May 14: FCP X: Better Effects with Blend Modes

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

Fonts and typefaces confuse many of us. We know there are lots of differences between them, but which ones should we use?

There are two answers to this question: the emotional feeling a font creates and picking a font that still looks good when integrated into the relatively low resolution of video.

In this short video, I provide a series of examples of what fonts to use and which to avoid so that viewers can see what you want them to see.

These tips are valid for any NLE and I encourage your suggestions.

Final Cut Pro X is good for mixing simple projects. But when projects get more complex, or you need to clean-up your audio, or you need to create stems (submixes containing only dialog, effects and music), then FCP X is not the best choice.

At this point, you need to move your audio out of Final Cut into either Avid ProTools or Adobe Audition. My personal preference is Adobe Audition (also because I can't get iLoks to work.)

In this article, I show you how to move projects between Final Cut and Audition; and I also explain what you need to know to move projects between FCP and ProTools.

Adobe Premiere Pro provides multiple ways to import a layered Photoshop graphic; four, in fact.

In this short video tutorial, I explain the different options you can select from during import, show you what each does and suggest which option is best for your project.

One of the "hidden" features of Premiere is its title generator. If you always create your titles using Photoshop, you are missing a treat.

In this short video, I show you how to create text on a curve using Premiere's titler. Along the way, I'll show you how to kern the text, modify the shape and size of the curve, and change the look of the text.

This is a very cool feature that actually gives you more text formatting controls that Photoshop.

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:

• Color Correction: Make People Look Normal 
• Media Management is the Biggest Change in Final Cut Pro X v10.1
• FCP X: When to Use Optimized, Proxy, or Original Media 
• FCP X 10.1: Manage Projects 

For an index of all our articles, visit here.

 

Webinars

• #120: FCP X: Color Correct a Scene 
• #117: FCP X: Media Management 
• #118: Integrating Motion 5 with 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 DVD and Blu-ray Discs
• Larry O'Connor: What Makes OWC Successful?
• Gesine Thomson: Work, Motherhood and Filmmaking

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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