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Motion 5: Make Audio Move Video
Here’s a very cool Motion effect where changes in music cause the video to change as well.
FCP X: Create a Gradient Wipe
Here’s an easy way to create a very intriguing effect- called a gradient wipe – without ever going into Motion. Here’s how it works.
FCP 7: Fixing a General Error
General Errors in Final Cut Pro 7 (and earlier) are often caused by either bad clips or bad render files. This article explains how to fix them.
Intro to Color Correction
In this article, I want to talk about what happens when you make a color or exposure adjustment to a clip; and illustrate this with screen shots.
FCP X: Spell Check Your Titles
Final Cut Pro X contains the built-in ability to check grammar and spelling in title text. This short video tutorial shows you how it works.
FCP X: Match Audio Between Clips
Here’s a great technique to match the sound of your audio between clips using Final Cut Pro X. Best of all, its fast!
FCP X: Edit a Montage to Music
Editing a montage of still or moving images to music is a typical editing activity. In this tutorial, I want to show you a technique you can use for your own projects. First, keep in mind that you are telling a story with your images. So, while I won’t spend any time talking about the [...]
Photoshop: Retouch Video
Photoshop is legendary for fixing image problems. But the Extended version can also retouch video, as this video tutorial illustrates.
Motion 5: Publishing Effects to FCP X
The open secret of Final Cut Pro X is that all its effects are Motion 5 projects. This means that you can use Motion to create custom effects for use in Final Cut. This video tutorial shows you how this works.
Plugin Review: Irudis Tonalizer
Irudis Tonalizer is a color grading tool that allows very subtle manipulation of your images, especially grayscale values. This review describes what it is and when to use it.
FCP X: Open in Timeline
Open in Timeline is a hidden menu item in Final Cut Pro X that allows you to modify a clip in the Event Browser without removing it from the Event Browser. This technique allows you to solve problems that are not easy to solve any other way.
FCP X: Understanding Optical Flow
Optical flow, and it’s less sophisticated cousin, Frame Blending, are techniques that Final Cut Pro X uses to smooth playback of extremely slow-motion clips. This tutorial shows you how to apply and use them in FCP X.
