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FCP X: Rediscover the Timeline Index

An illustrated and in-depth tour of the Timeline Index in Final Cut Pro X.

Premiere Pro CC: The New Lumetri Video Scopes

Recently, Premiere totally overhauled its video scopes and color correction software to integrate features from SpeedGrade into Premiere Pro. In this article, I want to showcase these new Lumetri video scopes. NOTE: If you want to learn how to use …

Premiere Pro CC: Use Video Scopes to Analyze Clips [video]

With the 2015 release, Adobe massively improved their color correction and grading tools in Premiere Pro CC. For the first time, video scopes and tools that were only available in SpeedGrade are now available in Premiere. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use the new Lumetri video scopes to analyze clips and determine any problems they may have.

Premiere Pro CC: Use Video Scopes to Analyze Skin Tones [video]

With the 2015 release, Adobe massively improved their color correction and grading tools in Premiere Pro CC. For the first time, video scopes and tools that were only available in SpeedGrade are now available in Premiere. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to analyze skin tone values to determine whether corrections need to be made.

A Primer on Media Archiving

Archiving media for the long-term is neither simple, nor cheap. In this article, Larry Jordan explains what you need to know to protect your precious media for the long-term.

FCP X: Use Masks to Color Correct a Portion of an Image [video]

There’s nothing worse than returning from a shoot to discover that all your images are blue, or green. In this short video, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use color and shape masks in Final Cut Pro X to adjust a portion of an image.

FCP X: How to Adjust Gray-Scale to Improve an Image [video]

There’s nothing worse than returning from a shoot to discover that all your images are blue, or green. In this short video, Larry Jordan illustrates how improve your images by adjusting their gray-scale values; what Final Cut Pro X calls "Exposure."

Great Effects From Rampant Design Tools [video]

Rampant Design Tools makes thousands of visual effects for all major video editing systems. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to use some of their fire and film burn effects.

Great Effects with LightLeakLove [video]

LightLeakLove makes “light leak” effects for all major video editing software. In this video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows what these effects are and how they can really enhance your images.

Using Blend Modes with Gradients [video]

Blend modes share textures between video layers. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to use blend modes and gradients to improve the look of wide shots.

FCP X: The Multicam Angle Editor [video]

A short video, by Larry Jordan, showing how to use the Multicam Angle Editor in Final Cut Pro X.

Channel EQ Makes Narration Sound Great

The Channel EQ filter allows you to mix music and narration which keeps the music loud, yet allows the narration to be clearly audible. This illustrated tutorial covers Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Audition.

Premiere Pro CC 2015: Make Your Text Look GREAT!

If you’ve only been using simple text in your projects, allow yourself to discover some of the amazing flexibility Premiere’s Title Editor provides. This illustrated tour of the Title Editor showcases key functions on how to use text in video.

FCP X: Create a Multicam Clip [video]

A short, illustrated video excerpt where Larry Jordan shows different ways to sync and build a multicam clip in Final Cut Pro X.

Apple Updates Final Cut, Compressor and Motion

A list of new features and bug fixes in updates for Final Cut Pro X (10.2.2), Motion (5.2.2), Compressor (4.2.1) and Apple’s Pro Video Formats.

Larry Jordan’s Articles for August, 2015

An indexed and linked list of all technical blogs and articles written by Larry Jordan during August, 2015.

Motion 5: Add and Adjust Audio

An illustrated, introductory explanation of how to add, modify, position, and delete audio in Motion 5.

Product Review: HighPoint Technologies 3614A RAID [u]

A detailed review of the HighPoint Technologies RocketStor 3614A RAID. Given its current configuration, this is not a recommended unit. UPDATED with a promise of changes from the manufacturer.

Product Review: Final Cut Library Manager

An illustrated, detailed product review of version 2.70 of Final Cut Library Manager, by ArcticWhiteness.

FCP X: Avoid Corrupted Libraries [u]

What you need to know to avoid or fix corrupted Library files in Final Cut Pro X. Updated March, 2020, with new information and more resources.