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FINAL CUT SERIES
Final Cut Pro 7 Workflow and Media Management
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This is another in our Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro Series. Designed as an introduction to file management and workflow in Final Cut Pro, this session starts with an 11-step “What Should I Be Doing Right Now?” workflow to help you decide how to complete your project most efficiently. Then this showcases many of the file handling, optimizing, managing, and querying features of the program.

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SOUNDTRACK PRO SERIES
Advanced Audio Techniques in Soundtrack Pro
27

This session builds on our earlier Introduction to Soundtrack Pro. In this online tutorial, we will look at file management, setting scratch disks, some lesser understood tabs, creating submixes, buses, sends, reverb, exporting — and how to conform (reconcile) multiple versions of the same project sent from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro. It’s all the stuff you need to know, after you get past figuring out the interface.

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Create a Blu-ray Disc for HD Video
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The goal of this webinar is to take an HD project from Final Cut Pro and create a Blu-ray Disc for it. However, Final Cut Pro has only a limited ability to create Blu-ray Discs. So this session looks at three ways to create high-definition optical discs: using Final Cut Pro, Roxio Toast, and Adobe Encore. Along the way, we will explore the differences between Blu-ray and AVCHD Discs, standard compression settings and data rates, and take a close look at authoring Blu-ray Discs using Adobe Encore.

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SOUNDTRACK PRO SERIES
Audio Mixing in Soundtrack Pro
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In this online training, we will send a Final Cut Pro project from Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro for the mix then bring it back to Final Cut for output. This presents the entire workflow of audio mixing a project. We will cover sending projects between applications, reorganizing clips, labeling tracks, spotting sound effects, adding tracks and submixes, adding and modifying filters, setting levels, and exporting the completed mix back to Final Cut Pro for final output.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Make Multiclip Magic in Final Cut Pro 7
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The key to a successful multi-cam project starts with good planning. So, this session is in two parts: Part 1 covers what you need to think about during pre-production, pre-editing, and editorial to avoid problems and simplify your work. Then, in Part 2, we’ll shift gears and dive into Final Cut Pro and show you how to build, modify, and edit multiclips. Whether you are new to multiclips or an experienced hand, you’ll discover lots of new techniques to simplify, speed, or supercharge your work!

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MOTION SERIES
Unlock the Power of 3D Space in Motion 4
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This session is for people who have never worked in 3D before. This will take you step-by-step into a brand new world. You'll learn how to animate shapes and text in 3D, and add and animate a camera, add and adjust 3D lighting and reflections. Best of all, no special design skills are required to be successful with this lesson.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Create Killer Titles in Final Cut Pro 7
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This webinar, which was sponsored by Boris FX, shows you how to use the titling software bundled with Final Cut Pro, then how to extend it when you add the power of Boris Continuum Complete version 7 to supercharge your text effects. Bundled software includes: Title 3D, Text Scrambler, and Title Crawl. This webinar contains 16 different text demos to show you how to make your text look great.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Make Things Move: Motion Tab Secrets in Final Cut Pro 7
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This is another in our Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro webinars. This time we feature the Motion tab. In this session, we’ll look at how the Motion tab works, explain why keyframes are so cool and how to use them, and show you creative ways to harness the Motion tab to create motion effects that you may not have considered. If keyframes scare you and the Motion tab is a mystery, you are going to have a great time at this session. And for you long-time Final Cut wizards, this is a great way to refresh your skills on basic operations.

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MOTION SERIES
Advanced Motion 4: Create a DVD Motion Menu
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In this tutorial, Larry shows you how to create two full-screen menus in Motion – one still and one animated. Then send it to DVD Studio Pro to build into a finished motion menu using buttons, button regions, and overlays.

