A detailed and illustrated explanation of slip and slide trims, why they are used and how to create them using Final Cut Pro X.
Trimming is essential to video editing. This articles provides a variety of tips to make your trimming faster and more accurate in Final Cut Pro X.
This short video tutorial shows how to create the illusion of depth and movement using still images. This technique is demoed in FCP X, but also works in all versions of Premiere Pro and earlier versions of Final Cut Pro.
A detailed explanation of how to configure your Mac or Windows system for audio or video editing.
An exclusive interview with Al Mooney, senior product manager for professional video editing at Adobe Systems, about the new features in Premiere Pro CC for Fall, 2014.
A detailed explanation of how to copy or move libraries, events, clips, or projects in Final Cut Pro X.
A detailed and illustrated article showing how to use a variety of blend modes to combine text with backgrounds to yield striking visual effects in Adobe Premiere Pro (all versions). Plus, these are fun and easy to do.
Explaining the craft of editing – how to edit a video montage set to music. Watch Larry Jordan show how and why he edits specific shots into a project to tell a story. (These techniques apply to any editing software on any platform.)
A detailed look at Adobe’s IBC 2014 software update announcements, along with a featured interview with Bill Roberts, senior director of product management for Adobe video applications.
A detailed look at how Digital Anarchy Beauty Box 3.x works using Final Cut Pro X.
A list of all new articles written by Larry Jordan in August, 2014, sorted by category: Commentary, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro CC, Product Reviews, Motion 5, other subjects and Webinars. There are 30 articles listed here in total.
In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to sync multicam sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro CC using timecode, markers, In or Out points.
In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows a different use for multicam editing: creating presenter slide sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
A short video tutorial showing how to add effects to multicam sequences in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
A detailed tutorial explaining how to create animated text transitions in Keynote that can be exported as a video file for use in Apple Final Cut Pro X or Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6.
A detailed tutorial showing how to transfer projects from Adobe Premiere Pro CC to Apple Final Cut Pro X.
A detailed tutorial on how to transfer projects from Final Cut Pro X to Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Larry Jordan shows how to use Apple Motion 5.x to add the illusion of depth by rotating images in 3D space, without adding cameras or even switching into 3D space itself. This is a very easy technique to add a dynamic look to info graphics or opening titles.
A short video tutorial illustrating how to add soft focus depth-of-field to a 3D camera in Apple Motion 5.x.
A short video tutorial illustrating how to add, modify and animate a 3D light in Motion 5.x.