Search by keyword or full-text

OUTPUT ARTICLES

New ! Editor's Story: There's High-Def and REALLY High-Def!
What do you do when your client requests a video that's almost 13,000 pixels wide? (Well, after panicking a bit first...) Steve Sebban took on this task for a museum. Since then, I've heard from other editors who need, or use, this technique for the chasing lights around the edges of stadiums. Fortunately, Final Cut Pro makes this easy... if you ignore render times. (Published: Sep. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

New ! Technique: Everything You Never Knew about PPMs
PPMs are something we never hear about in North America. All our audio is measured in dB. However, in Europe, PPM is THE standard of audio measurement -- and Final Cut does not support it natively. This article explains what you need to know, and how to measure audio in PPMs. (Published: Sep. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

New ! Hard Disk Warning!
It is a long-known, but little-discussed secret that hard disks slowly lose their magnetic signal. If you archive your projects on hard disks, you need to read this article before all your carefully stored files... are gone! (Published: Sep. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro)

Reconciling Frame Rates Between Final Cut Pro, After Effects
Matching frame rates between Final Cut Pro and After Effects can be tricky, especially when you are working at 24 fps; because there's 24 fps and "24 fps". This article details the differences and explains what you need to know to prevent problems. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

EXPORTING TO FLV
One of the current limitations of Final Cut Studio is that it does not natively support creating Flash video output from a Final Cut Pro sequence. However, all is not lost. This article describes three different ways you can get what you want. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x, 5.1x, 6)

Working with Tapeless Media
As our industry moves quickly to tapeless media and acquisition, properly archiving your footage can make the difference between happiness and heart-ache. In this article, I outline what you need to know about archive formats.  (Published: Jul. 2008 ; Studio Suite)

Working with 16:9 Material in DVD Studio Pro
There are four ways inside DVD Studio Pro to control how 16:9 video plays back on a 4:3 monitor. This article describes what you need to know and provides suggestions on which one is best to use. (Published: Jul. 2008 ; DVD Studio Pro)

Making Compressor Multi-processor Aware
One of the new features in Compressor 3 is its ability to harness all the processors in your computer to speed video compression. But, you have to turn this feature on before you can use it. Here's how. (Published: Jun. 2008 ; Compressor)

Updated ! What I've Learned about HDV
Trying to get up to speed on HDV quickly. This article gives you a primer on the current status of HDV - what's good, what's bad, and what you need to know.  (Published: Apr. 2006 - Updated: Jun. 2008 ; Final Cut Pro v. 5.0x)

Updated ! In Search of a Backup Strategy
With the camera industry's head-long rush into tapeless image acquisition, having a soild backup and archiving strategy is critical because video tape masters no longer exist. In this commentary, I discuss the sad state of today's options and provide suggestions to keep you out of trouble.  (Published: Jul. 2006 - Updated: Jun. 2008 ; Color)