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Motion 5 can create visually stunning motion graphics for Final Cut or any other video editing software. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to export a Motion project to use in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

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A step-by-step tutorial on how to boost and smooth audio levels in Premiere Pro CC. This technique is especially helpful for podcasts, interviews and reality projects.

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A step-by-step tutorial on how to boost and smooth audio levels within Final Cut Pro X using the Limiter effect. The big benefit is that using this effect prevents unwanted distortion.

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This article describes how to warm-up a voice to make it sexier, and how to boost high-frequencies to make someone easier to understand. This tutorial provides screen shots for Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Audition.

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This short video tutorial shows you how to export high-quality project files from Adobe Encore for DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or for compression in other software.

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In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan explains the different options for importing layered Photoshop graphics into Premiere Pro CC, and helps you decide which to choose for your projects.

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This short video tutorial shows you how to create and modify text on a curve in Premiere Pro CC.

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This short video tutorial illustrates which fonts are best for video and which ones should be avoided. These “rules” apply to all video projects in all NLEs, on both Mac and Windows systems.

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Adobe announced updates to all their video and audio Creative Cloud applications. This article highlights the new features.

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A detailed review of the new music plug-in from Smartsound that connects with either Final Cut Pro X or Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

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A detailed explanation of how to use the video scopes to make skin tones look normal for a variety of ethnic skin types. These techniques apply to Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro 7, Premiere Pro CC and CS6, as well as other video editing software.

A tutorial on the new audio track types in Adobe Premiere Pro CC; why they are there, how to configure them, and how to use them in your video edit.

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A first-look at a new Adobe Premier Pro CC extension from Pond5 that simplifies finding, editing and conforming stock footage — all inside Premiere itself.

A step-by-step tutorial on how to relink missing media in Premiere Pro CC.

A simple technique to use two computers monitors to display program video, or the interface of Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

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A short video tutorial showing how to move projects between Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Audition CC for audio editing, repair and mixing.

A checklist “cookbook” to help you quickly create multi-camera sequences (multicam clips) in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

A step-by-step tutorial on building, editing, and trimming multicamera sequences (multicam clips) in Premiere Pro CC.

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This video tutorial shows how to use the Video Limiter to prevent excessive white levels.

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

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

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This article explains RAIDs, SSDs, The Cloud, and how to improve the performance of your storage.

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Regardless of the video format we edit, understanding storage speeds and capacity, along with the data requirements of video can prevent a lot of problems. This is a detailed explanation of storage types, bandwidth, capacity and video codecs. You don’t need to memorize this, but you do need to keep it handy.

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