Blog Archives

A detailed, illustrated look at the different media formats and shooting options with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, along with recommendations for best editing in different NLEs.

An illustrated review by Larry Jordan of the Samsung T5 Portable SSD, with an emphasis on video editing.

Convergent Design’s Apollo multicamera recorder has a special feature that allows easy transfer of multicam files from the Apollo to Apple Final Cut Pro X.

An illustrated review of Apple Screenshot, included in Mojave, along with a list of what it still needs to do.

Audio not recording? It’s a new preference in Mojave that you need to change. Here’s how.

Nothing causes quite the confusion in video editing as media management. Before we can even begin editing, we need to figure out what to do with all the files that were generated on set. In this short video excerpt, you’ll discover a variety of media management techniques for Apple Final Cut Pro X.

A step-by-step tutorial on how to create a disk image to preserve and protect media files recorded to a camera card.

Import problems with Canon XA-10 cameras into Apple Final Cut Pro X have been fixed. However, this short article details what you need to know when working with media files stored on camera cards.

An in-depth Q&A answering questions about how to pick the right storage for video editing.

The usefulness of QuickTime Player has significantly improved over the years and, if you haven’t looked at it recently, the time has come to give it a second look. This is a detailed, illustrated tutorial on what you need to know.

A collection of new products for media creators announced at the 2018 NAB Show from companies you may not have heard about.

If you are struggling to understand how audio works, this session is for you. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan explains what double-system sound is and how to sync and edit clips in Final Cut Pro X.

MPEG Streamclip no longer works in Mac OS X 10.12 or later. In this short, video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry shows how to “rip,” or convert, media from a non-copy protected DVD into a video format suitable for editing, while preserving as much quality as possible.

In this video excerpt from his webinar “Media Management for Video Editing,” Larry Jordan presents an in-depth demo of KeyFlow Pro, from Malgn Technology.

In this video excerpt from his webinar “Media Management for Video Editing,” Larry Jordan presents an in-depth demo of Kyno, from Lesspain Software.

Three illustrated productivity tips that speed importing media into Apple Final Cut Pro X.

An illustrated tutorial on how to shoot slow-motion video on an iPhone, import it into Final Cut Pro X, and play it back with extremely high quality.

SpeedScriber provides automated media transcription. This product review looks at the beta version and was written by Misha Tenenbaum, CEO of EditStock.

Kyno is an affordable, high-speed, easy-to-use media management, screening, logging, organization and transcoding application for current and past versions of Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere.

It is easy to get caught up in all the amazing technology contained inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC. But, sometimes, its worth taking a step back to look at how to accomplish those simple tasks that we know are there – somewhere. In this short video, Larry Jordan showcases the new proxy workflow in Premiere.

An illustrated, yet simple technique to fix audio levels that were recorded too loudly using Adobe Audition.

EditReady is a fast, flexible, simple to use video converter and created by the same folks that created ClipWrap. This utility can help speed your editing, provide greater flexibility over clip naming, change the timecode of a source clip or simplify media management.

A very cool, very secret Final Cut Pro X tip that can speed both importing and editing.

A detailed look, with an audio sample, of the brand-new Shure MV51 digital microphone.

An illustrated guide to editing HDR media in Final Cut Pro X.

A quick look at new products being announced at NAB 2016.

A detailed Q&A on media, media management and key preference settings in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows the best way to import media from a camera, camera card, hard disk or iPhone into Final Cut Pro X.

It sweeps floors! It shoot high-quality television! No, it isn’t a myth – its the Incredible Broom Cam! Get all the inside scoop here.

In this short, illustrated video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates the amount of storage that’s needed for 4K video files. Use this to plan your next project.

In this short, illustrated video, Larry Jordan shows two ways to transfer 4K media from an iPhone 6s (or 6s Plus) to a Macintosh. (These techniques do not require video editing software on the Mac.)

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus both shoot 4K video. Imagine, an iPhone shooting 4K video! But… how? In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to measure the speed of a hard disk using Blackmagic Design’s Disk Speed Test utility.

An illustrated, in-depth discussion of 4K video on an iPhone 6s, how to capture and edit it in Final Cut Pro X; along with a discussion of storage requirements.

An illustrated explanation of why you can’t import portions of a clip into Final Cut Pro X, along with examples of what you can and what you can’t.

In this short video, Larry Jordan explains what digital audio recorders are, how to select the right audio recording format and where to set recording levels.

This short video tutorial is an overview of things to consider when planning a video interview. Illustrated with slides and stories.

This short, video tutorial explains the microphones (mics) we listened to before deciding which ones to use for an interview, as well as where lavaliere mics should be placed.

Video highlights from a recent webinar by Larry Jordan looking at how to position and frame the camera to improve story-telling with your actors.

A detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to divide media from one large library into a series of smaller libraries using Final Cut Pro X; along with a discussion on how to improve performance and reduce storage.

A short video tutorial explaining what the new Library Properties panel does in Final Cut Pro X and how it works.

How to improve the speed of a RAID using partitions. Simple, easy, and effective.

A detailed and illustrated guide to the new media management features in Final Cut Pro X v.10.1.2.

Use this “Three Codec” method to shoot and edit video to improve speed and image quality.

A video tutorial showing how to select and ingest tapeless video clips using Adobe Prelude CC.

This short, step-by-step video tutorial illustrates the new hover-scrub feature in Adobe Prelude CC.

A detailed video tutorial showing how to send files from Adobe Prelude CC to Premiere Pro CC.

A step-by-step tutorial on converting time-lapse images into a movie using QuickTime Player 7.

A look at new Samurai and NInja digital video recorders from Atomos, and why they are helpful during production.

Final Cut Pro X can automatically analyze your audio. This article explains what it is doing.

Recently, Adobe updated Prelude CS6 to version 1.0.1. This article describes the new features.