May 7: Premiere Pro CC: Create Better Titles

    May 14: FCP X: Better Effects with Blend Modes

    May 21: Adobe Encore: From Hi-Def Video to Blu-Ray Disc

You work really hard in production to make your actors look great. But, looking at them later, in editing, there's just something... "missing."

In this video, I showcase one of the filters in Tiffen's dFX plug-in suite that makes skin just look amazing.

While this demo uses FCP X, the plug-ins work for Avid, Adobe, and Apple NLEs.

When you need to edit a clip into the Timeline with maximum precision, nothing beats an overwrite or back-timed edit.

However, things get complicated when you are trying to precisely position the end of a clip and match it against audio.

That's where these tips can make you faster and more accurate.

Lurking behind the surface of the Color Board in Final Cut Pro X are some very powerful masking tools.

In this short video tutorial, I show you how to create some stunning color effects using multiple color masks applied to the same clip.

Think of this as the "Pleasantville effect" taken to extremes.

If you need to burn DVDs using Apple Compressor 4.1, you need to read this article.

In it, I explain how to burn a second DVD without recompressing media.

And how to create a disk image of your DVD so you can burn multiple copies at any time in the future, without needing to recompress the source files.

I've written a lot about multicam editing and color correction.

But it wasn't until a reader sent in a question earlier this week that I realized I have failed to talk about one very important tip that makes color correcting multicam tips a whole lot easier - because it allows you to actually see what you are doing.

If saving time while editing multicam projects is important to you, you need to read this.

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 10.1: High-Quality Slow-Motion 
• FCP X 10.1: Manage Projects 
• FCP X: When to Use Optimized, Proxy, or Original Media 

For an index of all our articles, visit here.

 

Webinars

• #119: 3rd-Party Plug-ins for FCP X 
• #118: Integrating Motion 5 with FCP X  
• #117: Media Management in FCP X 

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   

• Bruce Nazarian: Creating DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
• Jeff Foster: All About Drones
• Joel Edwards: Looking for a Creative Edge 

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

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