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October 27, 2014
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FCP X: How to Create Split Edits
Motion 5: Add and Modify Audio
FCP X: Multichannel Audio
FCP X: Enable a Video Monitor
The History of Video Frame Rates
FCP X (v.10.1.3): Complete!
Top 3 Lists
Compressor 4.1 Training
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WELCOME BACK!

Larry Jordan Five new articles this week, three revolving around the theme of "audio." I also have a special Look-Back-in-Time; thanks to Derek Roff.

Plus, a fascinating interview from The Buzz and a special offer on improving your job hunting skills.

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LAST WEEK'S WEBINAR:
AUDIO IN FINAL CUT PRO X
Generic newsletter bullet Last week's session was "Audio 101" for Final Cut Pro X editors.

Whether you simply want to learn how to adjust audio levels or work with multichannel sound, this webinar covers all the basics you need to know to improve the quality of your sound.

Here's the link.

This got rave reviews from the people that attended the event. If audio is foreign territory, I encourage you to watch this.

(As a reminder, subscribers to my Video Training Library can watch any video at any time; its included in your subscription.)

WEBINARS ON HIATUS FOR TWO WEEKS

I've got several large projects to finish by the end of the month, so we are putting our weekly webinars on hold for two weeks.

Not to worry, webinars will start again on Wednesday, Nov. 12. I'll let you know future topics in upcoming issues of this newsletter.

FEATURED BUZZ INTERVIEW: MICHAEL KAMMES

Buzz newsletter bullet This week's Digital Production Buzz had three excellent interviews with Paul Babb, Brandon Parvini and Michael Kammes.

Michael has started a new educational web series called "5 Things." His goal is to explain the key factors behind a specific technology, without getting involved in try to sell anything.

Listen to Michael's interview here.

Listen to the entire show here.

Thanks to the folks at Take1 Transcriptions, you can read, as well as listen to each show. Read this week's show transcript here. (You'll also find show transcripts on each Buzz show page.)

FIVE NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK!

Generic newsletter bullet I have five new articles this week, two of which were suggested by readers.

Three of them discuss audio, one is an FCP X tip that the reader just couldn't find on the web. And one is a fascinating look back in history at why we ended up with the frame rates we use everyday. I thought I understood this and I was right - and wrong - as you'll see.

As always, I've updated our Top 3 lists.  Enjoy!
VIDEO: FINAL CUT PRO X
How to Create Split Edits 
 
Split edits allow us to see one thing, and hear another, without losing sync between audio and video.

They are my favorite method of trimming.

In this short video tutorial, I explain what they are and how they work.

ARTICLE: MOTION 5.x
Add and Modify Audio in Motion 5.x 
 
Managing audio in Motion 5 is not as easy as video, but it can be done.
 
And, you can do a lot with it.

In this tutorial, I show how to add, modify and delete audio clips into Motion. Then, how to modify audio levels and pan using behaviors or keyframes.

I also show how to fade all audio clips to black at the same time.

VIDEO: FINAL CUT PRO X
Work with Multichannel Audio     
 
Multichannel audio (that is, audio with more than one channel) is increasingly common.

And FCP X makes working with all the different channels easier than ever.

In this video tutorial, I show you what a multichannel clip is, how to access all the different channels, how to adjust levels independently, how to trim and mute the channels you need.

ARTICLE: FINAL CUT PRO X
Enable a Video Monitor 
 
This article was suggested by a reader, who was having problems getting a separate video monitor to work with FCP X.

Read what Tony discovered, along with two extra tips supplied by me.

ARTICLE: THE HISTORY OF VIDEO
The History Behind Frame Rates 
 
I thought I knew this story - how we ended up with frame rates of 25 and 30 for video.

Except, while I wasn't wrong, the history behind it is more complex - and weird - than I thought.

Reader Derek Roff decided to do some digging and discovered some truly bizarre facts.

Take a quick break and read this article. You'll have fun learning what you didn't know before.

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FINAL CUT PRO X 10.1.3: COMPLETE 
              
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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

This list expanded to the Top 4 to add some 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 Buzz audio interviews, click here. 

BRAND-NEW TRAINING
Learn Apple Compressor 4.1
   
Apple continues to update Compressor with an all new interface, improved compression settings and better monitoring. This application has some much new stuff inside that we went back and re-did all our training for the new version.
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  • Tighter focus on making your images look great.
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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.x.

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