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Jan. 13, 2014
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All Kinds of Cool Stuff
Mac Pro Speed Test
Product Review: Pegasus2 RAID
FCP X: Create Project Snapshots
FCP X: Join clips and trim audio
FCP X Training
Top 3 Lists
Compressor 4 Training
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WELCOME TO A JAM-PACKED ISSUE!

Larry Jordan Whew! I have a ton of news to share with you this week, can't wait to get started.  Four new articles, including a comparison of Adobe Media Encoder and Apple Compressor, plus a product review of the brand-new Promise Pegasus2 RAID.

News, announcements, and brand-new training.

LAST CHANCE

Today is the last day to register for tomorrow's "4K & FCP X" seminar. Sam Mestman will showcase current workflows using FCP X on a major motion picture. Neil Smith shows hardware optimized for high-resolution media.

I'll be there demoing new media features in FCP X v10.1. We'll also have panel discussions with Philip Hodgetts, Steven Penafiel from Pond5, Ian Andes from G-Technology, and Tim Jones from the TOLIS Group. Demos, panels, and hands-on the gear.

If you are considering moving into high-resolution media, you need to attend. This is a one-day event that won't be repeated very soon.

Click here to register: www.larryjordan.biz/event

BRAND-NEW TRAINING: COMPRESSOR 4.1

When Apple updated Final Cut Pro X, they also updated Compressor to version 4.1. Because so much changed with the application, we went back and recorded all new training.

This 48-movie collection contains more than four-and-a-half hours of video training - more focused, more in-depth and covering virtually every feature in the program.

Click here to buy your copy today.

NOTE: We emailed existing customers update pricing over the weekend.

SHORT NOTE

Luke Fuda sent me this short trouble-shooting report.

"I found a fast, easy way to fix an FCP X project if it keeps crashing. On a video I added about 8 transitions at the same time. It caused the program to crash, then crash again every time I reopened it. What I did was delete the event library so the project came up as "Missing Event." I then created a new event that contained the media from the deleted event. Next, I opened the project and deleted all the transitions and re-linked the files in a new event library and everything was back working." 

TEN BUCKS FOR TEN DAYS

To celebrate the release of our new Compressor 4.1 training, we've lowered the price of our webinars - all 115 of them - to $10! This special offer runs until Jan. 22.

Yup - Ten Bucks for Ten Days! Any webinar, any quantity. This offer is available to everyone - so tell your friends.

Visit our store and enter WEBINAR as the Coupon Code during checkout. Take a minute and pick up some great training! 
 
NEW WEBINARS

We have three new live webinars planned for January:

  * Jan. 15: Apple Compressor In-Depth
  * Jan. 22: Media Management in Final Cut Pro X
  * Jan. 29: First Look at Motion 5.1

Click here to register.  Subscribers, as always, can attend for free. 

  
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BUZZ INTERVIEW

Buzz newsletter bullet On the Digital Production Buzz this week, I interviewed Tom Coughlin, president of Tom Coughlin & Associates. Tom is the founder of Storage Visions, which is an industry-leading conference on storage technology

I was fascinated by Tom's thoughts on the future of  storage for 2014. He feels that the new technology coming this year will make storing and archiving our media a lot easier than in the past.

Listen to Tom Coughlin's interview here.

Listen to the entire show here.

We are now offering complete text transcripts for each Digital Production Buzz episodes, courtesy of Take1.tv. View the transcript here.

FOUR NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK!

Generic newsletter bullet I have four new articles this week: a comparison of Adobe Media Encoder and Apple Compressor, a product review of the Promise Pegasus2 RAID, and two how-to videos on Final Cut Pro X.

Plus, as always, I've updated our Top 3 lists.  Enjoy! 

ARTICLE: MAC PRO SPEED TEST 
Adobe Media Encoder vs. Apple Compressor
Last week, I compared the Mac Pro to the iMac. This week, I'm comparing the performance of Adobe Media Encoder to Apple Compressor.

The latest release of Adobe Media Encoder brings its features closely in line with Compressor. And when I compared them I was surprised -- not just in the differences in speeds, but... well, you'll just need to read the article.

If you were expected a clear winner, wait until you read this. It ain't that simple.

PRODUCT REVIEW: 
Promise Technology Pegasus2 Thunderbolt RAID 
   
With the release of Apple's new Mac Pro, Promise Technology released a new version of its Pegasus line of Thunderbolt RAIDs.

In this detailed review, I look at what the RAID is, what it does, what you can expect from it, and how well it works -- not just on a Mac Pro, but on an iMac as well.

VIDEO: FINAL CUT PRO X
Create Project Snapshots  
   
Project snapshots are a new feature in the 10.1 update to Final Cut Pro X.

In this short video tutorial, I explain what they are, how to create them and why you would want to.
VIDEO: FINAL CUT PRO X
Join Clips and Trim Audio  
   
Joining through edits within the same clip and audio trimming improvements are new with the 10.1 update to Final Cut Pro X.

In this short video tutorial, I explain what they are and how they work.
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FINAL CUT PRO X 10.1: WORKFLOW & EDITING             
All new training for Apple's latest: Final Cut Pro X v.10.1!
 
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* Need to get started in a hurry? We condensed everything you need into one chapter.

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* Need in-depth training on everything you need to know to become a video editing pro? Start at the beginning and work your way to the end.

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TOP THREE + 1 LISTS 
   
Here are the most popular articles, webinars, and audio interviews for the past seven days across all my websites.

Articles

We expanded this list to the Top 4 for more variety:
For an index of all our articles, visit here.

 

Webinars

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   

For a list of all the audio interviews we've conducted on The Buzz, visit here. 
BRAND-NEW TRAINING
Learn Apple Compressor 4.1
   
With the release of Final Cut Pro X v10.1, Apple also updated Compressor to version 4.1 An all new interface, improved compression settings and better monitoring. So much changed, in fact, that we went back and re-recorded all our training for the new version.
  • Better organized
  • More informative
  • Tighter focus on making your images look great.
These days, everything we do ends 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 4.1.

Whether you are a new or experienced, this training will help you make your media look and sound great!
We are committed to providing the highest quality training at the lowest possible price and distributing it as widely as possible.

From subscriptions to individual downloads to free techniques and articles -- we've got your back.  And there's lots more to come.

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Larry Jordan
Larry Jordan & Associates
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