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Apple Motion 5.3: Add, Style, and Animate Text [video]

Whether you use Apple Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, or any other video editing software, you can create high-quality motion graphics using Apple Motion. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to add, style and animate text in Motion 5.3.

Apple Motion 5.3: Interface Introduction [video]

Whether you use Apple Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, or any other video editing software, you can create high-quality motion graphics using Apple Motion. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan walks you through the Motion 5.3 interface.

Motion 5.3.x: How To Create Audio Fades

An illustrated tutorial on how to import audio and add audio fades in Motion 5.3.x. It isn’t hard, but it certainly is not intuitive!

FCP X: Create High-Quality Extreme Slow-Motion

An illustrated tutorial on how to shoot slow-motion video on an iPhone, import it into Final Cut Pro X, and play it back with extremely high quality.

Product Review: Digital Heaven SpeedScriber

SpeedScriber provides automated media transcription. This product review looks at the beta version and was written by Misha Tenenbaum, CEO of EditStock.

FCP X: A Faster Way to Trash Preferences [video]

In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows a very simple and fast way to trash preferences for Apple Final Cut Pro X. This is a great way to fix problems with the software. You don’t need to do this very often, but, when you do – this is the way to do it.

FCP X: A Simple, but Amazing, Color Correction Trick [video]

In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan illustrates a very simple, yet extremely powerful, technique to color correct clips in Apple Final Cut Pro X when you don’t have a lot of time.

How to Use Finder Tags in Final Cut Pro X [video]

In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to create, apply and use Finder Tags to keyword clips in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

How To Use Activity Monitor [video]

In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan explains what Activity Monitor is and how to use it to spot problems and verify Macintosh system performance.

Caution! Mosaics May Not Hide Faces

Google Brain invents a new technology that can deconstruct mosaics that mask identities. This has dangerous implications for almost all documentary filmmakers, as this illustrated article explains.

FCP X: Using Audio Enhancements

An illustrated tutorial on how to apply and modify the Audio Enhancement settings in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

Why LUFS and LKFS are Essential to Video

An explanation of average audio levels, how they are measured using LUFS or LKFS, how to monitor them in Apple Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro, or Adobe Audition, and what levels to use for your projects.

New Look: Lesspain Software Updates Kyno

Kyno is an affordable, high-speed, easy-to-use media management, screening, logging, organization and transcoding application for current and past versions of Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.

Why Do Safe Zones Exist in Video?

An illustrated explanation of Safe Zones (Action Safe & Title Safe) in Apple Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro CC; how they are used and why they exist.

Create an Audio Submix Track in Premiere Pro CC [video]

It is easy to get caught up in all the amazing technology contained inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC. But, sometimes, its worth taking a step back to look at how to accomplish those simple tasks that we know are there – somewhere. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how and why to create an audio submix track in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

The New Proxy Workflow in Premiere Pro CC [video]

It is easy to get caught up in all the amazing technology contained inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC. But, sometimes, its worth taking a step back to look at how to accomplish those simple tasks that we know are there – somewhere. In this short video, Larry Jordan showcases the new proxy workflow in Premiere.

New Look: NewBlue FX Titler Pro 5

A detailed look at the latest version of NewBlue Titler Pro 5, along with an interview with the New Blue Head of Product, Travis White.

First Look: Rampant Premiere Essentials for Adobe Premiere Pro CC

An illustrated first-look at Rampant Design Tools’ “Essentials for Premiere Pro CC.”

Caution: Storage Speeds Can Vary Dramatically and Cause Problems

Storage speeds can vary dramatically during playback and cause problems for video editors, as this article illustrates. This also presents things you can do to prevent this.

Apple Compressor 4.3.1 – Still Not Perfect

An in-depth look at Apple Compressor 4.3.1, testing speeds, settings, and recommendations to avoid problems.