Video scopes are indispensable when making final decisions on how to fix problems or grade a scene. This article shows how to configure them in Final Cut Pro X.
Color correction allows you to make problem images look great. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to color correct a shot where the skin tones are too orange using Final Cut Pro X.
Color correction allows you to make problem images look great. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to color correct a portion of an image using Shape Masks in Final Cut Pro X.
The Audio Track Mixer in Premiere allows us to control our sound in some very sophisticated ways. One of which uses Sends and Buses. This illustrated tutorial explains what audio buses are and how to use them.
An explanation of the various factors that influence hard disk speed when transferring files from one drive to another.
An illustrated way to find out which USB protocol your Macintosh computer supports, along with a discussion of the new USB 3.1-C.
Masks allow us to modify or hide portions of an image. While most often used in chroma (or green-screen) keys, masks have a wide variety of uses. In this short video excerpt, Larry shows how use the Graduated and Vignette Mask effects in Final Cut Pro X.
Masks allow us to modify or hide portions of an image. While most often used in chroma (or green-screen) keys, masks have a wide variety of uses. In this short video excerpt Larry shows how use masks to exclude sections of the image in a chroma-key effect.
An illustrated tutorial showing how to import selected sequences, media and projects into a separate project in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
An illustrated explanation of those weird, obscure settings at the bottom of the Sequence and Export dialogs in Premiere Pro that no one understands… and that you can’t find in the Adobe Help Files.
An illustrated tutorial on how to convert stereo audio to dual-channel mono for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
There are two ways to create Library templates for Final Cut Pro X. This illustrated tutorial describes both methods.
The Library panel allows you to add and share media and assets between the various Adobe applications. While currently designed to enable still artists working with Photoshop, libraries can still be useful to video editors. This illustrated tutorial explains how.
About 200 of Larry Jordan’s favorite keyboard shortcuts for Apple Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro CC. (Available as two separate PDFs and formatted for both printing and reference.)
Blend modes allow us to add texture to text, change the look of clips, even create unusual and eye-catching effects. Blend modes exist in virtually every video and graphics editing application. In this short video Larry Jordan shows how to access, modify and use blend modes in Adobe Photoshop CC.
A cookbook of compression settings for MP3 and MP4 audio files.
An illustrated tutorial on how to convert files from Apple Soundtrack Pro to Adobe Audition CC.
An illustrated tutorial on how to change the interface in Final Cut Pro X.
An illustrated tutorial on using simulations and movement in Motion 5.
A detailed look, with an audio sample, of the brand-new Shure MV51 digital microphone.