I found myself giving bad advice recently – which I hate to do – and it started with this panic email which I misinterpreted.
Larry Jordan and Arie Stavchancky discuss how Dataclay tools connect databases with After Effects to automatically create customized versions of the same A.E. comp. Think of it as “mail merge for After Effects.”
Larry Jordan and Kylee Peña discuss the latest features in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, how editors today are forced to do more in less time, the role of AI features in Adobe video products, and the important differences between “commercially safe” and “copyrightable.”
We all want accurate color in our video. But, good golly it’s hard, as this conversation between Gary Bowman and myself illustrates.
At first blush, Sidebar – the ability to mirror an iPhone or iPad on a Mac – doesn’t seem to offer much value. But, when you mirror the Mac on a mobile device, magic can happen.
Still images are rich in data about the camera, lens and settings used to record an image. Surprisingly, most of this information is missing in a video file. Geoff asks why?
Feathering converts a hard edge to a soft fade. Feathering an image out is easy. Feathering an image in, though, is much harder. Here’s what you need to know, as Larry Jordan explains.
Over the last week, I tested Apple Final Cut Pro 11, Adobe Premiere Pro 25 and DaVinci Resolve 19.1 using a variety of computers from 2018 to the new M4 Pro Mac mini. This article summarizes what I’ve learned with an emphasis on the M4 Pro Mac mini and M2 Max Mac Studio.
Here’s a list – with links – to all of Larry’s interviews at the NAB Show New York 2024.
Captioneer is a Premiere Pro extension that creates animated captions directly in your timeline using .mogrt files which are easily modified by an editor. Here’s an interview with its developer: Nic Dean.
Guest post: Dr. Imed Bouchrika, PhD and BSc, is a Computer Science professor from the University of Southampton, UK, who specializes in eLearning, image processing, and biometrics. (Here are Larry’s rules for guest posts.) Implementing efficient export workflows can save …
This morning, Adobe updated Premiere Pro, Audition, Media Encoder, Bridge and their Camera Raw formats. Here’s what’s new, with links to learn more.
Saturation and vibrance control the amount of color in an image. What’s the difference between them and which should you use? This tutorial shows how to use them for video.
A question I get all the time is: “How do I import just a section of a clip? The original is really long and I don’t want to waste disk space.”
Regardless of the video editing software (NLE) you use, the answer is not initially encouraging: “You can’t. Here’s why.
Last week, news broke of a change to Adobe’s Terms and Conditions for all Creative Cloud applications granting Adobe a ‘non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free sublicensable, license, to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, create derivative works based on, publicly perform, and translate the Content.’ What does this mean for the safety of your data?
Adobe announced new versions of Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, and Audition at the NAB Show in April. Last week, they released them. Here’s what’s new.
I wrote last week that a bug in Final Cut prevents dynamically updating Photoshop images in Final Cut when they are revised and saved in Photoshop. At some point, Apple will fix this. But, for now, here’s a workaround, first …
Depending upon the settings you choose at import, Photoshop graphics update automatically in Premiere. But there are lots of exceptions to this rule. Here’s how this technique works.
Time Machine requires its own storage volume. While you can back up to the cloud, backing up to local storage is far faster and cheaper. But, there’s a trick you can use to make this local backup even better.
I created a green-screen shot that was impossible to key because the foreground elements kept keying out due to reflections. Here’s how to use a solid matte in Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut Pro, or even DaVinci Resolve, to fix this.
Background Remover, from FxFactory, removes backgrounds behind people without requiring a green screen or a stationary background. It works in Apple Final Cut Pro & Motion, along with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. It creates amazing results effortlessly and quickly. Here’s a review.
You probably learned this trick years ago, but I only discovered it last week: You can instantly correct color casts in Photoshop with a single mouse click! (I mean… who knew???)
For speed, solid construction, ease of use and portability, the OWC Express 1M2 is amazing. Faster than Thunderbolt, about the size of a deck of cards. Fits in your pocket. Oh… and no power brick. Here’s mu review.
One of the key benefits of Apple silicon computers is the use of Unified Memory. But… what is “Unified Memory,” why is it important, and how much do we need for our work? This tutorial has the answers.
