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DVD Studio Pro: Creating Stories
Stories are a very powerful technical feature in DVD Studio Pro that allows you to alter the normal flow of your movies. This article shows you how.
FCP X: Create Custom Project Sizes
There are two ways to create movies using custom image sizes: one in Motion and one in Compressor. This illustrates both methods.
Compressor: Create Chapter Markers
Here’s a step-by-step technique that shows you how to create chapter markers manually or automatically in Compressor.
Solving Audio Sync Drift
Audio slowly drifting out of sync is often caused by mismatched sample rates, or trying to edit MP3 audio. This explains how to convert MP3 to AIF.
Compressor 4: Compress Video for YouTube
Compressor scares a lot of people. However, if all you want to do is compress a video for YouTube, Compressor makes the process very easy. This technique shows you how.
Creating Log DPX Files
Compressor automatically generates log DPX files. Is there a way to create linear DPX files?
Changing The Name of a DVD Created With a Compressor Template
David Scott was having a problem creating a DVD using a Compressor Template. Until he solved it. Here’s what he did.
Eliminating Compression Artifacts
An extensive email correspondence with editor/subscriber, Patrick Nugent, concerning some difficulties with video artifacting and the solutions he found, is summarized in this article.
Aspect Ratio Conversion from 4:3 to 16:9
In this article we give a quick examination of how to upsize an original 4:3 sequence into a 16:9 timeline.
Transcoding Formats
Subscriber Mike Henry writes in to see about finding the most highly recommended practices with mixing cameras with different resolutions.
An AppleScript to Send A Compressor File to Multiple Servers
How to upload a file automatically after Compressor has finished converting a file.
Editing Workflow for ProRes and HDV
Dean Schweinler writes in to ask if he needs an AJA or a BlackMagic capture card to edit HDV. This article explains three options for capture.
