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Tutorials in Final Cut Pro, Color, Motion, After Effects and whatever else I happen to be using that day….

Continuing Tales of an FCP Switcher - CS6 workflow, for now

Our third entry in the continuing tales of our switch from Final Cut Pro to anything else. (Catch up on Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them) Today we’re talking Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and the workflow we’ve developed for a current broadcast series. Before you read this, yep, it’s a [...]

Media Composer 6 - Avid kept their promise.

Creative Cow has published my latest article about our latest testing with Avid Media Composer 6. In short, we were quite surprised with just how well the application works with our FCP supported hardware. Media Composer 6; Avid Kept Their Promise.  

Transitioning 3: AJA Kona Board with Adobe CS 5.5

As we transition from Final Cut Pro to another NLE, I’m running a series of tests to determine which NLE will best suit our needs. We have been using the AJA Kona boards for years with FCP so it’s really important to me that the board work with whatever new software we go with. Happily [...]

Anatomy of an Edit Suite

You’re looking at a photograph of Edit Suite 1 at our new facility, and it’s the one I use daily. The one question I get more than anything else is “What’s in your edit suite?” followed by “Why do you have that?” So I figured, let’s break it all down here step by step. [...]

FCP Tip: A Better Text Tool

The basic Text Tool in Final Cut Pro is very weak so why limit yourself to that one tool? In this quick Final Cut Pro tip, Walter Biscardi, Jr shows you where to find a much better font tool.

FCP Tip: Control Your Fonts!

Are your fonts out of control, too many on your system, you have no idea what’s what? In this quick tip, Walter Biscardi shows you a quick and easy way to start organizing and controlling your fonts.

FCP Tip: Use Full Size Scopes

Why use a single Video Scopes window to display four tiny scopes? Use full sized scopes! In this quick Final Cut Pro Tip, Walter Biscardi, Jr. shows you just show simple it is.

FCP Interface: One Window Layout does not fit all

A recent thread at the LAFCPUG website asked folks for opinions on how to use the Final Cut Pro Interface for best use. Well the honest truth is, there is no ONE layout that is the most efficient for FCP. In my case, I use up to a dozen different interfaces depending on the task [...]