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How do I export a high quality movie from Final Cut Pro 7 or Express?

Mar 3, 2011 at 4:09 am in DVD, editing, web video by Josh Mellicker · 104 Comments »

How do I export a high quality movie from Final Cut Pro 7 or Express?

Once you’re finished with your edit, how should you export?

Well, it depends. Here are three methods:

METHOD #1. Reference movie

If you want to export a temporary movie as quickly as possible, export a reference movie.

1. File > Export > Quicktime Movie

2. UNcheck “Make Self-Contained”

Pros:

  • Fastest export
  • The file size is small – it only contains audio and pointers to  [read more →]
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How does the Smoothcam filter in Final Cut Pro work?

Feb 6, 2011 at 2:03 pm in post production, post visuals by Josh Mellicker · Leave a Comment »

Abba Shapiro, from Future Media Concepts, shows in this movie:

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Final Cut Express Foundations

Mar 19, 2010 at 10:13 am in editing, self-paced training by duncan · 7 Comments »


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!

 

$49.95

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DV Enlightenment

Mar 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm in cinematography, lighting, self-paced training by Josh Mellicker · 13 Comments »


DV Enlightenment is an illuminating lighting course from DVcreators.net for anyone wanting to shoot stunningly beautiful, cinematic quality footage for filmmaking, marketing projects, broadcast, special interest video, education or any other purpose.


$75 special!

reg. $99.95

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Final Cut Pro Foundations

Jan 5, 2010 at 1:04 pm in digital video news, editing, editing products, self-paced training by duncan · 26 Comments »


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!

 

$59.95

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LiveType PowerStart

Oct 2, 2009 at 1:50 pm in post visuals, self-paced training by . · 8 Comments »


LiveType PowerStart is for anyone wanting to unlock the real potential of LiveType, to truly comprehend how the software works, discover secret shortcuts and timesavers, and absorb a stream of awesome looking techniques, tips and tricks for creating mind-blowing eye candy


ONLY $39.95!

reg. $59.95

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL FOR BOTH FINAL CUT PRO AND FINAL CUT EXPRESS USERS!


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Cityscape Motion tutorial

Jun 12, 2009 at 10:57 pm in post visuals by · Leave a Comment »

Here’s an awesome tutorial on building a 3D cityscape in Motion from Andy Neil.

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I own LiveType Powerstart. How do I download my $180 of free objects and textures from LiveType Central?

May 15, 2009 at 5:26 pm in post visuals by duncan · 5 Comments »

Here are the steps:

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Launch LiveType PowerStart through DVcreators University.

2.

Click the “option” popup menu in the lower left part of the main menu screen, and choose “download free objects and textures from LiveType Central” in either NTSC or PAL

This will start the files downloading in the background. While downloading, you can continue watching the course (or any other course).

3.

Once all the files have completed downloading, you will have 3 folders on your Desktop.

4.

In a Finder window, go  [read more →]

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How to calibrate an NTSC monitor + New Pro Features!

Mar 17, 2009 at 10:40 am in broadcast by Josh Mellicker · Leave a Comment »

Calibrating a Broadcast Monitor from Guy Cochran on Vimeo.

Read these simple steps for calibrating an NTSC monitor in the instruction manual of the Marshall monitor.

1. Allow the monitor to warm up for at least 5-10 minutes.
2. Display SMPTE split-field color bars on the monitor using an external source.
3. Enable Monochrome mode.
4. Locate the pluge pattern (super black, black, and gray bars) at the lower-right corner of the screen. Adjust the Brightness knob until there  [read more →]

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This movie shows how Final Cut Pro deals with timecode breaks in tapes

Jan 4, 2009 at 6:03 pm in editing by · Leave a Comment »

Click on the movie to launch.

For more info, check out:

Final Cut Pro Foundations

Final Cut Express Foundations

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Chroma Key in HD

Oct 22, 2008 at 6:15 pm in broadcast, broadcast products, cinematography by duncan · 3 Comments »

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We want to give you the opportunity to explore the art of keying. Taking the background out and dropping in something different is a special effects technique that has been around for years. However it was not until recently that we have been able to get broadcast quality results in both a fast and inexpensive manner. Quality Chroma keying is now for everyone.

Possibilities

Think about being able to shoot a  [read more →]

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How can I make my own backdrop?

Oct 3, 2008 at 3:33 am in cinematography, lighting by · Leave a Comment »

In this movie, do-it-yourself handyman Eric Schultheis shows a method of making a professional quality backdrop for video or photography very inexpensively, and tips for mounting it in a basement or garage.

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How do I install the x264 codec for DV Kitchen?

Sep 1, 2008 at 3:54 pm in digital video news by · 3 Comments »

The first time you launch DV Kitchen, it will help you install the world’s best H.264 codec.

If you had any trouble, follow the steps below:

1.

Did you have trouble downloading the codec? If so, just click here to re-download it.

2.

Find the downloaded dmg (disk image). I have my browser set to download to my “Downloads” folder, so that’s where it downloaded to.

If it did not open (mount) automatically, double-click the dmg file to open it.

3.

