Presented: June 20, 2018

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 52:48
Download file size: 667 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

DOWNLOAD NOTE: After you complete the store checkout process, you will see a Download Link on the Order Confirmation page. This link allows you to download the product to your computer. You are given four attempts to download the file. Since this title is downloaded, a CD/DVD will not be shipped to you.

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

ff-Works is a front-end to ffMPEG, a highly-regarded, open-source compression engine. When you combine ff-Works with ffMPEG, you get a very powerful, very flexible, very high quality media transcoding/ compression tool.  In this session, Larry Jordan shows how to use this software.

Whether you edit using Avid, Adobe or Apple, ff-Works provides features, control and quality that are not available in Apple Compressor or Adobe Media Encoder. During this session, Larry covers:

• How the interface works
• How to import media and apply existing presets
• How to create custom presets
• How to create files for social media and YouTube
• How to use Watch Folders to automate compression
• How to resize, deinterlace and trim footage
• How to add watermarks, closed captions, and chapter markers

If you care about the final look of your media, you need to watch this session. Larry has already switched to doing most of his compression using this software. This session shows you why.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This is an intermediate-level session. Some knowledge of video compression software will be helpful, but not necessary. This training is delivered as a QuickTime movie.

CHAPTER MARKERS

To help you quickly find the information you need, we include chapter markers in the QuickTime download  to simplify navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

CONTENT OUTLINE

• Welcome
•   – What is ff-Works?
•   – Disclaimer Note
•   – Download sites and prices
•   – Today’s Agenda
• Start the Tour
•   – Intro to the app
•   – How to import media
•   – Caution about running in full-screen mode
•   – Tour of the interface
•   – Access and apply presets
•   – Start compression
•   – Key preference settings
•   – Customize compression settings
•   – Video compression settings
•   – Audio compression settings
•   – Image quality comparison
•   – Save custom presets
•   – Convert image sequences
•   – Create, activate and deactivate a Watch Folder
•   – Trim a clip before compression
•   – Deinterlace footage
•   – Add subtitles
•   – Apply a watermark
•   – Add Chapter Markers
• Summary
• Audience Questions