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Video compression is the last step in creating a video project before the audience finally gets to see it. Which means that all your hard work in production and editing can be wasted if you don’t make the final video look as good as possible. The problem is that video compression is really confusing!

Video compression is the last step in creating a video project before the audience finally gets to see it. Which means that all your hard work in production and editing can be wasted if you don’t make the final video look as good as possible. The problem is that video compression is really confusing!

In this free-wheeling session, host Larry Jordan fields a variety of questions about Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro CC.

In this free-wheeling session, host Larry Jordan fields a variety of questions about Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro CC.

The best way to improve your picture is to improve your sound. This session focuses on working with audio in Adobe Premiere Pro; and touches on how to move files between Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. From simple techniques such as adjusting levels and pan, to more advanced topics such as multi-channel audio and audio repair, you’ll learn what you need to make your audio sound great.

Many documentaries rely on historical photos for their stories. However, many old photos are falling apart. In this session, you’ll learn image restoration techniques that allow you to salvage even badly damaged photos.

In this video training, host Larry Jordan takes you into the studio to illustrate camera angles and how to use them to tell stories with pictures. Specifically, Larry illustrates – using cameras and actors – how the relationship between camera position, lens angle, actor position and depth of field all contribute to the emotional impact of a shot.

Join Larry Jordan and Patrick Saxon, Director of Social Media for Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc., as they discuss how to pick the best social media platform for your business, what techniques work and which ones to avoid. This casual, fact-filled discussion can turn you into a social media powerhouse.

In this video training, master trainer Larry Jordan highlights great new technology that you can add to your system to improve the look of your projects. If you’ve been looking for ways to add life to a project, fix problems or add stunning new transitions, you need to see this webinar. What you can do with plug-ins today is nothing short of amazing.

It’s been said that the best way to improve the quality of your images is to improve the quality of the audio. That has never been more true than right now. But, exactly HOW do you improve the quality of your sound? And what’s the best way to work with audio in Final Cut Pro X in the first place? Answering these questions are what this session is all about.

There are thousands of third-party plug-ins and applications that work with Final Cut. These add effects and capabilities far beyond the basic features of the software created by Apple. This course showcases some of the latest.

Adobe released updates to all their video and audio software in October and December, 2014. This session showcases the new features in: Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Audition CC, Adobe Prelude CC, and Adobe Media Encoder.

Join us for a wide-ranging webinar that discusses… well, just about anything regarding editing and Final Cut Pro X. Host Larry Jordan answers questions from viewers around the world with examples and stories showing you how to make the most of FCP X.

In this session, host Larry Jordan starts at the beginning by clearly defining key terms and concepts. After building a basic understanding of the process, he illustrates how to set up your system to maximize efficiency and showcases specific techniques you can use in your own projects to keep your media under control and your stress levels down.

This session is a grab-bag of unusual, but easy to create, effects using Motion 5. In this online session, discover the power of parameter animation, animated brush strokes, and interesting things to do with blend modes and video.

This online training looks at advanced color correction features in Final Cut Pro X. There is a lot of power hidden under the surface of Final Cut’s color correction tools. This session will show you how to use them.

The best way to improve the quality of your picture is to improve the quality of your sound. But, for many video editors, audio is a mystery. This session provides all the essential audio basics video editors need to improve their sound.

This is Larry’s favorite class: helping students and editors understand what it takes to find a job in today’s world. Now, more than ever, we are in charge of marketing our most important product: ourselves. What do we need to know to be successful? In this online training session, join host Larry Jordan as he presents new techniques for job hunting. Designed for students who are new to the job force and older hands looking for free-lance or full-time work, this session is designed to spark new ideas and provide better ways of marketing yourself.

Understanding video compression is essential in today’s world of digital media. However, many editors are baffled by all the options. This webinar compares the latest version of Adobe Media Encoder with Apple Compressor to help you decide which to use.

This week, we are extending our look at the craft of editing. Regardless of what editing software you are using, everything in this video training still applies. Because this session isn’t about technology – its about the art. Every editor has their own style and any scene can be cut multiple ways. But, if you are interested in watching how a professional editor edits, learning more about the craft of editing, or improving your own skills, this webinar is not to be missed!

Masks remove portions of an image. Video editors have been doing this for a long time using the Crop tool. However, in Motion, we have a LOT more options. In this webinar, watch host Larry Jordan illustrate all the different ways we can use masks.

In this webinar, host Larry Jordan showcases how to prepare and size stills for video, how to animate stills using keyframes in Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X. He’ll also showcase a special Photoshop technique that adds depth of field and movement to a still that makes it almost look like it was shot in 3D! (This technique works in both Premiere and Final Cut.)

In this video training, host Larry Jordan, creates three different multicam projects: Music, drama, and a presenter with slides (which is a very cool use of the technology in an unexpected way). He explains what multicam editing is, how to set up and edit a sequence in Premiere Pro, then how to trim, add effects and add transitions to your edited sequence.

In this one-hour video training, host Larry Jordan, takes you deep into the world of 3D space using Motion 5.1. Building on the belief that the best effects are composed of simple steps that combine to create stunning visuals, Larry shows you the building blocks of 3D. In fact, he starts by showing how to achieve killer 3D looks without even using cameras, or lights, or sets.

In this one-hour webinar, join host, Larry Jordan, as he shows you dozens of ways to change the speed of a clip, starting with a very simple freeze frame in the Timeline, then moving into the far more flexible options of a Hold frame. After that, Larry really gets rolling illustrating all the different speed effects in Final Cut Pro X.

In this detailed video training, host Larry Jordan shows how to sync double-system media using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Red Giant PluralEyes and Intelligent Assistance Sync N Link. He provides a variety of techniques that can automatically sync clips, or, if necessary, manually sync them. Along the way, he illustrates the audio benefits to improving your sound, and discuss how to fix sync problems, should they occur.

Plug-ins add exciting new effects and capabilities to any software; and the 3rd-party developer community for Final Cut Pro X is especially dynamic! In this one-hour video training, host Larry Jordan showcases what’s new and exciting for Final Cut Pro X.

Whether you use Adobe Premiere Pro or Apple Final Cut Pro X, most of us only think of using Photoshop for still images. But, hidden deep inside the program is a frame-based video repair facility. This means that the same tools we use in Photoshop to fix still images can be used to fix problems with our video, including pixel-based editing.

The latest 10.1.2 update to Apple Final Cut Pro X added new features and extended existing ones. Plus, it continued to improve media management with the addition of the new Library Properties panel and refined import options. All in all, lots of new things to learn

In this one hour video tutorial, host Larry Jordan showcases many of the new features in both Premiere Pro CC and Audition CC, with this 2014 update. From major new features like Mask and Track and Live Text Templates in Premiere, to smaller features like faster editing techniques and cool keyboard shortcuts, Larry shows you how to make the most of this new version. Then, turning to Audition, discover the new Dolby import and export capabilities and improved multi-track editing.

In this one-hour online video training, watch host, Larry Jordan, show you how to make things move in Motion. You’ll learn how to animate a dotted line to, say, follow a path on a map. Motion track graphics to move with an object in the frame. Discover the power of simulators and much, much more.

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