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Drone Regulation Overview [video]

In this short video excerpt from a longer webinar, Larry Jordan and Zach Bloom provide an overview of drone regulations.

FCP X: Hidden Compound Clip Technique

Compound clips in Apple Final Cut Pro X have many uses – one of the less obvious is the ability to change a clip once and have that change reflected everywhere, as this illustrated tutorial shows.

Corrections: Media Management in Final Cut Pro X

Recently, I hosted a webinar looking at media management in Final Cut Pro X. Over the last two days I learned that some of the information I provided in that session was incorrect. This article corrects my errors.

Premiere Pro CC: Gain vs. Normalization

When speed is everything, and distortion is not an option, normalization can wrangle all your selected audio clips and even out their audio levels in a heartbeat. This illustrated article explains how.

Where Does Final Cut Pro X Store Media?

Media management in FCP X boils down to: its either in the library or it isn’t. And every time you import media, you get to choose where it goes. This article explains what you need to know.

Create a Custom Blu-ray Menu Using Toast Titanium 10

NOTE: This Macintosh technique requires a Blu-ray Plug-in and BD-R or BD-RE Burner, both of which are sold separately. Without these, a Blu-ray Disc can not be created on a Mac. As Apple moves ever farther from supporting optical media, …

Product Review: Red Giant Universe

Delivered, maintained and updated via The Cloud, but stored locally, Red Giant Universe provides a wealth of high-quality effects and transitions in an easy-to-manage package at a very affordable price. A product review by Larry Jordan.

FCP X: Import Media From Camera, Camera Card, Hard Disk and iPhone [u] [video]

In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows the best way to import media from a camera, camera card, hard disk or iPhone into Final Cut Pro X.

Copy or Move Media, Events and Projects into New Libraries [video]

In this short video excerpt of a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to copy or move media, events and projects into new libraries. This technique is very useful for sharing projects between editors – Transfer Libraries – organizing files, or trimming libraries that have gotten too large.

Premiere Pro CC: What Does the Video Limiter Do?

An illustrated explanation of the Video Limiter filter, why and how it is used and the new settings which automate this process in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

First Look: ProStorage Hard Disk Cases

A first-look at ProStorage, long-term static-free cases for hard disk storage.

Tutorials for December, 2015

Step-by-step tutorials covering Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Adobe Media Encoder and product reviews written during Dec. 2015 by Larry Jordan.

Top 20 Tutorials for 2015

A list of, and links to, the Top 20 tutorials on Larry Jordan’s website for 2015.

FCP X: Fun Holiday Text Effect

With the holidays upon us, time for something more fun using Final Cut Pro X: a moving, spinning star that reveals 3D text underneath it as it passes through the frame.

Motion 5: Celebrate the New Year

Its the holidays and time for something fun. Here’s how to create a fairly simple text and texture effect using Motion, some existing Library effects and two strategically-placed blend modes.

Product Review: Archive Media Using BRU PE [u]

A detailed look from Larry Jordan at BRU PE, from TOLIS Group – software for archiving your files and media on LTO tape.

Adobe Media Encoder and H.265: Almost Ready for Prime-time [u]

A look at the new H.265 compression settings in the Nov. 2105 update to Adobe Media Encoder and why they aren’t working… yet.

FCP X: Offline – Online Workflow

A detailed workflow, writen by Oliver Peters, explaining how to use offline and online media in Final Cut Pro X.

Compression Speed Test: Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015

The new version of Adobe Media Encoder has some very attractive new features and the addition of support for H.265 means I have a whole new range of compression tests to play with. But, as Larry Jordan discovered during testing, the new version is essentially the same as the old version.

Product Review: SynchriMedia’s MovieCaptioner

MovieCaptioner is low-cost, easy-to-use software for Mac and Windows which creates, revised and exports closed-captions to video. This product review explains how it works and what you need to know to add captions to your movies.