Category Archives: Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro 7 and X

Premiere Pro CS6 vs Final Cut Pro

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jonny

Premiere Pro CS6 first impressions… David Lawrence has a lengthy blog post over on Creative Cow with his first impressions of the new Adobe Premiere Pro in CS 6. As a long time FCP user he compares and contrasts the … Continue reading →

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Learning Avid

Posted on May 4, 2012 by jonny

Switching from FCP to Avid? In the quest to find a more long term solution for an editing platform I’ve been looking closely at Avid Media Composer 6. Oliver Peter’s has a very handy article offering several tips for editors … Continue reading →

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Funny videos about editing

Posted on March 25, 2012 by jonny

Conan O’Brian’s editors on FCPX and Premiere. An obvious choice?

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Film grain and light leaks

Posted on March 22, 2012 by jonny

How to get a film look Everyone shooting digital wants their stuff to look like film. (Why not shoot film then?!) There are several footage packages that allow you to overlay real or simulated film grain of differing weights and … Continue reading →

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A beginners introduction to colour grading

Posted on March 16, 2012 by jonny

Understanding the basics of color grading Aaron Williams gives a fast paced but valuable 30 minute presentation to introduce color grading to relative beginners, giving a ’30’000 ft overview’ of the processes and techniques that can be used in Final … Continue reading →

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Understanding how FCP X works

Posted on March 9, 2012 by jonny

Comparing FCP 7 and X If you’ve been an FCP 7 editor for years, getting your head around the new layout, architecture and language of FCP X can be confusing at first. Helpfully Oliver Peters has written a decent explanation of some … Continue reading →

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Using Automator to prepare FCP timelines for Color

Posted on March 3, 2012 by jonny

Preparing your FCP timeline for Color When you are preparing a final cut pro timeline to be sent to color there are often a lot of effects or speed changes etc that need to be ‘baked in’ to the media … Continue reading →

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Which version of XML should I use?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by jonny

Using XML to transfer in/out of FCP A quick reference for which version of XML to use when transfering between FCP project file versions: XML / FCP version Compatibility Use XML version 1 for going to Final Cut Pro 4.1 … Continue reading →

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Free digital specification guides and short cut cheat-sheets

Posted on February 1, 2012 by jonny

If you need help remembering how fast transfer speeds are over firewire 800, or what the target bit rates are for RED-RAW or what the shortcut is for ‘add edit’ in FCP7 then look no further than worldwide-studios.com for a … Continue reading →

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Audio sync slips over time?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by jonny

When you run into the problem of two tracks of audio sliding out of sync over time – for example using a DSLR for your picture and Zoom H4N for your audio, it could be down to this little Final … Continue reading →

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