Monday, Sept. 2, is a holiday here in the States (Labor Day, to be exact). I should probably take the day off, but there is so much interesting stuff going on that, well, I probably won't.

There's lots of new things bubbling around here - some I can announce this week, more that I can announce next week. It's gonna be an exciting fall!

We added a new page to our Training Library page - Essays. Click the Training Library link in our left-hand Home page sidebar, then, under "By Category" you'll see a new entry - Essays.

Most of the articles I write focus on how a specific piece of technology works - like my article this week on softening skin texture.

But some of my most popular articles focus on the industry, not technology. These include "How to Start an Editing Business," or "Interviews: Ask the Right Questions."  And while these titles get a huge number of readers when I announce them in this newsletter, once they are a couple of weeks old, they are impossible to find.

As of this writing, there are 12 essays there now. But we are going through old blogs and articles and expect to have more than two dozen within the next few days. So check back and see what we've added.

I enjoy writing these pieces and especially enjoy your comments. And, now, you can find them in a heartbeat in our new "Essay" category.

Click here to see the current essay collection.

We select clips to control the flow of the story. But we can do much more than that.

In this piece, learn techniques you can use to control where the viewer's eye looks within the frame. There's some very cool stuff here, that is very easy to implement.

About a year ago, I wrote an article on how to improve the performance of FCP X. However, one of the most important things you can do, when Final Cut starts acting up, is it trash its preference files.

Which I didn't really write about very well. So, this week, I re-wrote the article to provide a much clearer trouble-shooting guide for FCP X.

There are a number of excellent plug-ins that soften skin texture.

But if you are in a hurry, or working for a client that needs everything done CHEAP, this is a very simple, easy to do technique that can soften skin texture and minimize wrinkles.

Ultimately, all our projects end up on the web. Which means that if we don't know how to compress our video to make it look good, all our work during production and post is wasted.

In this in-depth video training, Larry Jordan shows you how to make the most of Apple Compressor 4.

Whether you are a new or experienced editor, this training will help you make your media look and sound great!

Here are the top three articles, webinars, and audio interviews for the past seven days.

Articles

We expanded this list to the Top 4 to add some more variety:

• FCP X: 5 Tips to Faster Exports   
• Interviews: Ask the Right Questions 
• FCP X: Manage Events & Projects 
• FCP X: Compound Clip Secrets  

For a list of all our articles, visit here.

 

Webinars

• #106: Effects Cookbook for Motion 5  
• #57: Integrating Motion 5 with Final Cut Pro X 
• #102: Adobe Premiere Pro CC: First Look 

This list is based on the webinars watched most often by our monthly subscribers. For a list of all our webinars, visit here.

 

Digital Production Buzz Audio Interviews 

• David Ellsworth: The Creative Process is Universal - and Magical
• Lee Cipolla: Directing "Reflection"
• Diana Thater: Creating Video for Museum Displays

For a list of all the audio interviews we've conducted on The Buzz, visit here. 

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