WELCOME BACK!

Here in the US, folks are getting back to work after a three-day weekend.  Hope you had a good weekend! I'm looking forward to getting back to work.

This week, I have six new articles and videos for you; covering Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Media Encoder, Apple Compressor and some very cool plug-ins for FCP X.

Our Buy One - Get One Free webinar promotion ends today at midnight - so be sure to take advantage of this sale. No codes needed, just buy two webinars and pricing is automatic.

Remember to sign-up for our new classroom-based training: A Final Cut Pro X Master Class  on August 8. We moved this one-day event to Saturday to make it more convenient for people that work during the week. More details are below.

Brand-new is: "Larry's Summer School." This eight-session class builds on our wildly popular "Craft of Editing."  Starting in a couple of weeks, this is perfect for students or self-trained editors who want to improve their skills and understanding of how editing works.  Details below.

We have another fun webinar planned for this week: "3D-space in Motion 5." This starts by defining what 3D space is, how to move around it in Motion, then how to create projects that take advantage of it. Details are below.

Summer is the perfect time to catch up on learning new stuff to get ready for the fall. Enjoy your summer and I'll chat with you next week.

COOL INTERVIEWS FROM THE BUZZ

This week, we began with John Putch. John's directed just about everything: "Scrubs," "My Name is Earl," "Family Tools," "The Middle," "Cougar Town," "Ugly Betty," and multiple TV movies and mini-series. But what he LOVES is creating independent films. He joins us in studio for a hilarious discussion of how he approaches making a micro-budget movie. Then, Tom Inglesby, the editor of Markee 2.0 Magazine joins us to talk about the future of storage for filmmakers. And we wrap up with Kristen Nedopak, creator of "The Geekie Awards," explaining why geek's rule the world.

• Watch the entire show here.
• Listen to the entire show here.
• Read the show transcript here.

By the way, the Buzz website is evolving. Come visit and check out our new look!

I have six new articles and videos for you this week!

Something fun to start with: Keyboard shortcuts in Final Cut, then creating burned-in timecode using either Apple Compressor or Adobe Media Encoder. Next are two videos from last week's webinar, looking at two different plug-ins. Finally, in response to a reader, I've created an article on how to create MXF 0P1a files using Apple Compressor.

I also updated our Top 3 Lists. See you next week - and stay safe this summer!