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MOTION SERIES
Master Motion 4 - Even If Motion Graphics Scare You
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Don’t avoid Motion just because you don’t understand it. In this training, you’ll master the Motion interface, discover the power of Motion templates, create simple, yet effective, animated lower-thirds, and design elegant full-screen animated titles using resources from the Motion Library. This session can remove your fear of Motion forever — and give you a reason to finally let go of LiveType.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Edit and Trim Faster in Final Cut Pro 7
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This training continues Larry Jordan’s Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro series. Most of us taught ourselves how to edit in Final Cut Pro. The problem is, if you are like most of my students, you taught yourself some REALLY slow techniques. Wouldn’t it be great if you could edit faster? Trim faster? And rediscover those two things you really miss: sleep and a social life! This session covers the basics of editing in Final Cut Pro. Long-time users may learn something, new and self-taught users absolutely will learn ways to work faster and easier.

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COMPRESSOR SERIES
Automate Video Compression for the Web
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This training is designed for folks that want to compress their media faster using the automation tools built into Compressor. If your deadlines are shrinking, clients are demanding higher quality with lower budgets, and you need to get work done faster, this session is for you.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Creating a Tapeless Video Workflow in Final Cut Pro 7
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Since Larry Jordan published his first tutorial on tapeless media lots of viewers asked him to provide a second webinar that presents an entire workflow for tapeless media for those that are new to the media. So, this session is designed for folks that are new to working with tapeless media. As our example for this training, we will be working with AVCHD media.

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BUSINESS SERIES
Grow Your Business
14

Starting with tips for solo job-hunters, Larry Jordan helps you discover which of your strengths clients are willing to pay for, develop your personal marketing plan, create effective marketing tools, discover what clients really need, learn killer techniques for finding work without asking for a job, and get a detailed look at using social media as part of your marketing plan.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
An Overview of Stereoscopic 3D Video in Final Cut Pro 7
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In many ways, stereoscopic 3D video is as easy to understand as rolling focus. As simple, yet complex, as lighting. Simply put, stereoscopic 3D video combines two video streams into a single image that provides a realistic illusion of depth. In this session, we’ll define and illustrate key terms, show you how to create 3D images, explain how to quickly convert a 3D project into 2D, highlight key production techniques, and show you how to setup, adjust, and view 3D video in Final Cut Pro using 3rd-party plug-ins.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Killer Keys - Creating Great Chroma-keys in Final Cut Pro 7
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In this session, Larry Jordan shows you step-by-step techniques to create good looking keys using Final Cut Pro. Then, we’ll explore the power third-party keying software provides to take your keys to the next level. Along the way, Larry will illustrate key points to keep in mind during production to help make your keys look great — from picking the right video format to picking the right background.

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Something Very, Very Close to Magic
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In this tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to use hot, new third-party software within Final Cut Pro to solve problems, find missing files, get you better organized, make your actors look beautiful, your transitions eye-popping, your effects killer, even create an edit from a written transcript without typing a word! Many of these plug-ins truly are something very close to magic!

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Create Great Effects Inside Final Cut Pro 7
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Filled with step-by-step, real-world examples, this session covers motion effects, text effects, generators, and shows what the filters in FCP can REALLY do! This also explains hard-to-understand concepts of keyframes, composite modes, and nests. Learn how to use Final Cut Pro to bring your imagination to life!

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Set-up, Optimize, and Trouble-shoot Final Cut Pro 7
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This is the second in Larry Jordan’s Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro Series. Nothing generates more questions and confusion than trying to figure out how to best set-up, organize, optimize, and trouble-shoot Final Cut Pro. In this tutorial, Larry shows you how to organize your hard disks, set up a working folder structure, presents a consistent project and folder naming system, optimize key preference settings, and trouble-shoot common Final Cut Pro problems. If you feel like Final Cut is running on square wheels, this session is for you.

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SOUNDTRACK PRO SERIES
Improve Your Audio Using Soundtrack Pro
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In this video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you what you need to know to successfully improve the quality of your sound. Starting with a definition of key terms, followed by techniques in both Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro, this session will give you the skills you need to immediately improve the quality of your sound.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Color Correct Using Video Scopes In Final Cut Pro 7
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In this one-hour session, Larry Jordan shows you what you need to know to successfully understand and use video scopes to improve the look of your video. Using step-by-step techniques and actual media, Larry explains terms, illustrates the four different video scopes in Final Cut, and shows you how to use them to improve your video.

