over 3,035 in-depth tutorials available on my website, it can be tricky to find the one you want. Most often, folks find tutorials on my website using web search engines. However, there is a powerful search engine built into my website that can help you find exactly the information you want faster than using Google. here’s how it works.
Adobe announced new versions of Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and Audition at the NAB Show in April. Last week, they released them. Here’s what’s new.
Understanding what video scopes tell us about our images is essential to creating great looking images; regardless of which video editing software you are using. In this article, I explain the basics of the waveform monitor and vectorscope, how to read them and how they affect color correction.
Recently, I was asked to narrate an audio book on learning design. I needed to look for ways to convey this information aurally, while keeping the conversation casual and the content accessible. It was an interesting challenge. I learned a lot – here are the highlights.
The TourBox Elite (and its sister TourBox Lite) are well-built control surfaces designed to make using creative applications faster and easier. The hardware will last for years. But their tutorials and “Getting Started” documentation need a lot of work.