Larry Jordan talks with Sean Mullen, Lead Designer for Rampant Design Tools, about their newest effects packages, plus an in-depth discussion of how they created their most popular package: Lens Flares.
An illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on how to control the movement of objects within Motion 5. (Written for beginners.)
An illustrated, step-by-step tutorial on how to use compound clips in Final Cut Pro X to apply audio filters to multiple clips at once.
Here, Larry Jordan shows how to animate video using audio in Motion 5 – more specifically, animate movement driven by the beats in an audio clip.
A step-by-step tutorial, by Larry Jordan, on how to create an animated 3D template in Motion 5 to use in Final Cut Pro X.
A step-by-step tutorial by Larry Jordan on how to create a green-screen, or chroma-key, in Premiere Pro CC.
The “Automatic Speed” effect in Apple Final Cut Pro X, creates extremely slow motion – provided you know how this effect works. This illustrated tutorial has the details.
Changing clip speed can create dramatic effects – from high-speed time-lapse to extreme slow motion. Final Cut Pro X provides a wide-variety of techniques to change the speed of a clip. In this short video excerpt Larry shows how create high-quality slow-motion by conforming a high-frame-rate clip into a project.
Changing clip speed can create dramatic effects – from high-speed time-lapse to extreme slow motion. Final Cut Pro X provides a wide-variety of techniques to change the speed of a clip. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how change the speed of a clip during a Replace edit.
Changing clip speed can create dramatic effects – from high-speed time-lapse to extreme slow motion. Final Cut Pro X provides a wide-variety of techniques to change the speed of a clip. In this short video excerpt Larry Jordan shows how to create an Instant Replay speed effect.
In this short video demo, Larry Jordan shows how to shoot a green-screen in studio, then how to create a green-screen effect using Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
In this short video demo, Larry Jordan shows how to create an eye-catching visual effect using a 2-color chroma key in Final Cut Pro X.
Compound clips in Apple Final Cut Pro X have many uses – one of the less obvious is the ability to change a clip once and have that change reflected everywhere, as this illustrated tutorial shows.
Delivered, maintained and updated via The Cloud, but stored locally, Red Giant Universe provides a wealth of high-quality effects and transitions in an easy-to-manage package at a very affordable price. A product review by Larry Jordan.
An illustrated explanation of the Video Limiter filter, why and how it is used and the new settings which automate this process in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
Step-by-step tutorials covering Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Adobe Media Encoder and product reviews written during Dec. 2015 by Larry Jordan.
A list of, and links to, the Top 20 tutorials on Larry Jordan’s website for 2015.
With the holidays upon us, time for something more fun using Final Cut Pro X: a moving, spinning star that reveals 3D text underneath it as it passes through the frame.
Its the holidays and time for something fun. Here’s how to create a fairly simple text and texture effect using Motion, some existing Library effects and two strategically-placed blend modes.
The best drama, dance and music videos all start with a story. But, from there, they quickly diverge. This webinar looks at the differences between drama, music and dance. Watch as Larry Jordan explores how to create a variety of visual effects that are often used in dance and music videos.
Secret tips and tricks on editing with Final Cut Pro X, from Larry Jordan.
There are four ways we can change the speed of a clip in Premiere Pro CC 2015: freeze frame, hold frame, constant speed change and variable speed change. This article illustrates how to create all of them.
An illustrated tutorial on how to create, apply and delete effects presets in Final Cut Pro X.
An illustrated tour of all the different options in the Color Picker in Final Cut Pro X or Motion 5.
Plug-ins are easy to use and can give your projects a unique look; and these four free plug-ins from FX Factory are a great place to start. This is an illustrated tour of what they can do.
There’s nothing more fun than discovering a new plug-in that helps you work faster, create unusual effects, or solve a nagging problem. In this short video excerpt, Larry illustrates the FX Factory interface, shows how to enable and disable plug-ins and demos a very useful plug-in called "Timecode."
There’s nothing worse than returning from a shoot to discover that all your images are blue, or green. In this short video, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use color and shape masks in Final Cut Pro X to adjust a portion of an image.
There’s nothing worse than returning from a shoot to discover that all your images are blue, or green. In this short video, Larry Jordan illustrates how improve your images by adjusting their gray-scale values; what Final Cut Pro X calls "Exposure."
Rampant Design Tools makes thousands of visual effects for all major video editing systems. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to use some of their fire and film burn effects.
LightLeakLove makes “light leak” effects for all major video editing software. In this video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows what these effects are and how they can really enhance your images.
Blend modes share textures between video layers. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to use blend modes and gradients to improve the look of wide shots.
The Channel EQ filter allows you to mix music and narration which keeps the music loud, yet allows the narration to be clearly audible. This illustrated tutorial covers Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Audition.
If you’ve only been using simple text in your projects, allow yourself to discover some of the amazing flexibility Premiere’s Title Editor provides. This illustrated tour of the Title Editor showcases key functions on how to use text in video.
An indexed and linked list of all technical blogs and articles written by Larry Jordan during August, 2015.
An illustrated tutorial on how to use compound clips to create more effective transitions in FCP X; along with links to other compound clip articles.
An illustrated tutorial explaining how to use the DeEsser effect in Final Cut Pro X to remove harsh sibilance, or hissing “S” sounds, from an audio clip.
An illustrated, detailed tutorial on how to export a still frame from Final Cut Pro X and retain transparency (alpha channel) information during the export.
A detailed, illustrated article showing how to create a custom shape in Photoshop then import and animate it in Final Cut Pro X.
A list of articles – and links – written by Larry Jordan during July, 2015, for those folks who were on vacation and missed his weekly newsletters.
An illustrated step-by-step tutorial on how to take a video clip or still image and make it look older. MUCH older, using the Sepia effect and others in Final Cut Pro X.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates the differences and benefits when moving cameras using Throw or Dolly in Motion 5.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to animate custom lights and position them in 3D space using Motion 5.
Swoosh, from SUGARfx, provides a fascinating array of eye-catching visual effects that can be used stand-alone or in combination with text or other visual elements to bring life and energy to your next Final Cut Pro X project.
Spectrum, from Luca Visual FX, provides endlessly fascinating visual backgrounds and transitions for Final Cut Pro X, as Larry Jordan writes in this article.
In this short video tutorial, host, Larry Jordan, illustrates how to create the illusion of depth-of-field using a camera in Motion 5.2.x, then how to adjust the focal plane to create a "rack-focus" effect.
In this short video tutorial, host, Larry Jordan, illustrates how to create a 3D set with a camera, drop zone and editable text in Motion 5.2 then move it to Final Cut Pro X 10.2.x.
An illustrated tutorial showing how to add burned-in timecode to video using Apple Compressor.
In this short video showcase, Larry Jordan presents “Symbol Pop,” a new plug-in from Stupid Raisins that provides 192 animated, customizable symbols for Final Cut Pro X.
A detailed, illustrated explanation of how to automatically “duck” (reduce levels) of a music clip using a narration clip in Adobe Audition CC. This process is called “Side-chain effects processing.” This works with one or more tracks of music and one or more tracks of voice.
In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan provides a tour of the Motion 5 interface, along with several keyboard shortcuts that make working with Motion more efficient.
