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How To Start Your Editing Business
The seven basic ideas you need to think about before starting your own creative company. Continue reading
FCP X: Organize How Events Are Displayed
A step-by-step guide to understanding the Gear menu to organize Events in Final Cut Pro X. Continue reading
FCP X: Create a New Event (video)
A video tutorial on creating, renaming, moving, and deleting Events using Final Cut Pro X. Continue reading
FCP X: Change Project Settings
A quick, step-by-step tutorial on changing project settings in Final Cut Pro X. Continue reading
FCP X: Modify Shortcuts
This is a short tutorial on how to modify and delete keyboard shortcuts. Continue reading
FCP X: Sharing Project Files
Here’s a simple way to share the same FCP X project files between editors. Continue reading
FCP X: Adding Keywords Manually
Often, we need to organize our clips manually as we figure out the organization we need to make sense of a project. Keywords are perfect for this – and very fast, both to apply and to use. Continue reading
FCP X: Import and Organize
Here’s a technique that explains what and how to import and organize your files in Final Cut Pro X. Continue reading
A Note on Naming Folders for Tapeless Media
In successfully working with tapeless media, I’ve developed an easy-to-implement workflow that will help prevent problems in your own projects. Continue reading
Software Review: Imagine Products’ Shotput Pro
When you are working with tapeless media during production, and recording to cards, the basic workflow is to copy the card to your hard disk then ERASE THE CARD! (Sorry, I come from a tape background and that word “erase” is just plain scary…) So, it makes sense that when copying the card to your hard disk you take every precaution to do so safely. Here’s a review of a product that can help: Imagine Products’ Shotput Pro. Continue reading
Where to Store Files for DVD Studio Pro
Where to store files is always a question. This short tip helps you determine where to store your media and project files for DVD Studio Pro. Continue reading
Setting Up Capture Scratch and Two Gripes
Trying to figure out the best way to setup scratch disks is very confusing. In this dialog with Lachlan Coles, I explain ways to minimize problems. This isn’t the same thing as having Final Cut do what you want; but it does mean that your system will be both reliable and smooth. Continue reading
