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Trouble-Shoot in Five Steps
A series of Macintosh trouble-shooting procedures for the video editor> Safe Boot, Create New User, and Trash Preferences. Continue reading
FCP 7: Multicam Cookbook
This is a short, step-by-step cookbook to creating a multicam clip in Final Cut Pro 7. Continue reading
FCP 7: Why Images Display Poorly
This article show why images displayed in Final Cut Pro 7′s Viewer look better than those in the Canvas. Continue reading
FAQ: Problems with Scaling Video
In this article, Larry Jordan explains why image quality suffers when you scale video, or stills, larger than 100%. Continue reading
FCP: Export Transparent Clips
This technique shows how to export a clip with transparency (an alpha channel) in FCP 7 or FCP X. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
FCP X: 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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
FCP 7: Send Projects to Audition
Although Adobe Audition and Premiere Pro are designed to work smoothly together, that doesn’t mean you are limited to only using Premiere Pro with Audition. In fact, there is a very nice, very fast way to move projects between Final Cut Pro 7 and Audition, which I want to show you here. Continue reading
A Morality Tale
Always check to see if Final Cut supports your camera before you buy it. Continue reading
Merging Audio and Video Clips
Is it possible to permanently link video and audio clips together? Larry teaches you how to create a Merged clip. Continue reading
More Render Space Needed
Are you getting the “render error: insufficient disk space” message? You just need to create more free space on your hard disk by deleting files you don’t need. Continue reading
