Here is a 7 part series in which Dave Helmly from Adobe walks you through a complete 3D Stereo workflow with Premiere Pro CS5. This is a start to finish workflow and a must see for anyone getting started with 3D Stereo video shooting and editing or just interested in the technology and the whole [...]
Adobe is leading the pack when it comes to system performance, and offers a much-improved NLE. By Oliver Peters Adobe is shipping its much-anticipated Creative Suite 5. The video applications are available either as single products or bundled in the Master Collection or Production Premium suite. Most video editors will be interested in the latter, [...]
Final Cut Express Foundations is the quintessential Final Cut Express editing course, guiding users through every step of the essential editing process from organizing projects through capture, basic editing and fine-tuning to exporting the final project for delivery in the highest possible quality. Complete with student project files, Final Cut Pro Express is the only chunkalized Final Cut Express training in the world!
Final Cut Pro Foundations is the quintessential Final Cut Pro editing course, guiding users through every step of the essential editing process from organizing projects through capture, basic editing and fine-tuning to exporting the final project for delivery in the highest possible quality. Complete with student project files, Final Cut Pro Foundations is the only chunkalized Final Cut Pro training in the world!
As the next major release of the leading video post-production suite, the new Final Cut Studio offers powerful new features, dramatically improved performance, and tighter integration. Its six applications give video editors all the tools they need to edit, animate, mix, grade, and deliver — at a price that’s more affordable than ever! Applications included [...]
Book Description On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results. How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew? How should you calibrate your [...]
This is a common question and there are several answers: First, the Final Cut Pro Canvas usually shows titles and graphics more pixelated and lower quality than the actual quality. Render a title and play it on a real monitor – or render and export a 10 frame test to disk and view to see [...]
I remember heading to dinner 6 or 7 years ago with Randy Ubillos, creator of Final Cut Pro, telling him my vision for a future FCP update- incorporating some pre-production elements like storyboarding, in which the user would link captured clips to a storyboard frame, then FCP would rough cut the project together automatically, with [...]
What just happened to video on the web? We are extremely excited to announce that DV Kitchen, the ultimate solution for publishing professional quality video on the web, is available immediately! Click here to find out all about it and watch the new movies! DV Kitchen’s primary focus is encoding and uploading broadcast quality, internet-friendly-bandwidth [...]
If you notice a loss of connectivity between Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express and your camcorder or deck after upgrading your versions of Mac OS X and QuickTime, here’s what you can do to resolve the issue. Remove QuickTime receipts: Go to /Library/Receipts/ Locate the QuickTime receipts files. Select all QuickTime receipts that [...]
When you’re finished with your edit, how should you export? Well, it depends. METHOD #1. Reference movie If you want to export a temporary file as quickly as possible, export a reference movie. File > Export > Quicktime Movie UNcheck “Make Self-Contained” Pros: If you’ve rendered your sequence, this is the fastest way to export [...]
Final Cut (and other editing apps) will accept many kinds and formats of audio for import into the Browser or Timeline. However, just because they will, doesn’t mean you should! If you import compressed audio, for example, in MP3 or AAC codecs, or audio in a different bit or sample rate than your Timeline (such [...]
The new Matrox MXO2 is the first truly portable device that gives you broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion to streamline your workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio 2. It’s lightweight, fits in your laptop bag, and runs for hours on a field battery. It lets you work seamlessly in any format you want. Enjoy [...]