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This video is from our periodic series called: “Ask Larry Anything.” This is a free-form conversation between Larry Jordan and viewers about, well, anything. In this short video excerpt, Larry shows how to use the new audio limiter effect in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

A quick, illustrated tutorial on how to either select colors using numeric values or sliders using the Mac Color Picker, which works in all applications.

A very cool effect – that isn’t that hard to create – animating text to reveal itself in the surface of an object then zoom full-screen using Apple Motion 5. The resulting movie can be played in any video editor.

Green-screen keys are increasingly essential in even the smallest projects. In this short excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create and adjust a basic green-screen key in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

Green-screen keys are increasingly essential in even the smallest projects. In this short excerpt, Larry Jordan explains how to create and adjust a basic green-screen key in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

The new Color Match in Adobe Premiere Pro CC provides very fast color matching between shots with the ability to make manual corrections as necessary. This illustrated tutorial shows you how it works.

Auto-ducking audio clips is new in the April, 2018, update to Adobe Premiere Pro CC. This new technique can be a huge time-saver, while still allowing the maximum of creating control. This illustrated tutorial shows you how it works.

Adobe announces and releases significant updates to Adobe Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, Audition CC, Character Animator and Adobe Stock. Here are the details of the new features.

Smooth Glass Slideshow, from idustrial revolution, creates visually arresting effects that can be especially helpful in social media videos. A key strength is how easy they are to combine to quickly create very complex effects – very easily.

Adding a transition to a compound clip in Apple Final Cut Pro X is REALLY difficult – unless you know how. In this illustrated tutorial, Larry Jordan shows what you need to know.

There’s nothing harder than struggling to learn a new, complex piece of software. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use the new Title tool to add text to video inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

Idustrial Revolution continues its XEffects plugin series for Apple Final Cut Pro X with Rips, a series of effects, transitions and titles that make video look like it is ripping like paper.

Apple Motion has, hidden inside it, a very capable particle system, along with a variety of simulators, which allow us to create a cloud of graphic objects and move them in interesting ways. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use the Gravity and Edge Collision simulators effect the movement of an object in space.

Apple Motion has, hidden inside it, a very capable particle system, along with a variety of simulators, which allow us to create a cloud of graphic objects and move them in interesting ways. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use the Repel simulator to have one object affect the movement, first, of another object, then of an entire particle system.

An illustrated tutorial on how to create straight and curved lines in Motion for use in Final Cut Pro X.

The number one thing we can do to catch a viewer’s eye is to make something move. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to animate text – both 2D and 3D – using Motion behaviors.

The number one thing we can do to catch a viewer’s eye is to make something move. In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to color and animate 3D text using lights in 3D space.

We use text to explain something to an audience that they can’t easily get any other way. However, just because it’s text doesn’t mean it can’t look arresting. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to format and adjust 3D text.

An illustrated review of the new 3D Sports Graphics templates from idustrial Revolution for Apple Final Cut Pro X.

At heart, a mask allows us to select a portion of an image. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use a mask to determine the best way to fix a color cast in a video clip.

At heart, a mask allows us to select a portion of an image. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates the basics of applying, modifying and deleting a mask inside Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

Larry Jordan recently asked his readers for suggestions on how to improve the Adobe Premiere Pro CC interface. He got buried. Here are their suggestions.

Clip speed changes are surprisingly flexible, easy to create and add depth and interest to your projects. In this excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to display a high-frame rate clip in Premiere Pro to create high-quality, extreme slow motion. (This process is also called “conforming.”)

Clip speed changes are surprisingly flexible, easy to create and add depth and interest to your projects. In this excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to create variable speed changes in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

An illustrated tutorial on how to prevent illegal luma and chroma levels in both Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Apple Final Cut Pro X using the Broadcast Safe effect. This also explains why we need to use it.

An illustrated review of Luca Visual FX Light Kit 2, which runs in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro X, and Motion.

Color correction and color grading is the final step in making our images look their best. In this short video excerpt, Larry shows how to use the new Hue/Saturation Curves to change colors of elements within the frame.

Color correction and color grading is the final step in making our images look their best. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use the new color keyframe feature in FCP X 10.4 to create dynamic color changes during playback.

Apple updated Final Cut Pro X just before the holidays. In this short video excerpt from a recent PowerUP webinar, host Larry Jordan showcases the amazing power in the new Balance Color tool. Watch this, you’ll like it!

Apple updated Final Cut Pro X just before the holidays. In this short video excerpt from a recent PowerUP webinar, host Larry Jordan illustrates how to display and measure HDR images on Final Cut’s video scopes.

Apple updated Final Cut Pro X just before the holidays. In this short video excerpt from a recent PowerUP webinar, host Larry Jordan illustrates how to access, display and change LUTs.

An illustrated step-by-step tutorial on creating an animated holiday card – with free practice files!

A detailed explanation of the different configurations for the 2017 iMac Pro, with recommendations on what to buy to optimize your system.

Green-screen keys (also called “chroma-keys”) are key go-to effects. In this excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to create a two-color chroma-key effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

For many, video compression is a black art; but it doesn’t need to be. Discover the power in Adobe Media Encoder in this short video excerpt as Larry Jordan shows how to add a watermark to a video compression preset.

Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to remove a background from a transition in Apple Final Cut Pro X.

A very cool way to create a Favorites folder for Titles, Transitions, or Generators in Final Cut Pro X.

This technique simplifies moving libraries and custom effects between different editors on different computers.

An in-depth look at Viral Video Thirds from idustrial Revolution for Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.3 or later.

Our goal is to tell stories – and the best stories touch our emotions. However, all too often, we overlook a powerful tool that can influence our emotions: fonts. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan showcases different fonts and illustrates how to choose the best one for your next project.

For power, flexibility, and color effects, 3D LUT Creator is unequaled. Now, they need to turn their attention to showing the rest of us how to use it.

An explanation of audio frequencies, how they affect the Audio Enhancement tools in Apple Final Cut Pro X and how to make your audio sound better.

An in-depth tutorial on how to animate objects in Motion using parameter behaviors, which allow you to apply animation to specific settings. Very, very fun results!

CoreMelt provides motion tracking and image selection tools far beyond what’s available in Final Cut Pro X. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to use Slice X to remove an unwanted object from a video clip.

CoreMelt provides motion tracking and image selection tools far beyond what’s available in Final Cut Pro X. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to blur and track a logo, or other object, that changes position during a clip.

An illustrated tutorial on how to shoot extreme slow motion video on an iPhone, then edit it in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

An illustrated tutorial on how to add watermarks to video during compression using Apple Compressor.

Color correction and color grading are part art, part science and part applied technology. In this short, video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create a color key, which selects an object within the frame based on its color. This also illustrates how to create a mask.

Color correction and color grading are part art, part science and part applied technology. In this short, video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to install and add LUTs in Premiere.

Three illustrated tips to get objects to move using Behaviors in Motion 5.