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Working with Tapeless & DSLR Media
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In this one-hour video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you what you need to know to work successfully in a tapeless world. Using step-by-step techniques and actual media, Larry explains how to organize your system, how to name your folders and files, shows you traps to avoid, then, using Final Cut Pro, illustrates how to ingest (meaning “bring into Final Cut”) virtually every popular tapeless video format.

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COMPRESSOR SERIES
Video Compression for Web & DVD
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Using Apple’s Compressor software, this session is the first in our Compression Complete series and provides specific examples of how to compress video for the web, DVD, and mobile devices. This session also illustrates how to test your compression settings.

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FINAL CUT SERIES
Make Your Still Images Look Great!
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In this session, host Larry Jordan explains why it’s hard to make still images look good, shows how to prep your images for video, illustrates how to size your images properly, and shows how to create moves on stills using Apple’s Final Cut Pro and GeeThree’s PhotoMotion. Plus, this provides extensive tables illustrating how to properly size stills.

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COMPRESSOR SERIES
Video Transcoding Compression Techniques
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This session is the third in our Compression Complete series and provides specific examples of how to transcode media using both Apple Final Cut Pro and Compressor; including working with DSLR media.

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Make Your Video Images Look More Like Film
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This session provides theories, suggestions, and examples on how to improve video images quality. It does not discuss specific cameras, video formats, or equipment. Also, this video does not discuss color correction.

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Match Your Storage to Your Media
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This is the first in Larry Jordan’s series: The Fundamentals of Final Cut Pro. This tutorial looks at the relationship between video formats and hard disk storage. In almost every case, a dropped frame error is caused by a hard disk that isn’t fast enough to support the video format you are editing. In this session, you’ll learn how to pick the right storage for your media, avoid problems with dropped frames, and keep your system running smoothly.

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TUTORIAL
Using the Geometry Tab in Compressor 3.x
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In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to use each of the three sections of this tab: Scaling, Cropping, and Padding. He illustrates how to properly set aspect ratios so your videos come out looking perfect. He also illustrates the differences between cropping and padding, along with how to decide which to use and how to set them. He illustrates all of this using both SD and HD video.

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TUTORIAL
Hidden Shortcuts in Final Cut Pro
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In this short, focused, video tutorial, I show you how to create three really useful keyboard shortcuts for navigating the FCP 7 timeline. Plus, I show you where to look to explore for more hidden shortcuts.

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TUTORIAL
Multi-track Audio in Soundtrack Pro. Part 4
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This is the fourth of an extended four-part series on creating and editing multi-channel audio interviews in Soundtrack Pro.

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TUTORIAL
Multi-track Audio in Soundtrack Pro. Part 3
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This is the third of an extended four-part series on creating and editing multi-channel audio interviews in Soundtrack Pro.

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TUTORIAL
Multi-track Audio in Soundtrack Pro. Part 2
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This is the second of an extended four-part series on creating and editing multi-channel audio interviews in Soundtrack Pro.

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TUTORIAL
Multi-track Audio in Soundtrack Pro. Part 1
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This is the first of an extended four-part series on creating and editing multi-channel audio interviews in Soundtrack Pro.

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TUTORIAL
Using Markers in Final Cut Pro 7
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In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to use markers — starting with what they've always done, then moving into new features, such as setting colors, hiding and revealing markers, navigating, moving and deleting markers, and exporting marker lists as text files. Plus, a new editing enhancement that optionally ties a marker to clips on the Timeline!

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TUTORIAL
Deinterlacing Video in Compressor
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In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you how to use powerful new features in Compressor (version 3 or 3.5) to deinterlace your video. Along the way, he provides you with guidance on when it’s better to use interlaced, vs. deinterlaced, footage, which filters to avoid, and then he illustrates a specific, step-by-step technique you can follow to make your video look great.

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TUTORIAL
Normalizing Audio in FCP
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In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan explains what normalization is, how to apply it in Final Cut Pro 6 or 7, what settings to use, and what normalization is doing to your clips. If you need a fast fix to soft audio, and you don't have time for a formal mix, this technique can make a world of difference in almost no time at all.