Category Archives: Final Cut Pro X

If color is a mystery to you, or the only color tool you know is the automatic color corrector, then this presentation can change your life. Learn how the color tools work in Final Cut and you’ll never be embarrassed by your images again.

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 Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and virtually all other video and graphics editing applications. Larry Jordan shows how they work in this webinar.

Effects are a never-ending source of cool things to learn. In this on-line training, join host, Larry Jordan, as he showcases how to use the tools built-into Final Cut Pro X to create some amazing effects quickly and easily.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

Blend modes, which Final Cut Pro 7 called “composite modes,” combine images based upon their gray-scale or color values. Which sounds weird until you start to play with it. Think of blend modes as "sharing textures between images." What makes blend modes so exciting is that they are easy to apply, yet open up a world of creative possibilities. In this one-hour online training, join host, Larry Jordan, as he shows you how blend modes can take your effects to an entirely different level. You can use them to add texture to text, enhance images, or make images look totally surreal.

This session, hosted by Larry Jordan, covers a wide range of effects from simple titles to visual effects to a utility that simplifies creating vast numbers of still frames from a single project. Our effects and plug-in webinars are always popular, showcasing great new plug-ins you can add to your system. Watch the demo and see what all the excitement is about.

Based on all the questions we get every day in our email, lots of folks find media management in Final Cut Pro X confusing. So, this webinar is designed to provide a foundation for organizing, importing, tracking, finding, and managing media, Events, and Projects in FCP X. Whether you are new to the application, or you’ve been using it for a long time, you’ll find tips and tricks in this video training session that can simplify your editing life and make Final Cut Pro X work even more effectively.

Final Cut Pro X provides a solid foundation for editing your video. And, since Apple added the ability to export detailed project information using XML, things really took off. In this video webinar, host Larry Jordan shows you how to use nine different utilities that can take your Final Cut Pro X projects to entirely new levels.

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Motion scares a lot of people because it does so much. But there are a lot of effects that are simple to create than can make your projects look really good. And learning how to create interesting, yet simple, effects is what this session is all about. If you haven’t attended one Larry Jordan’s cookbook effects sessions, you are missing a treat – because he shares so many different tips, tricks, and techniques that you are guaranteed to pick up a few tips that you never knew even existed before.

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Join host Larry Jordan as he looks at how Final Cut Pro X implements animation and keyframes. Discover animation techniques like the Ken Burns effect, generator animation, text and title animation. Then, shift gears and get deep into customizing your animation with keyframes. Learn what keyframes are, how to create them, and how to create a variety of effects using keyframes. If you are someone who has never understood keyframes, wants to discover faster ways to animate effects, or are just looking for new ways to create some cool effects, you need to join us for this session.

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In this session, hosted by Larry Jordan, we go beyond simple color correction as he takes three different scenes and shows how to to use color to enhance the emotion of each scene. Larry illustrates how to use toe scopes to spot, then resolve them using the color tools in FCP X. Along the way, he gives you tips you can use to improve the image quality of your next project.

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In this session, watch as host, Larry Jordan, demos of some of the latest plug-ins that support Final Cut Pro X, and see them do some mind-bending tricks!

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This intermediate-level video training is designed for editors who want better control, or more options, when editing audio in Final Cut Pro X. Join host, Larry Jordan, as he illustrates advanced audio editing and mixing techniques that can speed up and simplify your editing.

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This intermediate-level webinar is designed for Final Cut Pro X editors who want to improve the look of their titles, customize existing titles, or understand how to integrate Motion effects with Final Cut Pro X.

With the possible exception of media management in Final Cut Pro X, nothing creates more questions than working with still images. In this in-depth video training session, we wade into the quagmire and show you how to import, manage, and edit still images in Final Cut Pro X.

Roles are a new concept in video editing. Introduced with the 10.0.3 update to Final Cut Pro X, Roles allow you to tag similar clips so that you can work with subgroups of your clips based on the tag, not the track. In this video training session, you’ll learn how to use Roles to organize clips in the Event Browser, how to use the Timeline Index to find and display Roles, and how Roles can provide both speed and flexibility when exporting projects; including the ability to automatically create submixes, or “stems,” of your audio.

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The hardest part of learning any new software is getting started. This video training is designed to give you the foundation you need to get started right with Final Cut Pro X. This webinar shows you how to configure your system, create a new Event and Project, import media, and how to determine whether to edit using camera native, optimized, or proxy media. If you want to prevent problems and make the most of your system, you need to watch this session.

Apple has continued to develop multicam editing since it’s first release in Final Cut Pro X, version 10.0.3. Multicam is the ability to edit recorded media from multiple cameras all at the same time. Typical examples where multicam is used are music videos, theatrical performances, and sports. In all cases, we have a single event recorded by multiple cameras.

The 10.0.6 update to Final Cut Pro X is the most substantial feature update since Final Cut Pro X was first released. And this webinar provides highlights of all the major changes. The key question we are all wondering is: Can I use this version to do professional-grade work? And that is the focus of this week’s webinar: What does the new version do? Can it help me work faster? Can it help me work better? What do I need to know to use these new features effectively?

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6.

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