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FCP X: Organize How Events Are Displayed

A step-by-step guide to understanding the Gear menu to organize Events in Final Cut Pro X.

Premiere Pro CS6: Add GPU Support

A simple workaround to get Premiere Pro CS6 to recognize the graphics card on your Mac.

Adobe Encore: Link Menus & Tracks [Video]

A short video tutorial showing how to link buttons, chapter markers, menus and tracks in Adobe Encore CS6.

Adobe Encore: Button Highlights [Video]

A short video tutorial on how to change button highlight colors in Adobe Encore CS6.

FCP X: Create a New Event [Video]

A video tutorial on creating, renaming, moving, and deleting Events using Final Cut Pro X.

FCP X: Delete/Add Custom Templates

A step-by-step tutorial on how to find, share, or delete custom Motion effects used by Final Cut Pro X.

Storage Trends and Trivia

A summary of storage technology and trivia gathered at the recent Storage Visions Conference 2013 in Las Vegas.

FCP X: Send Audio to Audition to Mix

This step-by-step tutorial shows how to export audio from Final Cut Pro X into Adobe Audition for mixing, then how to bring it back into FCP X.

Editing with the New iMacs

[This article was first published in March, 2013, on my blog.] OK. I’m impressed! Last November, the day they went on sale, I ordered a 27″ iMac to replace my main editing system. (Click here to read about the system …

Multicam Index to Final Cut and Premiere

This is a compilation of articles detailing how to create multicam edits in Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro 7 or Adobe Premiere. This includes both detailed tutorials and quick checklists.

FCP X: Change Project Settings

A quick, step-by-step tutorial on changing project settings in Final Cut Pro X.

Storage Basics – Collected Articles

A collection of articles explaining how hard drives and RAIDs work, from the point of view of editing media.

Compressor: X.264 to Improve Video

The X.264 codec can improve compressed image quality. This tutorial shows how to install and use it in Apple Compressor.

FCP X: Create A Countdown Clock

A step-by-step tutorial showing how to create a countdown clock in Final Cut Pro X.

FCP X: Export Source Timecode

This step-by-step tutorial shows how to automate the process of burning-in timecode to a clip using Final Cut Pro X.

Product Review: Twixtor for FCP X

A step-by-step guide to creating extremely slow-motion clips using Twixtor in Final Cut Pro X.

Premiere Pro CS6: Multicam

A step-by-step tutorial on how to create, edit, and modify multicam clips in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

Premiere Pro CS6: Multicam Monitor [Video]

This short video shows how to edit a multicam clip using the Multi-camera Monitor in Premiere Pro CS6.

Premiere Pro CS6: Multicam Display [Video]

A short video tutorial on how to change the display order of clips in a Multi-camera sequence in Premiere Pro CS6.

Premiere Pro CS6: Multicam Cookbook

A quick “cookbook” on editing multicam clips in Premiere Pro CS6.