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Advanced Final Cut Pro 6 Workshop, May 28 - 30th in Santa Monica! Only a few seats left


Sign up now for the FCP 300: Advanced Editing Techniques in Final Cut Pro 6 hands-on workshop on May 28 - 30th.

This advanced hands-on class, taught by top FCP expert Larry Jordan, covers intermediate to advanced levels of editing and techniques, effects, color correction, audio sweetening and much more with …


Final Cut Pro Foundations


DVcreators.net has been known as the world leader in Final Cut Pro training since the day Final Cut Pro 1.0 was released.

We were the training company Apple chose to help launch Final Cut Pro with training on disc, in workshops in over 60 cities and all major trade shows. We …


Final Cut Express Foundations


DVcreators.net has been known as the world leader in Final Cut training since the day Final Cut Pro 1.0 was released.

We were the training company Apple chose to help launch Final Cut Pro with training on disc, in workshops in over 60 cities and all major trade shows. We have taught alongside Randy Ubillos, the …


DVcreators.net Tutorial DVDs Tip: Why can’t I see my navigation buttons?


One of the most frequent questions we get about our tutorial dvds is:

Why can’t I see the navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen?

Check out this movie for the answer!

 


Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder


The HV20 HDV Camcorder is causing quite a stir, due to its unprecedented image quality. Never before has there been this feature set for under $1000.

The top points:

true 1920 X 1080 chip - beautiful, sharp image quality

24 fps (adds pulldown for 59.97i) stream with film 180 degree (1/48th) shutter

“Cinema …

 

Warp Speed Workflow #7: Changing Captured Clip Settings


If you’ve ever realized that you logged your footage with the wrong log clip settings, here’s a great tip that’ll solve it for you.

 

Click here to ask a question about Final Cut Pro workflows.


Monitoring your work in Final Cut Pro


When you’re EDITING, you can make good decisions just watching the Canvas Window on your laptop.

But for color grading, it’s critically important to watch your show on a monitor that’s displaying an accurate image. Monitoring is important because all your color grading work is going to be off if the monitor you’re watching while you work is not telling the …


Poser 7: Reviewed


This is a great program for creating quick and detailed animations of characters right out of the box.  Excellent for character stills and animation, medical illustrations, architectural, and storyboards.

In my case, having only dabbled a bit in the Poser of the past, but now, after seeing and using Poser 7, I am now convinced that this is the …


Top Secret: First shoot!


We just finished a shoot with noted cinematographer and camera operator, Charles Papert, for an as-yet-secret project, with the Canon XL H1.

Here’s a couple stills:

Here’s the gang after the shoot:


Final Cut Studio Warp Speed Workflow #3: Changing the font of all titles at once


Q: I have 10 zillion titles in my Final Cut Pro project. I just changed my mind and want to change them all to a different font.

What is the DVcreators.net Warp Speed Workflow™ way to do this?

A: Watch the movie.


How do I batch convert audio in Windows XP for my editing software?


  1. Download iTunes from Apple
  2. Double click iTunes Setup.exe to install
  3. Launch iTunes
  4. Go to the Edit Menu > then click Preferences
  5. Click on the Advanced tab
  6. Then click on the Importing tab
  7. Now, in the “Import Using” dialog box, choose .WAV Encoder.
  8. Then in the “Setting” dialog box, choose “Custom”
  9. For “Sample Rate” choose 48 kHz.
  10. For “Sample Size” choose 16-bit.
  11. For “Channels” choose Stereo.
  12. Then click OK.
  13. Then OK again,


Advanced Final Cut Pro 6 Hands-On Workshop at University of Michigan


These advanced hands-on workshop cover intermediate to advanced levels of editing, …



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