Working with FCPX 10.0.3 books and tutorials At the recent LAFCPUG meeting Larry Jordan walked through the new features of FCP X 10.0.3 and dispensed some very helpful tips on working with FCPX...
Category - Tutorials
Syncing Audio in RED CINE-X Pro
How to sync audio in RED CINE-X Pro This tutorial from RED will show you how to manually and auto sync audio to your R3D files. You can download RED CINE-X Pro (beta) for free from red.com here.
Photoshop for video editors
Richard Harrington, CEO of RHED Pixel, delivers a 40 minute workshop on creating graphics for film editors, providing some useful tips and techniques when using Adobe Photoshop in the edit suite...
How to set your freelance business rates
How much should I charge? Richard Harrington has a great 5 minute excerpt from his Lynda.com series Budgeting Video Projects, on how to plan and set your business rates. Taking the time to watch...
How to become a film editor
If you’re just starting out in the film business and are wondering how do you get from where you are, to where you want to be – in my case working full time as an editor and getting paid...
Setting up a Colour Grading Suite
How to set up a colour grading suite… Carey Dissmore and Steve Oakley present a very down to earth run through, of what it takes to set up a colour grading suite based on DaVinci Resolve. They...
DSLR Metadata – Using THM files…
A handy quick tip from Shane Ross of LFIHD on how to extract metadata from the .THM files on the CF cards, so you can see what the exposure, white balance, focal length, shutter speed was among many...
Even more Free DaVinci Resolve tutorials
Even more Free DaVinci Resolve Tutorials Color Grading Central has four free short tutorials on colour grading in DaVinci Resolve. The first is on creating a bleached by pass look, the second on how...
Using RED Epic/Scarlet HDRx footage in DaVinci Resolve
Combining both HDR layers in DaVinci Resolve When shooting with the RED Epic or Scarlet in HDRx mode you need to know how to combine both sets of exposures to make use of the increased dynamic range...
A beginners introduction to colour grading
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...
Color Grading Techniques
Learning Color Grading Techniques Photoshop tutorials abound on the internet and some of the techniques applied to grading still photography can be easily utilised in a film grading suite. Sites like...
Free DaVinci Resolve Video Tutorials – One Week Only!
Patrick Inhofer from Tao of Color is giving away two complete lessons from his DaVinci Resolve 8 Masterclass series, which are available to download for this week only! DaVinci Resolve Training...
An exemplary lecture on editing documentaries…
How to edit a documentary Frontline editor Steve Audette delivers a fine lecture on how to edit documentaries in a gripping fashion. Steve has edited for over two decades for Frontline and Nova, and...
Using Automator to prepare FCP timelines for Color
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’...
Which version of XML should I use?
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...