When it is open, you  [read more →]

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DV Kitchen screencast – encoding to FLV and Jeroen's Player

Aug 13, 2008 at 4:28 pm in web video by · Leave a Comment »

This movie shows how easy it is to encode to any size, any bitrate FLV movie, upload it, then have DV Kitchen create an entire HTML page for you with window title, page title, movie caption, and Jeroen’s FLV Player, the most popular on the web.

Watch it in Jeroen’s player here.

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Warp Speed Workflow #6: First Look: Motion Tracker in Motion 3

Feb 5, 2008 at 10:53 pm in digital video news, dvcTV, post visuals by · 15 Comments »

Here’s a first look at the new motion tracking behaviors in Motion 3.

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

Feb 1, 2008 at 3:38 am in dvcTV, editing, post visuals by · 4 Comments »

I want to change all the titles in my Final Cut Pro project to a different font. What is the DVcreators.net secret method?

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A look at lights in Motion 3

Jan 1, 2008 at 5:28 pm in dvcTV, post visuals by · 10 Comments »

Here’s a “first look” at lights in Motion 3. $Free

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Warp Speed Workflow #8: There you Glow

Nov 21, 2007 at 7:10 am in dvcTV, editing, post visuals by · Leave a Comment »

Here’s a quick tip for instantly adding a soft glow to titles in Final Cut Pro or Express.

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Motion PowerStart

Nov 9, 2007 at 2:47 am in post visuals, self-paced training by · 5 Comments »


Motion PowerStart is an extensive training course for Motion containing a to-the-point interface orientation and three clear, fun and practical hands-on tutorials written by a member of the official Apple documentation, Michael Wohl, along with Josh Mellicker of DVcreators.net.

- FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH MOTION 2 –

$79.95

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Monitoring your work in Final Cut Pro

Sep 27, 2007 at 10:41 pm in broadcast, cinematography, DVD, editing, film, post visuals, web video by · 12 Comments »

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 truth.

Think of all the ways viewers might watch your project. If you’re delivering on DVD, your show might be watched  [read more →]

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After Effects PowerStart

Jun 28, 2007 at 12:41 pm in digital video news, DVD, post visuals, self-paced training by · 5 Comments »


After Effects 7 PowerStart is the world’s best learning experience for mastering After Effect’s unique and sophisticated motion graphics creation environment, whether you are a professional graphics artist, video or film editor, or new to digital media. Written by After Effects guru Stephen Schleicher and Josh Mellicker of DVcreators.net.

 

$79.95

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Final Cut Studio Warp Speed Workflow #4: Batch Rename Files

May 4, 2007 at 12:19 pm in digital video news, dvcTV, editing, post visuals by · 2 Comments »

Here is a Warp Speed Workflow showing how to change hundred of files names in one click.

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Final Cut Studio Warp Speed Workflow #5: Changing Reel Names

Apr 9, 2007 at 8:45 pm in dvcTV, editing by · Leave a Comment »

If you’ve ever chosen the wrong reel name, or entered the wrong reel name on accident here is a cool tip to show you how to fix that.

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Final Cut Studio Warp Speed Workflow #1: Applying a transition to multiple clips

Jan 7, 2007 at 12:31 am in digital video news, dvcTV, editing by · 11 Comments »

Here’s the secret to quickly applying transitions to multiple clips. $12

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Why are my transitions too short? or why do I get the "Insufficient content for edit" error?

Dec 31, 2006 at 4:37 am in editing by · 19 Comments »

Watch the movie below for the probable solution.

When you trim a clip, there is (usually) “extra” media before and after the part of the clip you want in your timeline. (That’s what trimming does, allows you to select a portion of a clip that will show in your movie)

COOL TIP: If you select the Slip tool by pressing “S”, and click on a clip in the timeline, you’ll see a brown outline showing you the extra media on either side  [read more →]

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How do I capture and edit "24 fps" video in FCP?

Jul 18, 2005 at 4:16 am in editing, film by · 2 Comments »

There are several formats of video people call “24p”:

  1. true 24p
    To capture this, you’ll have to create special capture and sequence presets. But it’s a very rare format.
  2. 23.976
    This is more a much more common frame rate. Use the appropriate capture and sequence preset. (Note: FCP calls 23.976 “23.98″ for some odd reason).
  3. 24p with pulldown (actually 29.97 fps, aka 59.94 fields/sec, aka “60i”)
    Capture and edit using 60i presets.
  4. 24p “advanced” (2:3:3:2 cadence – actually 29.97 fps, aka 59.94 fields/sec, aka “60i”)
    Use the capture  [read more →]

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Canon XL2

Jan 23, 2005 at 11:44 am in cinematography by · 46 Comments »

The XL2, replacing the venerable XL1 and XL1s, widens its lead as the elite camcorder of the Mini-DVs.

Interchangeable lenses with great choices, full manual control with easy-to-get-to controls, excellent picture quality- clean, crisp, sharp and very low noise. Ships with an amazingly sharp 20x L-series flourite lens with super-steady optical image stabilization.

But the most important thing to me is the aesthetic look of the picture. With the XL2, you’re going to get a BIGTIME look that spells E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E! Warm, friendly  [read more →]