Four new articles this week - including a product review of the new ioSafe 214 disaster-proof network attached storage. Hmmm, let's see, there's an interesting Short Note, an absolutely killer featured Buzz interview and more... just need to find all my notes.

By the way, I haven't forgotten Adobe. The ioSafe works with all Mac software, plus, next week I have a webinar on color grading in Premiere and more Adobe articles coming later this month. There just isn't enough time to write about everything I want to cover.

This week, we are featuring 3rd-party plug-ins for Final Cut Pro X. (Well, OK, plug-ins and cool templates... and, ah, applications.)

Anyway, I'll showcase products from:

    *    NewBlueFX
    *    FCPEffects.com
    *    CoreMelt
    *    Ric Viers
    *    Digital Anarchy
    *    MotionVFX
    *    FXFactory
 
And one or two more I'm still working on. Some very, very cool products.

Register here. (Remember, subscribers can always attend free. Subscribe here.)

The ioSafe 214 is a network storage device that protects your data in case of fire or flood.

And, because it attaches to your network, it can be used as a Time Machine backup - or with any other backup software - to store and protect all your critical business data.

But, does it make sense in an editing environment? This was the question I set out to answer in my product review. Take a look and decide for yourself.

 Without question, the dominant question I get every day revolves around media management for the latest version of Final Cut Pro X.

A few weeks ago, I started writing a series of articles that cover all the elements of media management for this software. So many, in fact, that it became difficult to keep track of all of them.

So, this week, I gathered up all the videos and articles I've written and put them all into one place: this Collection.

Here you'll find eleven articles - two of them brand-new this week - and two videos that cover media management from start to finish.

If you are struggling to figure out media management in Final Cut, you need this resource - everything you need to know, all in one place.

Another new media management articles this week covers how to change project settings.

Apple changed how this works in the latest version. Since I last wrote about this the month before the new version came out, I figured I should update this with revised information.

Plus, I threw in some new tips I discovered as I was working on my latest FCP X video training.

Speaking of updating articles, I last wrote about performance preference settings the week before Final Cut was updated.

So, naturally, Apple changed them with the new release.

Sheesh...

So, I needed to update that article as well. In this new version, I cover two revised preference settings that have a direct impact on Final Cut Pro's editing performance.

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:

• Media Management is the Biggest Change in Final Cut Pro X v10.1  
• FCP X: When to Use Optimized, Proxy or Native Media 
• Apple Releases Final Cut Pro X v10.1 
• FCP 7: Pick the Right Version of ProRes 

For an index of all our articles, visit here.

 

Webinars

• #118: Integrating Motion 5 with FCP X 
• #117: Media Management in FCP X 
• #115: New Features in Final Cut Pro X 10.1 

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   

• Josh Apter: Shooting Video on an iPad
• Peter Hamilton: Why Are Feature Documentaries So Hard to Find on TV?
• Oliver Peters: Update on the "Best Editing" Oscar

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

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!

Larry Jordan

Larry Jordan & Associates

P.S. I always love hearing from you. Feel free to write.