How do you record great sound? What mics do you use and where do you put them? What recording levels should you set? Join host, Larry Jordan, as he combines actors with different mics and illustrates what sounds great, and what doesn't, and how to record it in this highly informative webinar.

This session is designed for everyone who wants to learn Motion but needs a bit of help to get started. This explains everything you need to know to get started quickly and easily.

This session focuses on keyboard shortcuts, optimizing preferences and secret techniques that will enable you to get your work done faster.

At the start of the 2015 NAB Show, Apple released the 5.2 update to Motion, their motion graphics software. In this webinar, host Larry Jordan showcases the major new features in the update.

In this dynamic session, join host Larry Jordan and two actors as they explore a variety of techniques you can put to use immediately to improve the quality of your interviews. This session provides lots of practical examples of what to do – and avoid.

Just at the start of the 2015 NAB Show, Apple released the 4.2 update to Compressor. In this webinar, host Larry Jordan showcases the major new features in the update.

Last week, Apple released the latest update to Final Cut Pro X – version 10.2. In this webinar, host Larry Jordan showcases the major new features in the update. along with a some existing features you may not know about.

Effects are a never-ending source of cool things to learn. In this on-line training, join host, Larry Jordan, as he showcases how to use the tools built-into Final Cut Pro X to create some amazing effects quickly and easily.

Video compression is the last step in creating a video project before the audience finally gets to see it. Which means that all your hard work in production and editing can be wasted if you don't make the final video look as good as possible. The problem is that video compression is really confusing!

Video compression is the last step in creating a video project before the audience finally gets to see it. Which means that all your hard work in production and editing can be wasted if you don't make the final video look as good as possible. The problem is that video compression is really confusing!

The best way to improve your picture is to improve your sound. This session focuses on working with audio in Adobe Premiere Pro; and touches on how to move files between Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. From simple techniques such as adjusting levels and pan, to more advanced topics such as multi-channel audio and audio repair, you’ll learn what you need to make your audio sound great.

Many documentaries rely on historical photos for their stories. However, many old photos are falling apart. In this session, you’ll learn image restoration techniques that allow you to salvage even badly damaged photos.

Presented: Feb. 4, 2015 Actual In-Studio Demos with Actors Each week, 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: 43:00 File size: …

Presented: Jan. 28, 2015 Exciting New Plug-ins Create Amazing Effects Each week, 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: 43:00 File …

BRAND NEW! IN-STUDIO PRESENTATION Each week, 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: 52:01 File size: 603 MB (ZIP file) Format: …

There are thousands of third-party plug-ins and applications that work with Final Cut. These add effects and capabilities far beyond the basic features of the software created by Apple. This course showcases some of the latest.

Presented: Jan. 7, 2015 New Features in Premiere Pro, Audition, Prelude, and Adobe Media Encoder Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar explaining subjects related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, …

Available as a collection of downloads, this contains Larry Jordan's brand-new The Craft of Editing training series.

Media management causes more stress for beginning editors than any other task in editing. If you organize your media properly at the beginning, the edit works great. If not, well, you end up spending more time chasing your errant media than you want to admit in public…

This session is a grab-bag of unusual, but easy to create, effects using Motion 5. In this online session, discover the power of parameter animation, animated brush strokes, and interesting things to do with blend modes and video.

This online training looks at advanced color correction features in Final Cut Pro X. There is a lot of power hidden under the surface of Final Cut's color correction tools. This session will show you how to use them.

The best way to improve the quality of your picture is to improve the quality of your sound. But, for many video editors, audio is a mystery. This session provides all the essential audio basics video editors need to improve their sound.

This is Larry’s favorite class: helping students and editors understand what it takes to find a job in today’s world. Now, more than ever, we are in charge of marketing our most important product: ourselves. What do we need to know to be successful?

Understanding video compression is essential in today’s world of digital media. However, many editors are baffled by all the options. This webinar compares the latest version of Adobe Media Encoder with Apple Compressor to help you decide which to use.

Watch over Larry's shoulder as he edits a series of dramatic and interview scenes to illustrate his points. If you are a new editor, this is a good way to learn basic editing techniques. And if you are an experienced editor, you can use this to brush up your own skills.

Video editors have been doing something similar to masking for a long time using the Crop tool. While the tools are different, the concept of hiding portions of an image is not. In Motion, we have a LOT more options when it comes to masking. If all you know about masks are the masking effects in Final Cut Pro X, you are missing most of the best features in masking.

Still images are at the heart of almost every documentary. Stills are fine, but getting them to move is far better. Whether you need to animate old photos, or add excitement when only stills are available, we often need to make still images move.

This video training is different from most of our other webinars. Rather than look at a particular aspect of technology, this examines how the craft of editing helps tell a story. In fact, in this webinar, the specific editing software you are using doesn't matter at all.

Multicam editing is ideal for sports and live performance, where you are covering the action with more than one camera, because it allows us to edit all those cameras at the same time. With recent upgrades and improvements from Adobe in multi-camera editing, its time to take another look at it in Premiere.

In this video training, Larry takes you deep into the world of 3D space using Motion 5.1. Building on the belief that the best effects are composed of simple steps that are combined to create stunning visuals, Larry shows you the building blocks of 3D. In fact, he starts by showing how to achieve killer 3D looks without even using cameras, or lights, or sets.

In this video training, Larry shows you dozens of ways to change the speed of a clip, starting with a very simple freeze frame in the Timeline, then moving into the far more flexible options of a Hold frame. After that, Larry really gets rolling illustrating all the different speed effects in Final Cut Pro X.

Double-system sound means recording the video on one device (a camera) while recording the audio on a separate device (a digital audio recorder). The benefits to double-system recording are the potential for much higher audio quality, coupled to a wider selection of cameras. The disadvantage is getting all these files synced for editing.

Plug-ins add exciting new effects and capabilities to any software; and the 3rd-party developer community for Final Cut Pro X is especially dynamic! Discover new products from: NewBlueFX, Stupid Raisins, Digital Anarchy, Intelligent Assistance, Tiffen, FXFactory, Red Giant, and Coremelt.

Whether you use Adobe Premiere Pro or Apple Final Cut Pro X, most of us only think of using Photoshop for still images. But, hidden deep inside the program is a frame-based video repair facility. This means that the same tools we use in Photoshop to fix still images can be used to fix problems with our video, including pixel-based editing.

The latest 10.1.2 update to Apple Final Cut Pro X added new features and extended existing ones. Plus, it continued to improve media management with the addition of the new Library Properties panel and refined import options. All in all, lots of new things to learn.

The new 2014 updates to Adobe Premiere CC and Adobe Audition CC added a ton of new features to both programs. This new session showcases what's new.