New Stuff - Cool Stuff
July 23, 2012
In This Issue
2 Reel Guys are BACK!
FCP X: Fun Title Facts
Premiere: Fast Color Correction
Compressor: Job Chaining
FCP 7: Text Favorites
Top 3 Articles Last Week
FCP X Training
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2 REEL GUYS IS BACK IN PRODUCTION!
Larry Jordan

 

A few years ago, Norman Hollyn and I created a new video podcast called 2 Reel Guys.  It talks about filmmaking, without talking about  technology... which means we focus on story and craft.

Well, thanks to the generosity of Avid Technology, we have funding to create twelve new episodes; which we are shooting starting Wednesday this week.  

If you haven't visited the website, check it out here: www.2ReelGuys.com. Think of it as going to film school, with classes that only last eight minutes.

If you want to learn more about our second season, sign up for the 2 Reel Guys newsletter on the 2RG website.

Directing comedy, fight scenes, music videos, actors, casting, picking locations, creating a killer first cut - we have a GREAT line-up of new titles that I can't wait to share with you. More soon!

WE HAVE A NEW IPAD APP!

Thanks to the folks at Anywhere Education, we turned our Final Cut Pro X training into an app for the iPad and iPhone.  There are two versions - one free and one paid. We chose Anywhere Education because of their outstanding reputation in mobile education.

The challenge for me was to make our training readable on smaller screens.  (There's no sense watching training if you can't read the screens.)  Now, with the new Retina Displays, screen shots are crisp and legible. You can be using FCP X on your computer and watching the training on your iPad.

If you have an iPad or iPhone, download the free version and take a look -- http://tinyurl.com/LarrysFCPXApp -- if you like it, please write a review!

Now you can take our Final Cut Pro X training anywhere.  This is very cool and we are very excited.
 
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If you haven't visited our YouTube channel recently, you're missing a lot of interesting video training -- all free and immediately available.

Laura and Tori have been sprucing things up around the site recently with better playlists, descriptions and links. Take a look here: youtube.com/larryjordanfcp.

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NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK

I have three new articles on Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, and Compressor, along with an FCP 7 article from the archives.

Details - as always - are below.

TECHNIQUE: FINAL CUT PRO X
Fun Facts About Titles

Here's a collection of ten things you may not have known about titles, backgrounds, and text.

(Including an interesting use of a compound clip.)

Read the details here.

TECHNIQUE: ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS6
A Fast Way to Do Color Correction

Sure, SpeedGrade is great. And the new Three-Way Color Corrector filter is just the bees-knees.

But what if you don't have a budget, don't know how to read scopes, and the client is screaming at you to just fix the *!@#$@#% shot!


TECHNIQUE: COMPRESSOR 3 AND 4
Compress Faster with Job Chaining

Job chaining is a great way to save time when you need to create multiple versions of the same file.

This works in both Compressor 3 and 4. If you have a need for speed, read this article.


ARCHIVES: FINAL CUT PRO 7
Creating Text Favorites

Here's an article from the archives on how to create text favorites - templates that you can reuse without having to recreate the wheel each time.

Copy/paste works while FCP is running. Text favorites are reusable between sessions on FCP.


TOP 3 MOST POPULAR ARTICLES LAST WEEK  
 
Here are the top three most viewed articles on my website during the last week: 

1. FCP X: Native vs. Optimize vs Proxy Media

2. FCP 7: Compressing Video for YouTube

3. FCP 7: Two Menu Items I Never Knew Existed

Click here to see a Top 10 List of popular articles for the last seven days; under Most Popular Articles.

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