This session presents a variety of little-known Final Cut Pro X tips and techniques that showcase new ideas, new ways to work faster, or new ways to add some fun to your video editing. For example, this short video tutorial illustrates how to use the Draw Mask effect to hide portions of an image.
This session presents a variety of little-known Final Cut Pro X tips and techniques that showcase new ideas, new ways to work faster, or new ways to add some fun to your video editing. For example, this short video tutorial illustrates a technique for removing an over-exposed (“blown-out”) window using a luma key and mask.
Apple Final Cut Pro X can do some amazing things. But, when you combine Final Cut with powerful third-party tools – a whole new world of productivity opens. This short video tutorial is the first five minutes of our in-depth tour and training on the version 6 update to Smartsound’s SonicFire Pro.
Apple Final Cut Pro X can do some amazing things. But, when you combine Final Cut with powerful third-party tools – a whole new world of productivity opens. This short video tutorial is the first five minutes of our in-depth tour and training on Final Cut Library Manager, from Arctic Whiteness.
Apple Final Cut Pro X can do some amazing things. But, when you combine Final Cut with powerful third-party tools – a whole new world of productivity opens. This short video tutorial is the first five minutes of our in-depth tour and training on Kyno, for Media Asset Management.
Adobe Premiere Pro CC does amazing things. However, when you combine Premiere with some of the powerful third-party tools – Premiere’s power is magnified. In this short video tutorial, learn how to connect SonicFire Pro directly into Premiere for immediate access to thousands of music clips.
Adobe Premiere Pro CC can do amazing things. However, when you combine Premiere with powerful third-party tools – Premiere’s power is magnified. In this short video tutorial, you’ll learn about how the Pond5 panel gives you immediate access to millions of low-res clips for free.
Up-resing is the process of converting lower resolution video into higher resolution. For example, converting SD video into HD or HD into 4K. In this short video tutorial, you’ll learn what up-resing is, why it is so hard to make it look good, what bitmaps and interlacing are and how they relate to improving the look of your video.
In this short video tutorial, you’ll learn how modify FCP X text titles by sending them to Motion, make some changes, then send them back to FCP X.
[This is an excerpt from a recent on-line video webinar: “Create Animated Lower-Third Titles in Apple Motion 5” which you can download in our store, or as part of our Video Training Library.] The best way to learn something is …
Closed captions are intimidating! But, closed captions are also vital to understanding a movie for anyone who has trouble hearing or speaks a different language. In this short video excerpt, discover what captions are and the key terms you need to know.
Just about every video editor wants to know more about audio, and just about every one of them doesn’t have the time to study audio repair and mixing as much as they would like. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to move projects between Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X.
Dialog conveys information, while reaction shots convey emotion. In this short video excerpt from a webinar on creative video editing, Larry Jordan analyzes a scene from “The Battle of Five Armies,” and shows how it used reaction shots to heighten emotions.
Dialog conveys information, while reaction shots convey emotion. In this short video excerpt from a webinar on creative video editing, Larry Jordan shows how changing the position of the same two shots changes the emotional meaning of a scene.
Last week, Adobe released updates to all their audio and video software. In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates the new Essential Sound Panel in Adobe Audition CC.
Last week, Adobe released updates to all their audio and video software. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan showcases the new dynamic link between Adobe Premiere Pro CC and Adobe Audition CC.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan highlights the new Media Browser in the June, 2016, update to Adobe Media Encoder.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to compress files for social media using Job Actions in Apple Compressor.
Color correction allows you to make problem images look great. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to color correct a shot where the skin tones are too orange using Final Cut Pro X.
Color correction allows you to make problem images look great. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to color correct a portion of an image using Shape Masks in Final Cut Pro X.
Masks allow us to modify or hide portions of an image. While most often used in chroma (or green-screen) keys, masks have a wide variety of uses. In this short video excerpt, Larry shows how use the Graduated and Vignette Mask effects in Final Cut Pro X.
Masks allow us to modify or hide portions of an image. While most often used in chroma (or green-screen) keys, masks have a wide variety of uses. In this short video excerpt Larry shows how use masks to exclude sections of the image in a chroma-key effect.
Blend modes allow us to add texture to text, change the look of clips, even create unusual and eye-catching effects. Blend modes exist in virtually every video and graphics editing application. In this short video Larry Jordan shows how to access, modify and use blend modes in Adobe Photoshop CC.
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 excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how and why to create custom locations to store compressed files using Apple Compressor.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan shows how to create and use Watch Folders to automate video compression using Adobe Media Encoder.
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.
In this short video excerpt, Zach Bloom gives Larry Jordan an orientation to flying a drone.
In this short video excerpt from a longer webinar, Larry Jordan and Zach Bloom provide an overview of drone regulations.
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.
In this short video excerpt of a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to copy or move media, events and projects into new libraries. This technique is very useful for sharing projects between editors – Transfer Libraries – organizing files, or trimming libraries that have gotten too large.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates some of the new features in Adobe Media Encoder 2015 (Nov).
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.
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 explains the differences between editing drama, music and dance.
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.)
We all know we need to archive our projects for the long-term. But… how? In this short video demo, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use Imagine Software’s PreRoll Post to archive media files.
We all know we need to archive our projects for the long-term. But… how? In this short video demo, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use TOLIS Group’s BRU PE to archive media files.
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 edit 4K video into an HD project using Spatial Conform and the Transform settings in the Inspector.
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.
In this short video excerpt, Larry illustrates how to use Adobe Audition CC and its Automatic Speech Alignment tool. A typical use for this technique is matching an ADR recording with on-set audio.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan uses Adobe Audition CC to remove clipping from an audio recording and restore the original dynamic range of the audio.
In this short video excerpt, Larry uses Adobe Audition CC to polish the final audio mix, export a stereo pair, then measure the exported file to determine its final audio levels and verify it is free of distortion.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to export a project from Final Cut Pro X to Adobe Audition for final mixing, then how to bring the completed mix back into Final Cut.
In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates how to use the Loudness Radar in Premiere Pro CC to determine average audio levels.
In this short video excerpt from a recent webinar, Larry Jordan shows how to work with multichannel audio in Final Cut Pro X.
This short video tutorial illustrates how to work with multichannel audio in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
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