Blog Archives

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.

A list of, and links to, the Top 20 tutorials on Larry Jordan’s website for 2015.

A detailed look from Larry Jordan at BRU PE, from TOLIS Group – software for archiving your files and media on LTO tape.

A look at the new H.265 compression settings in the Nov. 2105 update to Adobe Media Encoder and why they aren’t working… yet.

A detailed workflow, writen by Oliver Peters, explaining how to use offline and online media in Final Cut Pro X.

MovieCaptioner is low-cost, easy-to-use software for Mac and Windows which creates, revised and exports closed-captions to video. This product review explains how it works and what you need to know to add captions to your movies.

Secret tips and tricks on editing with Final Cut Pro X, from Larry Jordan.

A detailed look at compression settings for 4K video, along with a determination of whether using multi-pass compression makes good sense.

A detailed, illustrated review of PreRoll Post from Imagine Products.

An explanation of what happens during export in Final Cut Pro when the render file format doesn’t match the export (Share) format.

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.

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.

An illustrated tutorial on how to deinterlace interlaced video clips when editing in Final Cut Pro X.

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.

An illustrated guide to moving iMovie projects and media from iMovie into Final Cut Pro X.

An illustrated and in-depth tour of the Timeline Index in Final Cut Pro X.

Recently, Premiere totally overhauled its video scopes and color correction software to integrate features from SpeedGrade into Premiere Pro. In this article, I want to showcase these new Lumetri video scopes. NOTE: If you want to learn how to use …

Archiving media for the long-term is neither simple, nor cheap. In this article, Larry Jordan explains what you need to know to protect your precious media for the long-term.

A short video, by Larry Jordan, showing how to use the Multicam Angle Editor in Final Cut Pro X.

A short, illustrated video excerpt where Larry Jordan shows different ways to sync and build a multicam clip in Final Cut Pro X.

An illustrated, detailed product review of version 2.70 of Final Cut Library Manager, by ArcticWhiteness.

What you need to know to avoid or fix corrupted Library files in Final Cut Pro X. Updated March, 2020, with new information and more resources.

An illustrated explanation of how to measure free space on your hard disk – and why you need to do this – along with an explanation of how to improve performance by minimizing file “swapping.”

It hasn’t drawn the attention of the new Morph Cut, or the new Lumetri Looks, but the recent addition of project consolidation and transcoding to Premiere Pro CC is a big deal. This is because it simplifies our ability to …

A discussion with Art Director, Jeff Rack, on the creative process of how he designs a set, along with examples of his work.

A detailed, illustrated article showing how to create a custom shape in Photoshop then import and animate it in Final Cut Pro X.

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.

A summary of the 2015 Storage in Media Survey Results conducted by Coughlin & Associates. Storage is essential to all digital media and this survey provides a snapshot of how it is being used across our industry today. (Included detailed PDF.)

An explanation of where Final Cut Pro X stores files that are uploaded directly to YouTube or Vimeo; along with a caution to let Final Cut process these files itself, rather than try to move them manually.

Lots of hidden and less-than–obvious keyboard shortcuts to modify, control and speed playback within Final Cut Pro X.

An illustrated tutorial on enabling burn-in Timecode in Adobe Media Encoder 2015 (or 2014).

A short video demo, from Larry Jordan, of Frame.io collaboration software illustrating what it is and how it integrates with Final Cut Pro X.

A detailed explanation of which video formats to use for presentation using a video projector. This considers both PC and Mac formats.

In this short video excerpt, Larry Jordan illustrates the new Color workspace in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, along with its outstanding new video scopes and amazing Lumetri color panel.

A short video demo showing how to move user-created presets from Adobe Media Encoder CC 2014 to Adobe Media Encoder CC 2015.

A short video demo showing how to send projects from Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 to Adobe Audition CC 2015, and how to send the final mix back to Premiere.

An illustrated, detailed explanation of how to deinterlace video using Apple Compressor 4.2.

An illustrated explanation of video scopes – Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope – and how to read them to better understand your video images. This article applies to all video editing software and images.

In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to optimize Adobe Media Encoder CC preferences for compression speed.

This short video tutorial, from Larry Jordan, summarizes what you need to know to compress video faster – hardware, software, codecs, and settings – when using a Mac.

An explanation of preference settings in Final Cut Pro X 10.2.x, along with my recommendations on which ones to change and why.

An illustrated, detailed presentation on how to add, modify, and delete keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut Pro X; including two lists: 1. Existing shortcuts that you may not know exist, and 2. Menu options that should have shortcuts, but don’t.

A video compression speed test comparing the iMac with a Mac Pro using Apple Compressor and focusing on whether using multiple instances makes any difference. (It does!!)

A detailed video compression speed test comparing Adobe Media Encoder, Apple Compressor, HandBrake, MPEG Streamclip, Telestream Episode and Sorenson Squeeze running on a new Mac Pro and an iMac.

An illustrated explanation of how to use the Media Browser in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (2014) to access media and projects faster.

A detailed tutorial on the new Library Smart Collections in the 10.2 update to Final Cut Pro X.

The 10.2 update to Apple Final Cut Pro X expanded the use and usefulness of keywords, as this detailed tutorial explains.