Storyboards are a great way to help you think about a shot before getting on set. Here’s a great way to use placeholders in Final Cut Pro, along with Photoshop, to create simple – but flexible – storyboards.
This is the time of year for upgrades and new releases for Mac users. However, it is important to remember that our job is to get our work done – on time and with minimal stress. Don’t rush to upgrade – wait for software to settle down.
AI is already having a dramatic impact on media creation and profits. Here’s a discussion between Philip Hodgetts and Clayton Moore that looks at the impact on our industry.
This is a big deal for media creators: Intel announced Thunderbolt 5. Here are the details.
You can’t use what you can’t find. Logging and tracking clips in a single project is supported by all NLEs. My question is what do you use to track media across projects? Share your thoughts in the comments.
StreamVoodoo allows you to stream high-quality live video to one person, a group or a crowd. No special software. No logins. No accounts. One click and they are in. The problem is figuring out how it works. That still needs help.
Lou asked: “Should I partition the internal drive of a Mac to get the maximum speed for video editing?” The answer is no – but not for the reasons you might suspect. Larry Jordan provides the details on maximizing system speed.
“Because the creative industry sits at the intersection of arts & technology, it finds itself broken in many ways.” Larry Jordan interviews Brian Meaney, Head of Product, at Alteon, about AI, technology and the media industry.
This collection provides easy links to the nine detailed testing and performance reviews Larry Jordan wrote about the 2023 M2 Mac mini computer from Apple.
With its latest releases, Apple now offers M2 versions of the Mac mini, Mac Studio and Mac Pro. This article is to help you decide which hardware best meets the needs of media creators, then provide tips on how to best configure the system.
Recently, while writing a review of the BenQ PD2725U monitor, I realized that I have described how to change color space settings on external monitors incorrectly for years. Here’s the key rule you need to know.
Most USB drives are formatted as FAT32. This older format is highly compatible, but very limited in terms of file names and size. A better option is to reformat the drive as ExFAT which is supported natively by both Windows and Mac systems.
Peter asked me recently to write an article on how to optimize files for posting to YouTube, download or streaming. As Internet speeds continue to improve, and YouTube adjusts its rules, now is a good time for an update on my recommendations.
The news presents events in the real world to help viewers understand what it going on. A documentary deconstructs real people and real events to explain and illuminate them. Given the state of AI, how do you convince viewers that your images and sounds are not fake?
The AI genie is fully out of the bottle. AI is a significant, watershed event for the creative arts. But… it will cost jobs; especially in creative industries. This is very troubling. Share your thoughts in the comments.
It seems counterintutive, but you don’t need massive amounts of RAM for video editing. This explains why the duration of your video project does not determine the hardware you need. It also explains what DOES require faster hardware.
Still photographs, slides and digital images are common in many video projects where editors often need to bring them to life. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows three simple, AI-based, Photoshop tools to repair still images for video projects.
Digital video no longer requires state-of-the-art hardware. We no longer need the biggest, fastest, most powerful system to get our work done. Here’s what you need to consider for a video editing system today.
Here are the twelve most popular media tutorials on the LarryJordan.com website for 2022. These include links and short article descriptions. Each of these generated tens of thousands of views.
Here are the top ten media tutorials on the LarryJordan.com website for Dec. 2022. These include links and short article descriptions.
How fast does our storage need to be to edit video successfully? In other words: How fast is “fast enough?” Surprising, the answer is: Not as fast as you think. Here’s what you need to know.
Measuring the speed of storage is an exercise in futility for a whole lot of reasons. Here’s what you need to know when you want to measure the speed of your system.
Here’s a collection of two dozen websites with free – or mostly free resources for video editors.
SSDs offer far faster performance and, when combined into a RAID, storage equal to spinning hard disks. But, there are traps to avoid. Here’s what you need to know. (Featuring an in-depth technical interview with Tim Standing, VP Software Engineering, OWC.)
Confused when comparing Intel to Apple silicon systems? Jerry Thompson was, too. Here are the answers to your questions on what the differences are between Apple silicon and Intel, along with suggestions on how to spec a system.
Adobe announced a raft of new features, along with improved AI creation tools and an initiative to verify who actually created an image or other creative work.
